Octopus

Sometimes life may be difficult, anything that happens can drag you down; job, friends, family, political environment, health, boyfriend, weather…whatever, whenever you are in a bad mood.

Me, too! But on the other hand, I have a special gift from God, I feel happy easily whenever I  see any ‘face’ without nose or even mouth, I am joyful with laughter. I don’t know why? may be they are just so cute? so true and direct? looks like simple-minded.

This morning when I finished my Sunday service, I went into a boulangerie and met this ‘Mr Octopus’ 章魚包,  original I thought it’s weird to have octopus filling inside a bun, but it seems ‘he’ really wanted me to bring him home, you see? his eyes :D , so I got him. When I put him onto my plate, I know I have to do something before ‘killing’ him, and this was the picture that I would like to dedicate to Mr Octopus for having fun with me in this rainy day without ‘Justice’!

Thank you for bring me joy, even it’s only for a while, you make me resume my energy and hope to carry on, tomorrow is another fresh new day :D

Oh! by the way, guess what is actually inside? I am 100% correct: A simple-minded of a few shredded cheese, that’s all :D

The Tapestry Poem

Hi, 

 

I would like to share this with you, a wonderful poem selected by Pauline, our team member of "pastor Au + 7 pebbles" for a special study group  in our church.

"The Tapestry Poem"was originally written by Grant Colfax Tullar (1869-1950)

Then being shared by writer Corrie Ten Boom(1892-1983) in the title of "The Weaver".

 

This poem is so meaningful, being loved & broadly shared many many times; 

and I'm pleased to share it again in my blog, wish you like it, too

My life is but a weaving       我的生命

Between my God and me      是主與我編織的掛毯

I cannot choose the colors    我不能選擇顔色

He wealth steadily              主在編織引領

 

 

Oft' times He weaveth the sorrow;    主常常編織悲傷;

And I in foolish pride                    我愚昧驕傲

Forget He sees the upper                 忘了主看到正面

And I the underside                      而我只看到底面

 

 

Not til the loom is silent         直到織機無聲

And the shuttles cease to fly   機梭停止穿梭

Will God unroll the canvas    主會打開掛毯

And reveal the reason why     展現讓我明白看見

 
 

 

The dark threads are as needful      按照主的設計

 In the  weaver's skilful hand         深黑色的線

 As the threads of gold and silver    在熟練織工的手中

 In the pattern He has planned       和金銀線同讓需要

 

He knows, He loves, He cares;    主知道, 主愛, 主在乎;

Nothing this truth can dim.      這個真理從沒變.

He gives the very best to those   誰願順服祂主權

Who leave the choice to Him     主為誰留美好賞賜

P.S. - thanks Pauline for the beautiful translation so we can share with more others :D

 

智者、旅人 The Wise man said...

A tourist who was visiting a small village approached the house of a well-known wise man, and he was surprised to see that he lived in a small, humble room filled with books. The only pieces of furniture were a bed, a table, and a chair.

 “Where is the rest of your furniture?” the tourist asked.

 “And where is yours?” the wise man answered back. 

“Mine?” responded the tourist, surprised. “I’m only here for a short time.”

“Me too,” said the wise man.

事源教會的一個課堂上，大家思考着智慧書，那麼，什麼是智慧呢？一位姊妹便發現這篇文章與我們分享(抱歉忘記了是摘自那裏，如果你知道，煩請告訴我以便加入此文的備註中，先謝過！🙂)，我覺得很有意思，於是繪了這張圖畫，也在此與你們分享。

從信仰的角度，智慧源於我們信靠的神~敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端，認識至聖者便是聰明！(箴言九章10節)人的智慧實在沒法與創造我們的神相比，這是合理不過的; 能夠認識並信靠神，自然能尋到智慧的根源，這也是我們的福氣。那麼，在還沒有認識神之前，是否也可以活得智慧一些而不是愚妄地渡日呢? 

上文述説一個旅人在探訪小村莊的時候，行至一位有名的智者家中，驚覺他居住在一間充滿書的樸實小房子，除此之外，便只有床，書枱和椅子。

旅人問：你其餘的傢俬在那裡呢？

智者回答説的：你的又在那裡呢？ 

旅人疑惑地説：我的？...我只會在此處短暫停留．

智者說：我也是。

或許不用我多解説，你也明白箇中意思。就是這麼簡單地解釋了我們為什麼不需要無止境地追求物慾，除了是物質與心靈所需的分别之外，也就是把有限的時間用在什麼地方上。得到的一齊能成為我們活得更自在和有深度，還是變成享受過後的一些負擔呢？

Four Seasons

 

Autumn ...

