Back in December during our annual watchnight service, various members came forward to share their testimonies of how God has blessed their lives. We were privileged to hear Qili sing a song that she had personally composed over the course of a few months. Last month, we sat down with her to find out more.
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How is it that you know how to write songs?
Qili: I grew up in an environment where we would regularly compose and sing our own songs. When I was studying in university and staying in the hostel I would participate in Chinese song writing clubs.
When was the last time you wrote a song?
Qili: I had stopped writing when I was 21 years old.
So what made you start composing again?
Qili: I suddenly had the burden to. I felt that in the past 10 years as a Christian, I was going through my walk with God ignorantly. I knew that I’m a Christian, I knew that I really believed in God, but apart from that I didn’t know anything else about the faith. And that was how I lived my life as a Christian. And it was only a couple of years ago when I began to actively study the bible, and I finally came to a clearer understanding of who my God is. As a result I began to feel sorrowful, because when you really know and understand who this God is, you’ll realise the seriousness of the sins that you’ve committed in the past.
There were also incidents that were happening to the people around me and I felt their pain and struggle. So it was a series of events which resulted in this burden that I felt which made me want to compose again.
I’m someone who likes to write, not writing in the sense of essays but writing out my feelings and thoughts. Music was a big part of my life. However due to responsibilities of the home, I had put it aside for a long time. It is only recently, when my children are older, that I began to have more time to rekindle my passion for music.
This is actually the 3rd song I had written in 2017.
How long did u take to write this song?
Qili: I typically take about a night to write the lyrics, not in its final form, but the main points I want to express. Then every night I’ll keep refining the lyrics till I’m satisfied with it, and this whole process took me 1-2 months.
How did you come up with the tune?
Qili: I spent every day just thinking about it, and then one day I just had the inspiration and started playing around with some tunes and got it to its final form.
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Here’s a recording of the song she sang; we hope you’ll be edified by it.
天父我需要祢
撑不住茫然的心
需要祢温柔的怀抱
让无依无靠的孩子
不再感觉失落
天父我需要祢
说不出内心的痛
需要祢宽大的体谅
让无能无助的孩子
交托所有难过
世上唯祢永远的爱
包容破碎的心灵
擦干忏悔的眼泪
给了我自由的呼求
天父啊我爱祢
祢宽大的臂膀拥抱我
忧愁在祢怀中被抚平
停下了凌乱的步伐
静静跟随祢
天父满心感谢
我的软弱在祢恩典里完全
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