當我來讚美祢

2012 August ~2013 January
A brain new challenge--being a grade 3 homeroom teacher, teaching all but English at  附小, where profession demands are so high.  It was a heart-felt decision but so so so challenging.  The week before school started, Mom was hospitalized for a couple of days and I felt far from ready.  Day in and day out, week after week, I went through great difficulty in both teaching and classroom management.  I managed to give a Mandarin Chinese final exam paper and the sports day in late December was a long-suffering day for me.  More than often I complained myself about the decision of becoming a homeroom teacher, and I couldn't help thinking about getting myself out of this puddle.
Every Wednesday noon, Jean and I got together to pray.  Once (in December?) she told me about "praising", and introducing this song to me "When I Praise You".  It did not work out much to me at that time when I was in great distress and depression.
Then in mid-January, I got this CD of 盛曉玫 from the pastor's wife at Guan-Du.  When I played this new CD album the number 5 song "When I Praise You" caught me and I couldn't help but praising Him joyfully.  He, my faithful God, has again lifted me up high!  The lyrics go "我可以感覺到祢就在這裡  看著我高舉雙手大聲讚美祢  我可以呼吸到聖潔的空氣  因為祢寶座在這裡  奇異恩典臨到我  當我來讚美祢  用心靈和誠實  把榮耀都歸祢  所有重擔都脫落  我重新得力  當我全心全意讚美祢"