爱再多一些

你的白发多了
你的脊背驼了
你越来越唠叨了
你越来越伤感了
你操心的事多了
你休息睡眠少了
你受到的误解多了
你与主的关系近了

十架道路你走得好孤单
同路人中多了我的陪伴
家，还是原来的家
只是年幼的圣徒多了
教会还是原来的教会
只是担负的责任重了
仇敌还是不停的攻击
只是主的恩典更多了

你对我的宠爱依然如故
对孩子的保护依然过度
你的眼神依然清澈纯净
你的心肠依然热情似火
岁月没有消褪你对上帝的爱
磨练没有动摇你对主的信心
挫折没有停止你爱心的劳苦
孤独没有放弃盼望中的忍耐

为了你
我愿意爱主更深与主更近
为了你
我立志向下扎根向上结果
为了你
我向往进入幔内出得营外
为了你 
我情愿不再是我乃是基督
为了你我放弃自己
因为你是我的弟兄我的头

爱你啊，再多爱一些
因为我们今生是夫妻还是同伴
爱你啊，再多爱一些
因为我们永世还再见面在一起
爱你啊，再多爱一些
因为我是你的骨中骨肉中的肉
爱你啊，再多爱一些
因为窄路上你我仍要彼此相扶

爱你啊
虽然青春逝去
爱你啊
虽然美丽不再
爱你啊
虽然前途严峻
爱你啊
一生一世，永生永世

爱你啊，爱你，再爱你多一些

A letter from daughter to father on his 50th birthday

My dad and I...we're something. We're both stubborn, bossy and short-tempered, but I also love people because of his heart for people, and I love serving because of him and my mom. Whenever somebody asks me about my relationship with my dad, it's summed up as "We fight a LOT, but anybody who knows us knows that we love each other."

Here's to a father who (just to name a few...):
- went to almost every single piano competition I ever competed in, local/national/international
- bought all of my piano books and my two pianos
- was my and my brother's bodyguard during my younger years TTCing downtown every Friday and Saturday for YAPA
- spent hours waiting for my brother and I at the Conservatory during YAPA (this went on for many years...)
- basically did more-than-too-many piano-related things for me than I could name
...
- let me have a Shirley Temple at Red Lobster post-CMC in Edmonton
- took me out for a birthday lunch at O&B on my 16th birthday and tried to have a serious 16th birthday talk with me
- bought me my first Apple thingy couple of years ago (it is still my only Apply thingy -- I mean iTouch)
- registered me for swimming and Lifeguarding classes every year (this required early morning calls and being stuck on hold for hours)
- took me to China when I was 1 (I'm still the only one of the 3 siblings who's been)
- made me memorize the multiplication table as I walked around his tiny home office in circles (this proved to be SUPER helpful)
- helped me with whatever homework or project I had to trouble with...after arguing about it
...
- lets me sleep instead of waking me up when I'm passed out in the afternoon (this has its cons but I appreciate it nonetheless)
- fixes my computer and phone problems like it's no big deal
- continues to remind me to sleep early, not waste my time, and study hard
- (this isn't totally good but it's part of who I am) never let me get away with being just "good" or "okay" at something -- anytime I finished a competition or got a grade back, there was something I could improve or work on
- is reliable, like when I really do NEED something, as awkward of a purchase it may be for a man (like skin-coloured pantyhose), he's on it
...
- is never bored of life lessons and giving them like it's his job
- has the most ridiculous laugh I have ever heard (and that I still make fun of)
- buys momma flowers for no reason
- buys random snacks and spends an extra hour or two at the grocery store because of - said snacks (that only he will eat)
- is the king of not being able to multitask
- loves Jesus and is amazing at getting people to talk with and to him
- still cooks his special noodles on saturdays whenever we're home
- still lets me put up the christmas tree even though he really doesn't approve
- loves gardening - it's such a cute hobby of his (imo)
- loves his family, conditionally, unconditionally, day in and out.

I couldn't find a proper picture of us (maybe we just don't have one?) but this was us a couple of years ago, shaking on some sort of bet and I just loved that we're both smiling and it looks spontaneous. I'm a cheeseball for happy moments and I love my dad -- so happy 50th, Dad♥

爱你三百六十五天

在春天我以新芽嫩枝迎接你
在夏天我以青春绽放拥抱你
在秋天我以丰硕果实答应你
在冬天我以圣洁宁静等待你

黎明我祈盼你的阳光雨露
傍晚我渴慕你的温柔话语
白天你的光显明我的幽暗
深夜你的灯照亮我的方向

顺境中我看到你的祝福保守
经历中我体会你的恩典慈爱
骄傲时我蒙受你的怜悯管教
迷茫时我得到你的安慰引导

读经时你走出书页对我说话
祷告时在灵中与你相会相交
聚会中我敞开心扉向你敬拜
睡梦里惊喜美丽家园在天上

谢谢你道成肉身
谢谢你为我舍生
谢谢你圣灵内住
谢谢你不离不弃

我的生命不再一样
我的爱情重新点燃
我爱你三百六十五日
我爰你直到永世万代