In the long dark night

Just came back from hongkong. As beautiful a tourism spot, this streets once, and still is, a place of drugs and prostituition. On the back alleys, there is a hidden story.. of the very least of them. Repeated visits, unquenchable thirst.

Was priviledged to join my family to have a lunch meeting with pastor sam lye, of course I did little of the talking, only listening. Pastor sam is an ex drug addict, he used to be a gangster that tormented temple street. He even joined the police force and was corrupt as it could get. But God had a better planned, and I just stood amazed looking at how Jesus absolutely tranformed this man. Just hearing from him, I could see a true man of God. What an incredible story! Im starting on the book he handed to us, Miracles in the long dark night of Temple Street (english version), but im already so encouraged. When I reached back to the hotel, a simple chorus just resonated from within me "There is hope! There is hope for us. Praise God! We stand a chance. There is hope, in this hopelessness. There is hope in the name of JESUS." Yes indeed, it served as such a reminder, that no matter how bad the situation is, there is hope even for the most hopeless. Jesus Christ can break all barriers! There can be miracles when you believe- no mountain He cannot move it, no storm He cannot calm it, no problem He cannot solve it. Praise God

V1
This is for the young and old
The desperate souls
Passionate but our hearts have grown cold

I come here again
Again and again
But still this thirst is unquenchable

I seek pleasure, I seek wealth
But tell me where is the love?
Where is the love?

All I have is regrets
In this emptiness, in this emptiness

Chorus
"I try...I try
I try
But I fail

I try, I try...
I try, I try...
But I am but dust
A sinner to the last"

V2
This is for the beggar on the streets
Oh the sinful streets
To the passer-bys who pass by aimlessly

This is for the theif that takes
From the filthy, the weak
This is for the man that says 'you cant help me'

This is to the poor, to the sick
To the man that stands, on the edge of the ledge
To the rejected, the giving-up
The addicted, the aching hearts

Chorus
"I try...I try
I try
But I fail

I try, I try...I try, I try
But I am but dust
A sinner to the last"

Bridge
Just when you thought it was over........
Just when you thought you were done...
Just when you thought it was over
Hes coming closer
HEs coming closer
Closer
Closer

There is hope!
There is hope for us
Prasie God! There is hope for us
There is hope!
In this hopelessness
There is hope in the name of JESUS
There is hope in the name of JESUS
There is hope because of JESUS

Yes, there is hope

Traces of you

Lord, what would I do without you? I would be so fearful, and uncertain, for life is full of doubts, and uncertainty. What would I do if I didnt have you to rely on? You are the only hope, the one I cling on to desperately. Teach me, teach me how to trust in you, I cant do it on my own. For blessed are those who trust in you, O Lord God Almighty.

V1
Im closer to the edge now
Im falling off the cracks of my sin
These scars they do not heal so fast
And the pain is filling slowly to the brim

I look up for an answer
I look down at my fears
The weight is getting stronger
And my will begins to slowly disappear

But when I am wounded, ill fight on
Cos when you were wounded, you fought on

Chorus
When my senses fail me, I trust you
When my heart grows weak, I trust you
When I walk through the battlefield, I trust you

I trust you, I trust you

V2
You promised me youll never leave
You promised you would stay
So however far you may seem to be
I know that you are with me all the way

Cos even the darkness
I see traces of you
These traces I will look to
I'll follow through

and when I am weary, Ill hold on
Cos when you were weary, you held on

Chorus
When my foes they surround me, I trust you
When the path ahead I cannot see, I trust you
In the midst of the raging seas, I trust you

I trust you, I trust you

V3
You turn my valley of tears, to a place of springs
My endless fears, to this song I sing

Some rely on their strentgh, but I rely on you
I put my hope in you, my only hope, my only hiding place, my only joy, my only love, my only everything

Bridge
Hold on, cos im falling, im falling down
Hold on, cos im falling, dont let me
Dont let me fall down, hold on
Hold on, Hold on

One life, one chance

V1
Im sorry
Sometimes sorry does'nt cut it enough
I stand here helpless
Sometimes helpless does'nt say it enough
I'm running empty
Theres nothing left I know

Forgiveness that caught me by surprise
The chance that Ive needed all my life

Chorus
So give me some time, just give me some time
To make it up to you (though I never can, and I never will)
Give me some time, give me some time to make it up to you
I've got one life left to try, I've got one life to make this up to you (though I never can, and I never will)
So ill try with all my might, ill try my best,
To make it up to you (though I never can, and I never will)

v2
Take me back
To the place that I belong
Take this reject
To the place he rejected once
Take me nowhere
If im going there without you

A price that I cannot afford to pay
Yet the judge took my sentence all away

Chorus
So give me some time, just give me some time
To make it up to you (though I never can, and I never will)
Give me some time, give me some time to make it up to you
I've got one life left to try, I've got one life to make this up to you (though I never can, and I never will)
So ill try with all my might, ill try my best,
To make it up to you (though I never can, and I never will)

Bridge
And I know
I will never meet the mark
But would help me
Help me take this spark
And turn it into flames
And turn it into flames

So give me this chance, just give me this chance to make it up to you
Would you show me, show me, how to make it up to you
Though I never can, and I never will