September 23, 2011

其实早期开始写歌时，我有一个梦想，就是把圣经正确的观念与真理写进“情歌”里，以流行歌曲的方式“感化”爱听歌的人。。。
所以，以前会尝试写“情歌”，但我的“情”不只限于男女感情，也包涵亲情、友情、家乡情等等。。。
但后来上帝仿佛没在这方面给我开路，反而引导我成为福音歌手，所以我就没花太多心思再写情歌。

最近兴起的“例外人”事工才又让我重新“启动”我情歌方面的创意资源，再加上最近学会用iPhone“自拍自录”YouTube videos，就突发其想，决定除了上载诗歌创作之外，也可以上载一些过去所写的，或可能也会创作新的“健康情歌”来鼓励大家。因此，也设立了“忠式情歌”这个部门，希望你们都会喜欢，更希望真的会帮助到一些人。。。

今天在这里介绍给你的“不要说”，有别于一般流行的情歌，总讲分手啦、伤害啦、对方对不起自己啦等等。。。这里鼓吹的是饶恕、宽容、接纳和努力建立真爱。。。

Actually in my earlier days of song-writing, I had a dream to integrate the right values of the Bible and truths into “love songs”, and to “rehabilitate” songs lovers through the pop culture…
So I would attempt to write “love songs” before but my “love” is not restricted to just love between a man and a woman but also includes family, friendship, homeland etc…
But it seemed God did not open the way for me in this field, but led me to become a Gospel singer, so I did not spend too much time and effort to try to write more love songs.

Only with the recent establishment of the ministry of “The Remnant”, was my creative resource for love songs “reactivated”, and also with my recently acquired knowledge of self-recording using iPhone for YouTube videos, I had the thought of uploading apart from my Gospel compositions, my old or perhaps future love songs too to encourage all. Hence, I set up the section for “GT’s Love Songs” as well, hope you will like it and even more so, hope these songs will really help others too…

And here today, this song I am introducing to you is different from the conventional love songs that normally talk about separation, hurts, how the other party did wrong etc… here, it is promoting forgiveness, understanding, acceptance and making effort to build up true love…

 

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• 林義忠
• 林義忠創作
• 忠式情歌
• 療傷系情歌
• 林义忠
• GTLim

September 16, 2011

 

 

如果我能飞上天
我要在白云里种一个小花园
让花朵随着小雨点
一片片散落在人间

If I could fly to the sky
I would want to plant a garden in the clouds
That the blossoms together with the raindrops
Would fall and scatter on the earth

 

 

如果我能飞上天
我要在白云里快乐的荡秋千
跟星星们一起聊天
闪闪发光照耀人间

If I could fly to the sky
I would want to sit on the swing happily in the clouds
To chit chat the stars
And to shine brightly that the world can see

 

 

但我不能飞上天
天空太遥远
我只能祈求在人间
完成我的心愿

But I cannot fly to the sky
For the sky is too far away
I can only ask that on earth
I may fulfill my heart’s desire

 

把爱栽种在心田
散播给每个人
在生命里的每一天
把快乐都传给人

To plant the seed of love in my heart
And to spread it to everyone
In everyday of my life
To bring happiness to everyone

 

 

我不能飞上天
但我却能够把爱栽种在心田
化成花朵和小雨点
让温情充满人间

I cannot fly to the sky
But I can plant the seed of love in my heart
Let it transform into blossoms and raindrops
To fill and warm up this world with love

 

 

September 12, 2011

寫經文詩歌應該是從1993年開始吧，因為那時在神學院每個禮拜都規定要背一些經文，把經文寫成歌，背起來容易多了。。。
也感謝主的恩典，讓我能夠一字不漏及一字不加的照着原來經文寫出來，而且也給我會喜歡的旋律。
跟你們分享這首我很喜歡的“蒙召為此”。。。

It must be the year 1993 when I first started writing Scriptural songs, it was because I was at Bible College then and it was required of us to memorize some verses each week. I found it much easier to memorize when I wrote the verses into songs…
Thank God for His grace too that He helped me to write directly from the actual verses without adding on or subtracting any words, and He also gave me the melodies that I like.
Share with you this one that I like very much “Called For This”…

“蒙召为此” (Called For This)
詞/Words：彼得前書/1Peter  2：21-25
曲/Music：林義忠 / GT Lim
(写于/Written on: 20/08/1993)

你们蒙召原是为此
(To this you were called)

因基督也为你们受过苦
(because Christ suffered for you)

给你们留下榜样
(leaving you an example)

叫你们跟随他的脚踪行
(that you should follow in his steps)

他并没有犯罪 口里也没有诡诈
(He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth)

他被骂不还口 受害不说威吓的话
(When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats)

只将自己交托那按公义 审判人的主
(Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly)

他被挂在木头上 亲身担当了我们的罪
(He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree)

使我们既然在罪上死 就得以在义上活
(so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness)

因他受的鞭伤 你们便得了医治
(by his wounds you have been healed)

你们从前好像迷路的羊
(For you were like sheep going astray)

如今却归到你们灵魂的牧人 监督了
(but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls)