Pulling out one of the songs I wrote when I was 17 to commemorate this Good Friday. This song is about forgetting and remembering.

as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.  

I Wont Forget

Cover of one of the hymn "He Lives" by Alfred H. Ackley
"The Christian Hymnal is one of the greatest depositories of the Christian life and experience. The men and women behind these hymns were writing out of deep spiritual experience. The poetry of some of the hymns may not be perfect. In fact, some may be very difficult to sing. Pushing the hymnal aside, however, is to forfeit one of the great spiritual treasures of the Christian Church." - A.W Tozer

I serve a risen Savior
  He’s in the world today.
I know that He is living,
  Whatever men may say.
I see His hand of mercy;
  I hear His voice of cheer;
And just the time I need Him
  He’s always near.

    He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
    He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
    He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
    You ask me how I know He lives?
        He lives within my heart.

In all the world around me
  I see His loving care,
And though my heart grows weary,
  I never will despair;
I know that He is leading,
  Through all the stormy blast;
The day of His appearing
  Will come at last.




He Lives (Cover)

What are we now but shadows that fade?
What are we now but shadows that fade?
When the light stops shining we cease to exist
When the light stops shining we cease to exist

What are we now but dust on the scales?
Without the potter, our ambitions they fail

Our ambitions they fail
Our ambitions they fail
What are we now?
But dust on the scales

What is man
But grass on the field
And all his glory
Like the flowers they yield

But the grass withers
And the flowers fall
The valley rises
And the mountains fall

They fall down, they fall down

The Grass Withers and Flowers Fall (Incomplete)

We ask for a sign
Just like the red sky in the night
Is a sailors delight
We ask for a sign

Were reading the times
In the midst of the chaos in our lives
Wont the water turn to wine
Were reading the times

Won't you reply
The pages cry out to the author

Were pleading our case
Each night as our bodies waste away
We need a reason for our days
These shadows that fade
How deafening the sound
Are the cries of violence all around
Yet the whisper of your voice
How faint in the noise


My heart pounds and leaps from its place
I put my hands over my face
Listen to the sound of His roar
Out of the storm suddenly, a voice speaks

Brace yourself like a man
Where were you when the earth was formed? 
Did you mark it with your hands?
When the morning stars sang
Where were you at the start?
Did you decide where the oceans will part?
Shut the seas behind doors
Say this is where your proud waves halt
At your command does the sun take its place
At your voice do violent winds obey
Surely you hold the keys to the hiding place
Where the lightning awaits its dying day  
Do you send the eagle on its way
Do you let the lioness her prey
Surely you understand
Mysteries too  great for you to comprehend
You who questions
Now answer me
Can you capture the heavens with your eyes?
And been to the depths where darkness resides?

Signs

One day spent with you

I was thinking maybe you would not see
I was thinking maybe you'll let me be
I was thinking give and take..

I was thinking if I met you halfway there
I could make the mistakes
The ones I choose to make..

But right there, when I thought I was right
Your love rebukes me again
And I hate it, but I pray it will not end

Chorus
If I ran to the mountain tops, you'll be there
If I ran to the depths of the earth, you'll be there
If I ran, you'll catch me, surely you will
Where do I run from the eyes that looked at me before the world began?

V2
Denial is what got me here
The constant refusal
To admit the problem at hand

Running through the cracks
Riddling with the circumstance
The rules that cannot bend

Right there where I thought I was right
Your love rebukes my sin
And I hate it, but I pray it will not end

Chorus
If I ran to the mountain tops, you'll be there
If I ran to the depths of the earth, you'll be there
If I ran, you'll catch me, surely you will
Where do I run from the eyes that looked at me before the world began?

Bridge
Before I saw you, you saw me
Before I chased you, you chased me
Before I made up my mind, you made up your mind about me
And im asking why, oh why..

Why an undeserving wretch like me?

Where do I run

Hows it feel to leave the place you love
To a place that did not deserve You

Yet you came and asked for nothing in exchange
And became a slave to my sinful trade
You came along

When you were lying in the manger,
Hidden safe beneath the covers
Did you see the desperate faces
Longing for a saviour

To provide a solution
To this cruel earths conclusion
To come and save the day
And well say:

'Happy birthday'
The whole earth sings
'Happy birthday'
Cos its the happiest day
'Happy birthday'
The angels hail the King

Through many years of toil and endless strife
The sinner loses hope, they wait to die
They're giving up the fight

Little do they know this special night
A little baby boy is born to life
He can save them

When you were peering down from heaven
To this earth you created
Did you hear the desperate voices
Calling for a saviour

To provide a solution
To this cruel earths conclusion
To come and save the day
And we say

'Happy birthday'
The whole earth sings
'Happy birthday'
Cos its the happiest day
'Happy birthday'
The angels hail the King


And You came to give the gift of Your life
To a world that treated You with despise
Oh on this bed of hay lies a mystery
Of how this Gift Exchange seems so unfair to me 

Gift Exchange

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

My Boast (v-c-b-c)

Here I am. Where we first met, my friend. 

Ben Seow

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