Song Ringing in My Head

I got up in the morning to pee and went back to bed. For some reason, a song kept ringing in my head. It went on and on and finally, I've got to get up. And it's only like 7 in the morning. Well, it didn't help with Wk's snoring as well. The song that rang in my head, actually, it is still ringing in my head is a song that I remember from my late teen years. Well, this is the song.

Words: Deborah D. Smith
Music: Michael W. Smith

Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
Can't believe the hopes He's granted
Means a chapter in your life is through
But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Chorus:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends.

With the faith and love God's given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy you'll live in
Is the strength that now you show
But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Chorus:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends.

Well, I used to love this song heaps. And I guess this morning, I really love this song. This song means a lot to me. In many ways, God has always provided me with friends. For starters, I got married to my best friend. My absolute best friend in the whole, wide world. My sisters are my best friends. I call and rant and rave at them when I'm pissed with the world. Can't believe that they can deal with my ranting and raving. Then, I've got Eve, Lina and Stanley, my best friends in no particular order....in alpha order...Not sure how they deal with my craziness....and as according to Eve,' Faith, no one can really beat your craziness!' Think, I strive on being crazy...

I know that I've written in my blog before on how God has been good to me in providing me with friends. But I'm still going to write on it. God has been really real in providing friends to me. This is especially true whenever I'm away from Singapore. Friends become family. I'm not one with quantity of friends but I rather have quality friends. And my friends that are close to my heart have been well, my friends. Thanks friends for being there. To all my friends, I miss you guys heaps and heaps...This is my tribute to you. Friends, even though we may live in different countries, you're still my friends. Distance and time doesn't matter, the heart does. It's always hard not to see you guys, to share funny bits of my life with you, but I dwell on the fact that you'll always be my friends. There are some friends that I miss even more as I don't ever know when I'm going to see them. Yes, Eve, it's you. Miss you even more. When on earth are you coming to see me?

Okay folks, that's enough of writing on an early morning. Jackie arrived. Gee, she lost heaps of weight. Nice seeing sis again. Had dinner and chatted. Hoping to go to the Peak tonight...Heard its romantic there....

7.30 am

Hong Kong