I had opportunities to see 3 beautiful moments the past 2 days:
1) Hearing Louise (a christian song writer who currently is a housewife) sharing her songs live at JJ959. It's amazing how she adds colors to words and melody. There was a song she composed out of the Book of Proverbs. Like Drew said, Proverbs are like wise words from an old serious man but Louise made it sound so light & enegertic (which really encourages one to see "reading bible can be a lot of fun"). There's also a lovely mandarin song she composed which is a work of art because her lyrics are so beautiful.
2) Hearing how Drew arrange Louise's old 80 songs to bossa nova. The song originally sounds quite "Lo Tao" (traditional) but Drew changed a few chords and beautifies it. The music was so pleasing in sound. Must listen to the broadcast at JJ959 when it comes out in a week or so.
3) Hearing relatives sharing stories about Mr. Yip during his funeral. Mr. Yip believed in Christ just a few days before he died but his whole life had impact a lot of people through his great attitude & work. He was an engineer that built many influentical landmarks in HK, he was magician, broadcaster and also M.C. for Chinese Opera. He loves entertaining his guests & friends by sharing a lot of interesting stories (often quite humuorous). He's also a peace maker who wouldn't do things for the benefit of his own.
These are beautiful moments to me because i see these 3 people giving a positive influence to others by adding spices & colors to life.
It reminds me of what Jesus said in Matthew 5:13-14 "You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world". In the Message version, this bible verse is translated as
"You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage. Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."
~ cC
1 comments:
and most importantly, all those "spices" come out naturally from their work. It is not "artifical". It is real. I think that's more important than "spicing" up people's life around us. I think authenticity should come before influential too. I am glad you enjoyed the experiences and had such good observations : )
~~rC xxx
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