Found this as I went through some old e-mails ...

A timely discovery, and my own prayer indeed.


Prayer of Release
I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until the day of His return.
2 Timothy 1:12 NLT

Heavenly Father, I release to you the burdens that I have been carrying, burdens that You never intended for me to carry. I cast all my cares upon You-all my worries, all my fears.

Father, calm my restless spirit, quiet my anxious heart, still my troubling thoughts with the assurance that You are in control. I let go of my grip upon the things I have been hanging onto, with opened hands I come to You.

I thank You for Your promise to sustain me, preserve me, and guard all that I have entrusted to Your keeping. Protect my heart and mind with Your peace, the peace that passes all understanding. Father, may Your will be done in my life, in Your time, and in Your way.


By Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer.

Wedding Repertoire, Round 2

For A&K's wedding. :-)

Prelude:
1. Mozart - Sonata KV 331
2. Chopin - Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1
3. 杜自持/林若寧 - 無名指的光環 ﹝張敬軒主唱﹞(The Ring on the Ring Finger)
4. 李偲菘/林夕 - 妳的名字我的姓氏 ﹝張學友主唱﹞(Your First Name, My Last Name)
5. Steven Curtis Chapman - Love Will Be Our Home
6. Boccherini - Minuet (Back-up)
7. 西伯 - 遇見神 ﹝張敬軒主唱﹞(Meeting God) (Back-up)

Procession:
1. Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Parents/Bridal party)
2. Pachelbel - Canon in D (Bride)

Singspiration:
1. John Newton - Amazing Grace
2. 曾祥怡 - 恩典之路 (The Path of Grace) ﹝讚美之泉﹞
3. 游智婷 - 我們愛（讓世界不一樣）(We Will Love [We Can Make A Difference]) ﹝讚美之泉﹞

Special song presentation from Quennie ... :-)

Signing of the Register: Carole Bayer Sager & David Foster - The Prayer

Recession: Mendelssohn - Wedding March

Dedication to the Parents: 翁慧韻 - 橋 (Bridge) (ACM)


In two weeks I shall retire for a bit.

真心的朋友

今晚去了一位姊妹的bridal shower，重遇好幾位以前junior high、high school及大學團契的朋友。大家坐在一起，閒話家常，談談這些年來的際遇，窩心不已。

人的一生總會遇上很多朋友，會有經常見面的，會有不經常見面的。會有hi-bye的，亦會有交心的。但真心的，是無論大家經歷幾多，都不會忘記對方的。感謝主，雖然我絕對不是一個always available的朋友，但今晚的bridal shower讓我知道我亦不是一個可有可無的朋友。

"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there!" - Old saying

溫暖的小手

老師由課室走出大堂，那時小J已經坐在其中一張椅子上等候老師迎接他。四歲的小J雀躍地由椅子跳到地上，大聲地呼喊：「老師你好！」然後伸出他的小手。老師見狀，便握著小J溫暖的手，一起步行到課室去。而本來握著小J的手的母親，亦鬆脫她的手，看著小J跟老師的背影遠去了。

Sorry I’m truly not good at Chinese prose writing (or prose writing in general), but I just felt so warm-hearted after this incident, and I really wanted to find a special way to tell the story.

Let God Choose

As for God, His way is perfect! Psalm 18:30

Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision.
Let God guide you, it will be the right direction.
Let God plan for you, it will be in the right timing.
Let God measure for you, it will be the right portion.
Let God help you, it will be the right care.
Let God instruct you, it will be the right teaching.
Let God prepare you, it will be the right training.
Let God counsel you, it will be the right perspective.
Let God fight for you, it will be the right outcome.
Let God work in you, it will be the right result.

-Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer