Enter His Gates

"Ooii...just because you're back, that doesn't give you a reason to stop blogging you know!"

Yes Diana, I heard you loud and clear :) But it just seems that life has kicked into normal gear again. I had my grace period for about a week and I've put my backpack on once again and continuing where I left off prior to Taipei.

It's been quite the restful and go-with-the-flow couple of weeks, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I've got lots of birthday shoutouts which will come in my next entry...today, I'm here specifically for "Enter His Gates".

I can't begin to describe how it felt when the team played the song on Saturday, above and beyond that, that the congregation actually enjoyed and worshipped along! It was just....an amazing feeling.

It happened one night when I sat at my piano and said, please God...I want to write You a song, it feels all pent-up inside and I really need to let it out. The desire to write songs has always been there, but it was never the time, it never came out right or could fall into place together. I've always had trouble with the technicalities too and so I didn't know what was going to happen but I supposed, the best way to start, was to write something birthed from scripture.

So there I sat at the piano, I just worshipped...and turned to one of my favourite psalms, intending it to be a slow emo-worship song. I flipped to Psalm 100, and realized, "eh...it sounds too happy!" and....so came the tune for Enter His Gates.

I had many many many tries recorded on my phone (which sounded really *erks*) but finally got it down to pat, immediately called Daren (whom I was co-leading with this past Sat) and sang it to him before I forgot it...from that moment on, there was no turning back:
[+] June 17th (Tues): Recorded a vocal only clip & sent it out to Daren & Grace
[+] June 20th (Sat): Daren, Grace, Jon, Eu Jin and myself did a raw recording as reference for the team, worked out the intro, some kinks and wrote out the chords,
[+] June 26th (Thurs): The Sat worship team picked it up and made it sound even better during practice
[+] June 28th (Sat): Sang at Saturday service!

In less than two weeks, everyone has managed to help the song come to life and I'm so grateful. But more than ever, I'm amazed at what God can do with the little that we have and the little that we place before Him.

You must understand that I'm not one for technicality, yes I play the piano but I've forgotten pretty much everything and have to rely on just my hearing - as long as it sounds like it and sounds good, it's good to go. Song-writing, actually, even less than that, putting a tune to something is more than I ever dreamed possible - and it's breathtaking to see it come to pass.

I really can't describe how it feels like to hear something you wrote....being sung, played or even liked by others - its truly truly amazing. All the more amazing, when the final product is an offer of worship to God.

If this is the one and ONLY song I ever write, I'll not have any regrets, ever.

Then I'll know, it's time for something else.

“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.”- Psalm 138:8



For all those of you whom have encouraged me from the very start you heard the vocal recording, thank you so much for supporting and believing that the song was something of use, I'm very very thankful! You know who you are, thanks so much for making it happen!!

Thank You, Lord, for entrusting me with this one song, this one gift. It's a new season and it's a new day, I pray that new songs will continue to be birthed (by whomever!) and sung to You. Father, anoint their lips and their hands Lord, let Your spirit fill and inspire them. Make them Your instruments of worship. Let the song of praise in Heaven be translated and heard here on Earth. In Jesus' name, Amen!