微加幸福 – Office Girls (小資女孩向前衝)

郁可唯 – 微加幸福
作词：瑞业
作曲：许约永

chéng shì xiàng yī zuò  mí gōng dàn wǒ  bù fú
城市像一座迷宫 但我不服
shuí shuō yī gè rén  bù néng  zǒu chū
谁说一个人不能走出
yǔ nǐ xiàng ài nǐ  hū rán bù wàng lǐ  tuì chū
与你相爱你忽然不往里退出
zài duō  fēn chà lù wǒ yě hěn  qīng chǔ wǒ màn màn chòng zǒu
再多分岔路我也很清楚我慢慢重走

měi tiān wǒ hé  wǒ de  yǐng zi  sǎn bù
每天我和我的影子散步
zài  bù yòng  miǎn qiǎng  jiān chí bù kū
再不用勉强坚持不哭
céng jīng  tā men hé wǒ  yī yàng  xiāng xìn  xìng fú
曾经它们和我一样相信幸福
zhè  yī kè  gū dú ài zài fáng lǐ zhù
这一刻孤独 爱在房里住
wǒ  zěn me  qū zhú
我怎么驱逐

Chorus:
zěn me zài ài lǐ wēi jiā  xìng fú
怎么在爱里微加幸福
shǎo  yī diǎn  zì yóu jiù  diān fù
少一点自由就颠覆
tān tú de nǐ shuō  wǒ de  guān xīn shì  yī zhǒng  shù fù
贪图的你说我的关心是一种束缚
zěn me zài ài lǐ wēi jiā  xìng fú
怎么在爱里微加幸福
tài duō de  wēi xiào yě  bǐ bù shàng  yī dī  yǎn lèi de ku
太多的微笑也比不上一滴眼泪的苦
wú xīn fàn de cuò wu
无心犯得错误

měi tiān wǒ hé  wǒ de  yǐng zi  sǎn bù
每天我和我的影子散步
zài  bù yòng  miǎn qiǎng  jiān chí bù kū
再不用勉强坚持不哭
céng jīng  tā men hé wǒ  yī yàng  xiāng xìn  xìng fú
曾经它们和我一样相信幸福
yī cì de  tòng kǔ huàn  yī cì  lǐ wù
一次的痛苦换一次礼物
wǒ jiù néng  zǒu chū
我就能走出

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
cóng yī  kāi shǐ de  mò shēng dào  hòu lái  chén mò  wú shēng
从一开始的陌生到后来沉默无声
shuí néng  xiǎng xiàng  wǒ men  dāng chū ài  nà me shēn
谁能想象我们当初爱那么深
xiǎng jiǎ zhuāng  ni shi lù rén
想假装你是路人
xiǎng  zài yī cì biàn  mò shēng
想再一次变陌生
dan wǒ ài guò nǐ bù chéng rèn
但我爱过你我承认

Repeat Chorus
shì shuí fàn de  cuò wù
是谁犯的错误
nǐ  yě bù  zài hū
你也不在乎
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郁可唯 – 微加幸福

Key：Gb
Play：G
Capo：各弦調降半音

Intro:
│G ─ ─ ─│Cm ─ ─ ─│G ─ ─ ─│Cm ─ ─ ─│

│G ─ ─ ─│Cm ─ ─ ─│G ─ ─ ─│Cm ─ ─ ─│
怎么在爱里微加幸福 再不用勉强坚持不哭
每一天我和我的影子散步 在朋友面前堅持不哭
│Em ─ D ─│Em7 ─ Bm7 ─│C ─ D ─│G ─ ─ ─│
与你相爱你忽然不往里退出 再多分岔路我也很清楚我慢慢重走
曾經他們和我一樣 相信幸福 這一刻孤獨 賴在房裏住 我怎麼驅逐

Chorus:
│C ─ D ─│Bm ─ Em ─│C ─ D ─│G ─ G7 ─│
怎麼在愛裡微加幸福 少一點自由就變負 太多了你說我的關心 是一種束縛
│C ─ D ─│Bm ─ Em ─│C ─ D ─│G ─ ─ ─│
怎麼在愛裡微加幸福 多的微笑也比不上 一滴眼淚的苦 無心犯得錯誤

Bridge:
│Em ─ ─ ─│D ─ ─ ─│C─ ─ ─│G─ D/F# ─│
从一开始的陌生 到后来沉默无声 谁能想象 我们当初爱那么深
│Em ─ ─ ─│D ─ ─ ─│C─ ─ ─│Dsus4─ D ─│
谁假装变成路人 想再一次变陌生 连我爱过你 不承认

│Am7 ─ C D│G ─ ─ ─│
是誰犯的錯誤 你也不在乎

 

Is your heart healed and whole?

