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父母親從小撫育我，栽種愛惜幼樹苗，維護照料牽我手；

父母親延伸天父愛，甘心獻身像道橋，禍困凶險我不怕過。

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父母親延伸天父愛，甘心獻身像道橋，禍困凶險我不怕過。

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再走過，再經過，不分風雨渡過！

This is the song which could make me weep (or feel like I want to weep) almost everytime I hear / sing it.

The first time I learnt it was, probably when I was 6 or 7, in the Children Choir in church. We were singing it on the Mother's Day.

When we were young, we enjoy the melody of songs, rarely were we touched by the lyrics/content. I guess I have always been sentimental. As I remember, this is the very first song that deeply moved me when I was still a small person.  

The lastest time I encountered this song was at a funeral this Sunday. The pastor invited the congregation to sing. I bit my lips after singing the first 2 lines, and couldn't continue anymore.  

I had never attended 2 funerals on the same day, until this Sunday.

Every time I weep when I'm in a funeral, though the person passed away might not be a close one, or even one I had never spoken to.

I weep because I felt: no more - no more talking, no more meeting, no more chance to smile to him/her. And inevitably I associate this with myself...if one day this come to my closer ones, my desperation would be unbearable. I am scared of death.

BUT, where does this desperation come from? Who plant this idea of DEATH = NO MORE in my mind? Why Have I not always known that we are going to meet again in the Heaven, no more tears, no more sickness, only songs and happiness? Death is just the beginning of another journey, a journey to our Father and a better place. The life after death is so much longer and sweeter than the one we have on earth.

I know where this fear of death comes from. It comes from the mass media, the hearsay and stories around me. Their depiction of death engulfs my little faith.

I shall expose myself more to the TRUTH, to my BELIEF!

In The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf told the trembling Pippin about the life after death - so cozy, so content - thoughtfully. Pippin smiled, 'It's not too bad.' 'It's not bad at all,' approved Gandalf. And they both joined the battle.