Answers Better Than My Best

I pr-yed for strength, and then I lost awhile

All sense of nearness, human and divine ;

The love I leaned on failed and pierced my heart,

The hands I clung to loosed themselves from mine ;

But while I swayed , weak, trembling, and alone,

The everlasting arms upheld my own.

I pr-yed for light ; the sun went down in clouds,

The moon was darkened by a misty doubt,

The stars of heaven were dimmed by earthly fears,

And all my little candle flames burned out ;

But while I sat in shadow,wrapped in night,

The face of Ch-ist made all the darkness bright.

I pr-yed for peace,and dreamed of restful ease,

A slumber free from pain, a hushed repose;

Above my head the skies were black with storm,

And fiercer grew the onslaught of my foes;

But while the battle raged,and wild winds blew,

I heard his voice and perfect peace I knew.

I thank you, L-rd , you were too wise to heed

My feeble pr-yers, and answer as I sought,

Since these rich gifts your bounty has bestowed

Have brought me more than all I asked or thought;

Giver of good, so answer each request

With your own giving, better than my best.

- Annie Johnson Flint

Don't Let The Song Go Out Of Your Life

Don't let the song go out of your life

Although it sometimes will flow

In a minor strain ; it will blend again

With the major tone you know.

Although shadows rise to obscure life's skies,

And hide for a time the sun,

The sooner they'll lift and reveal the rift,

If you let the melody run.

Don't let the song go out of your life ;

Although the voice may have lost its trill ,

Though the quivering note may die in your throat,

Let it sing in your spirit still.

Don't let the song go out of your life ;

Let it ring in your soul here ;

And when you go hence,it will follow you thence,

And live on in another sphere.

- ' Streams in the Desert'

Is my cup half-full or half-empty?

Pathianin hna a thawk meka. 2005 atanga he rama ka awm tirh atanga ka rilrua awm tawh,zirlaite inkhawmpuina neih thina,thil chi hrang hrang tihpui thin chu tunah hian Pathian timing a thleng meka,tan a ni ta. Chinese ringtu zirlaite tan hian activities hi a vang em em a.Kan rama thalaite angin an tan hian tihtur a awm ve lo a ni.

Mahse khatih hun lai khan tawng engmah ka la thiam lova,an hnam dan leh nunphung,zia engmah hriat ka nei lova.Inkhawmna han neihpui thei ka lo ni lo reng reng a ni.Ka rilruah a daih tawh hnuah,tun Sept '07 semester tharah chuan Pathianin hun a lo ti reng tawh a lo ni a.A hma atangin tun semester chu Pathianin enge a tih leh dawn aw tiin ka thlira,ka nghakhlela.Hei hi a tum a lo ni renga,ka lawm em em.Hemi inkhawm tan tura thil thleng,a story hi a thui hle a,ka ziak seng lo.Min tanpuitu tur saptawng thiam thian ringtu pawh min pe nghal vek bawka,ka lawm ngei mai.Aman tih tan a duha,a tul tur pawh aman a ruat fel chiang em em.Pathianin heng zirlaite nunah hian thawh a duha,a thawh theihna turin hmanrua a mamawha.Chumi tur chuan ka in hlan mai.Enge ka tih duh lam a ni lo,engtinnge ka tih ang tih chuk pawh a ngai lo.A duh chu a hun a tiha a lo thleng zel mai.A hman theih tura lo inrin a ni.

Ringtu inkhawmpui mai ni lovin,ringlo an thiante an rawn hruaia,chungte hnena lo share chu a ni ,a pui ber zawk chu.Saptawng an thiam tak tak lova,saptawngin sawi ila an man tak tak lo.Chuvang chuan an tawng ngei hman a tula,B*ble pawh an tawng hman a tul a ni.Mahse a hmaa hah tak leh har tih ngawih ngawih chung pawha lo tih hram hram man chu a lang tan ta.Ka thiam ang tawkin ka sawia,puih ka ngaih hunah ka thian chuan min puia.An thinlunga che tur ,thawk tur chu amah a ni.A che renga, a che zel dawna ka ti a.Ka thinlung a lawma,ka hlima.A hma atang tawhin he rama awm hi nuam ka ti tan tak tak ta ka ti a, ka enjoy a ni.

Mahse hetianga Lalpaa ka lawm em em lai hian a lehlamah hrehawm ka tih, na ka tih tak a lo thleng leh si.Kum 2 chhung Pathianin min buatsaiha,tun kum chu a che ta tak tak e ka ti a,ka lawm em em.July thla khan Thailandah kan conference a,Pathianin engkim tah pawh chuan a thawka,ka lawmna a nasa em em.Khatih lai pawh khan ka in rin hman miah lohvin nat sawkna a lo thleng tawh.Tunah a thleng leh ta chiah mai.

Hriat tawh awm ka inti a,mahse ka hre thei lo.Ka lo inring hman thin lo.Mihring mai ka ni si.Pathian hnathawh a nasat apiangin lehlamah min ti na tu a lo lang ve nghal zat thin.Ka na leh ngawih ngawih zel mai.Pathian a chet poh leh lehlam pang pawh a che thin si..

Ka rilrua lo thleng chu -

Engahnge ka hrehawmna hi ka chhiar ang.Malsawmna tam lutuk hi chhiar zawk tur ka ni lawm ni? Harsa leh na ka tihlamte hi nge ka en anga,Lalpa zawk?

Oak thing ka ngaihtuah chhuak.Thlipui ruahpuiin a nuai vak vaka,a nghing a ni mai thei.Mahse chung thlipui leh ruahpui kara a din ngheh tlat theih nan chuan zung a kai nghet sauh sauha,a kai thuk sauh sauh thin.Thing ropui,rinawm, mighty oak, tih a lo ni thin.

Chu ang chu a ni nih ka duh chu.Min ti nghingtu, min tichautu hi ka chakna,ka nghehna lo ni zawk rawh se.Pathian hnathawh hi kal zel rawh se.

Hrehawm ka tihna ata lakchhuah ka dil lo,pumpelh ka dil lo.Luhchilha,kaltlanga, dinnghehna,tihthianghlimna,hnehna neia ka chhuah theih nan chhelna ka dil zawk ang ka ti.

Mahse, a va har em.Hrehawmna,na, a reh nghal mai chuang si lo, a awm reng tho si.Vantirhkoh ka ni si lo,mihring mai ka ni si.Mi fel leh tha,mi chak ka ni si lo.

Mahse malsawmna hi ka chhiar lui dawna,a tha lam hi ka en lui tlat dawn,Pathian lam hi ka en lui tlat dawn.A hnathawh mek leh thawh zel tur hi ka en lui tlat dawn.Malsawmna emaw, hrehawmna emaw, amah ngeiin min zirtir tawh emaw te hi ka dinna tur an lo ni hauh lo.AMAH zawk hi ka dinna tur,ka innghahna tur chu a lo ni reng si.

Ka no hi a phai zawng ka teh dawn lo, a khah zawng hi ka teh zawk ang.

I will watch for the rainbow that will appear only after the storm.

So I will deliberately count my blessings,deliberately dwell on him,focus on him, and say " My cup is half-full ".