Some claimed “God is the strength of my heart”,
Some claimed “God knows the secrets of my heart”,
And another claimed “God is the champion of my heart desires”,
But I say who can heal my heartbreak?
Read the poem below by Carol Parrott.

~ Healed and Whole ~

One day I dug a little hole
And put my hurt inside
I thought that I could just forget
I’d put it there to hide.

But that little hurt began to grow
I covered it every day
I couldn’t leave it and go on
It seemed the price I had to pay.

My joy was gone, my heart was sad
Pain was all I knew.
My wounded soul enveloped me
Loving seemed too hard to do.

One day, while standing by my hole
I cried to God above
And said, “If You are really there –
They say, You’re a God of Love!”

And just like that — He was right there
And just put His arms around me
He wiped my tears, His hurting child
There was no safer place to be.

I told Him all about my hurt
I opened up my heart
He listened to each and every word
To every sordid part.

I dug down deep and got my hurt
I brushed the dirt away
And placed it in the Master’s hand
And healing came that day.

He took the blackness of my soul
And set my spirit FREE!
Something beautiful began to grow
Where the hurt used to be.

And when I look at what has grown
Out of my tears and pain
I remember every day to give my hurts to Him
And never bury them again.

 

Overcoming your depression

I came to read a post in DesiringGod, which records and publishes all John Piper’s sermons and messages, free of charge, (Amen! I like free stuffs) for the edification of the many, in the world. This post title is unique and intriguing enough for me to click, “Insanity and Spiritual Songs in the Soul of a Saint”(see note 1), though it still puzzled me after reading the whole content.

What amazes me was it was about a life of a man, who experiencing lack of love from family, constant brutality in his early childhood in a boarding school, rejection and separation of love for his potential soul-mate, pressure and stress of his father’s political enemies, attempted multiple suicides throughout his life during depression and his bent to melancholy and sadness till his death. I can’t imagine having the strength and sanity to live such a life. Not without Him.

The story of this man brought me to my own life, where I was struggling with my life, not till insanity, but perhaps depression, which I believed I have no idea what it means at the point of time, if it wasn’t Him who interfere but chancing on the story of Him, just like William Cowper.

But I am glad I have my family who love me, friends who stood by me during my toughest period, and soon I found myself studying in one of the best schools in the region. I am still struggling still and the life of William Cowper, show that it was the same for him. What keep me going in life everyday is found in Roman 5:1-5 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith…but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”

The difference is that the lives we live now is not ours, but belong to Him and for His purpose and for His glory, may we live to exhibit that. I pray the same for you.

1. John Piper, DesiringGod.com

 

Is He enough for you?

Are you experiencing pain? Suffering? Grieves? Feeling lost?

This prayer may helps you.

“In all my pains, shames and weaknesses I experience in my life that they bring glory to God and I will endure till the end of my trials with God be my strength because in Him and Him alone, my portion is full and my joy is complete.”

Extra notes: I am not fully convinced on the part that “God is most glorious when we are most satisfied in Him in the midst of our pain and not prosperity.”

That sound like ONLY through our satisfaction in Him in the midst of our suffering it will make Him the most glorious. It may be true for some people who God selected but to apply it sweepingly across Christian lives that would be same as those prosperity gospel  speakers do.

I would say in pain or in prosperity, we live our lives in obedience by honoring Him in all our ways with every opportunity arises, with all of our heart and with all of our soul, this will make Him glorious. In fact, a faith of a mustard seed, a simple obedience of offering five loaves two fishes, the offering of a poor woman to God, caring of brothers and sisters who are hungry or naked, these simple acts are enough to make Him glorious! There is nothing more or nothing less we do in obedience to Him will make Him any more or any less glorious. He is made glorious the moment we offer our lives to Him and in every moment we do the very thing that we are called by Him.

 

My hike to Mount Bromo

The map of Mount Bromo

We are treated with the magnificent view at the Mount Pananjakan (2706m)

The view of colourful sunrise from Mount Pananjakan

The native plant set against the backdrop of the sunrise. I love this shot!

The view of Mount Bromo from Mount Pananjakan

Avid tourists ascending the Mount Bromo

The view of Hindu temple along the Laut Pasir (Sea of Sand) from Mount Bromo

Even the horse is enjoying the superb view!

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