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Welcome to Sonic Sanctuary song
section where you will get to preview new works from us every now and then! Please
click to hear a sample of the song in MP3 format. From the book ”My Voice”
based on a collection of
written notes from youth from all walks of life. Written
arranged and performed by Martin Tang THE
STORY BEHIND THE SONG………………….. I just want to live!!!…..a desperate plea…a cry of distress…a petition to
God. Indeed this and more described the
situation I found myself a few short weeks ago. I had already for a year or
so displayed symptoms that indicated that something was not quite right with
me. As I begin to scour the Internet and also some medical books, the
diagnosis pointed to a problem with the prostate gland. Worst case scenario;
“Prostate cancer”. Being a Christian I decided to commit
this problem to the Lord. A speaker who visited a Church that I was at, had
also spurred me into this decision. Apparently he had been diagnosed with
prostate cancer, but refused to accept the findings of the test results that
were revealed to him by a doctor. He rejected everything in the name of
Jesus. Based on scripture in Isaiah , he cried to the Lord . He said he literally
stood on the word of God , as he opened the bible to the chapter and stood on
it. He claimed healing by the word of God, and as we know the word of God is
always true. Eleven months later he was totally healed. Praise the Lord! This encouraged me a lot, and also
with the onset of SARS I decided not to visit the doctors, but to pray and
wait. In the meantime there were other servants of God who prayed healing for
me, the symptoms though still persisted, were bearable, but affected my work
as I sometimes got tired through lack of sleep and worry. I had to visit the
toilet many times a night and could not get quality sleep . Sometimes pain
set in; passing urine was also not only a chore but also painful. Through all
this I just lived with the pain and discomfort, not even letting my wife know
what I was going through . Then as I said a couple of weeks ago I started to
feel pain more frequently but also started to have chills. Add to that I had
of course read about Anita Mui’s death to cancer, I was also getting
news about an old friend who had cancer, on top of that the newspapers were
full of reports and statistics about prostate cancer , because there was an
awareness campaign going on. I began to think seriously about death and what
it would mean. How would my wife cope , after all I am the sole breadwinner ,
what about my 2 children, I would never see them grow up , get married have
kids of their own. More importantly I felt that I had not started let alone
accomplished the work of my Heavenly Father. Sadness and fear set in , I
found myself despairing for the Lord even more. It was about this time that I met
Elim Chew ( the lady who initiated the project “My Voice”) , she
told me about how she had this idea of coming out with a book based on a
collection of written notes (these
were addressed to Fathers ,Mothers ,friends .. Etc ) from youth from all
walks of life. She had me read some of their thoughts, and some were very
distressing, a lot of them were quite depressing but most of them were a cry
for a second chance in life, to be set free from the pressure of society and
even the standards that they had set for themselves. Some were coming to an
end of themselves, something that I could identify with. So when Elim asked
me to write a song for the “project” , I gladly agreed. The silent cry within me had now
found a vehicle , and as I sat to write, the melody and lyrics just fell into
place. The very words that I had been crying to God became the
chorus……I just want to live! I believe God heard my cry. I finally went to the doctor , who
did some tests and found no trace of cancer, Praise the Lord! Though there are still some symptoms they
may be something else, and I believe that God will bring healing to me completely.
In this world we are never exempted
from trials and battles but we are also not exempted from the Grace of
God……Amen!!!!! Get the book “My
Voice” and the CD! Enjoy the song and
support the cause if you can, by buying the book and CD. All proceeds from
the sale of the book and CD will go into the funding of training programmes
run by the Young Entrepreneur Mastery a non-profit organization. These
training modules include Life skills, Innovative and creative programmes and
selling techniques. The skills the youth acquire through these programmes
will serve to add value to their lives and help them embrace life and career
choices with confidence and purpose. Books and CDs are on
sale at HMV and SPH outlets |
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