Psalm 25

Psalm 25
Of David.

1[a] To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
2 in you I trust, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one whose hope is in you
will ever be put to shame,
but they will be put to shame
who are treacherous without excuse.

4 Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;

5 guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you are good, O LORD.

8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name, O LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD ?
He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.

13 He will spend his days in prosperity,
and his descendants will inherit the land.

14 The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied;
free me from my anguish.

18 Look upon my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.

19 See how my enemies have increased
and how fiercely they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me;
let me not be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope is in you.

22 Redeem Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!

Somewhere in Time

Back from Japan trip! Sooo lovely. I think this is how I feel like now... "Somewhere in Time"....



Anyway, just to add on... found an interesting tongue twister:

I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

hyahyaa..

My newfound respect for Beethoven!

31 March - I watched a documentary on "In Search of Beethoven" - and boy, this completely changed my concept of the composer. Well, I don't really study music in-depth though I do regularly hear all these composer names. So, not really going indepth (I never even really read about his life story) I was of the perception that Beethoven's music is all too nice and happy sounding all the time... too pretty... positive...

What I didn't see was how spiritual it all could be and relate with ministry. The background. The context it was written in.

Basically, Beethoven has a gift and passion for music of one of the highest degree. But he goes deaf. Nevertheless, he continues to pursue his art. Simple story, but this docu was extremely well done. It made me see the character, the person, the life, the journey. It makes you feel like you know this guy! Despite his troubles, struggles, sadness, loneliness, it brought out his genius and passion for music!

 (Phil)

Better still, that day we actually met the director/producer of this documentary. Amazing.

Phil Grabsky was there in person at Sinema OldSchool that evening to tell us more about how he made the film. Read interview here


I was so impressed I bought the DVD on the spot...!

Some of Beethoven's quotes that I like!

"Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold."

“Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning”

“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”

It comes across to me now that Beethoven was actually living life to the fullest... he was a survivor. He had deafness and illness all his adult life, but never compromised on his main love of music and the art of composing music.

It is really inspiring....

Now when I hear his tunes, I won't just say,... ahh.. Beethoven... but rather, "woah it is Beethoven!"

Japan break!

In a few hours I'll be going for a 10-day break to Japan! Sugoi-ne!

Man... what a long-awaited dream & break... it's a good feeling.. packing up and going somewhere... ahaha!!