心言‧澄藍 (II)- 我的隨筆故事

[S.Lily]

心
言
‧
澄
藍
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下雨天，
獨個兒在家，
聽雨
也在聽歌……

原來，
在病得不願開口說話的日子，
聽著別人用別的語言在音樂中歌頌上帝，
這是何等美妙的事情了呢！

再聽，
縱然窗外的雨雲還是灰灰沉沉的，
但是，
一點一點的雨聲並沒有告訴我，
心情是理應灰沉的，
因為，
這依然是天父創造的奇妙世界！

「呵，
祂不改變～」

謝謝主。


P.s.
音樂推介：
CD - People of Faith - Festival in a Joyful Day
(Korean Chrisitan Songs - with English translated lyrics)
P.s. It and other CDs in the series can be found in our Room of CUFES~~

聽隨心言：
Asked what a wonderful of combination between Music and Christianity is,
I would just tell you that Listen this CD with your heart
even though what singers sing is an unknown language for those non-Koreans.

Music is something so special that can commmunicate with different people without any obvious language barriers.
It is not so difficult to taste musical atmosphere at the beginning of a song,
then you can easily sense that what the tone of sentiment is expressed throughout the song.

The next step is reading the English name of the song.
For example, my favorite song is No.5 song called Joseph - Dream Festival.
Can I recall anything in the Bible related to Joseph?
Ya, I just can remember his up-and-down life stages learnt in my college years.
How about Dream? Why the Festival of Dream is related to Joseph?
Ya, I can remember that he had a special ability of explaining those strange dreams for other people.

After that, I expect this song to be a description of changes in Joseph's life,
especially for the early part about he and others' dreams.
However, another theme is suprisingly reflected in the song lyrics translated in English.
It is about Joseph's avowal for giving thanks to God because God gave him a beautiful dream;
He learn the secret of forgiveness during the accomplishment of his dream.

Generally, similar suprising theme can be found in every song in this CD.
It is a fruitful experience to learn to think more about those "faithful" characters in the Bible from different perspectives

Because I believe that

the instrumental music can narrate its own story;
the singers can sing their sentimental stories in their languages;
the lyrics can tell their writers' stories silently;

the universial power of Love from God can be flowed from this exotic music journey to our empty hearts,
ShAlL We LiSteN?
ShAlL We TrAvEl with HIM?

"When I fall down you pick me up,
When I am dry you fill my cup,
You are my all in all!"

Thanks God~

18Apr2009~04:24p.m.