 

forest become silence

color begins to faint

air is dry

life is grey

open your eyes

something above

stretch your arms

a Gift to Receive

Summer...

 

here & there in forest

everything in motion

wind that blows to deliver

signs of love encounter

open the gift for you

the always special you

any message to tell?

any breakthrough to act!

 

Spring...

 

aroma of the forest

life of the triumph

ready for the blossom

can't stop the movement

fly to Explore

chase the light

you'll never know

if you don't go

 

Winter...

 

it seems the end

forest back to death...again

it's a cycle of no control

we should only follow

 the seasons of nature

a Creator who rule

Embrace your life in Him

& you'll be free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treadmill...to Die for ?!

Boom-boom-boom...

Boom-boom-boom... 

Why am I here? a baby of one year.

Mom,  what is this for, do I need to crawl? 

Hey, baby can you try once more,

as fast as you could so I can move

my teacher is waiting 

exams are haunting

I must be hurry cos’ year two is coming !

Hey, little girl don’t block my way,

I have proposals & dozens of meetings 

my clients are waiting 

big boss is haunting 

I must be hurry cos’ probation is ending 

Hey, young man please keep running,

We shall follow you on the same paving 

our business are failing

our mortgage is haunting 

We must be hurry cos’ the bank is closing !

Hey, Mr & Mrs don’t falling 

old pa & grandma are chasing 

keep the tread smoothing 

her doctor is waiting

Nursing home’s quota is holding  

We must be hurry cos’ our last chance can’t be missing ! 

Hey, everybody don’t panic 

I am done with no more rush

Plug off the treadmill cos’ I don’t need to run

The god of death is haunting  

My graveyard is waiting 

 send me a daisy if you are willing

the beauty of nature that I missing !

Transparent Integrity

 

Whenever a sunny day, there is always a wonderful moment in the afternoon for light to play with shadow, they attracts me, so I stop working to join them for a while, usually not a while but long enough for me to think of something that we've missed like...transparent integrity!

I forget where have I learned these wordings from, a book may be; but they were written on a post-it which pinned on my notice board since 2016. The shadow play in this afternoon reminds me of it, the transparency that has to be as crystal clear as this, I think, as a person, a human being...

I wish I won't lost mine!

Petit Paris - Pont Neuf

click to enlarge

Hi hi, 

It's been a while after our last chat, right? Cos' I am quite busy these days, to do what? To draw and write this, and finally released on Google Book this week...so...so...excited :D

Although it is only a short picture book that I've started with for this series, I did work onto it seriously, hopefully you can feel it, too!

Our publisher name is Oiseau Distrait (updated on Aug 20240,

you can find me from here also Oiseau Distrait

As a Welcome gift, a discount is offer right now until mid of March, Enjoy!

I am still working on to distribute in other platform such as Apple Book, and will be announced once it is ready.

If you would like to see the "story" of producing the watercolor painting inside, there will be another post in Cocoa Design Life Instagram a bit later, be our guest and hope to see you there :)

To write short, I better tell you "behind the scene" of this book in next post, good day!

P.S.- read book in landscape view to display double pages 

小休三分鐘

短缺、維生、危險、生死猶關...

快人一歩、搶購、囤積、備用... 

三天?一週?一月?一年?

邀請你小休三分鐘...

分享、守望、互補不足...

世界變得大了一些,

支援多了一些,

關愛多了一些...

此刻不再撕裂 

一心一意

畢竟

我們也是共同生存在地球的過客

願大家平安!

7 in Creation - Seventh Day

1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,

and all the host of them.

2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;

and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3. And God blessed the seventh day,

and sanctified it: 

because that in it he had rested from all his work 

which God created and made.

Genesis 2: 1-3
The Holy Bible (King James Version) 

 1. 天地萬物都造齊了. 

2. 到第七日,  神造物的工已經完畢,

就在第七日歇了祂一切的工, 安息了.

3. 神賜福給第七日, 定為聖日, 

因為在這日, 神歇了 祂一切創造的工, 就安息了.

創世記二章: 1-3節
 和合本聖經(環球聖公會)

7 in Creation - Sixth Day

24. And God said,
Let the earth bring forth the living creature

after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, 

and beast of the earth after his kind:

and it was so.

25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,

and cattle after their kind,

and every thing that creepeth upon the earth

after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

26. And God said,

Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air,

and over the cattle, and over all the earth,

and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27. So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God created he him;

male and female created he them.

28. And God blessed them, 

and God said unto them,

Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,

and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air,

and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29. And God said, Behold, 

I have given you every herb bearing seed,

which is upon the face of all the earth, 

and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed;

to you it shall be for meat.

30. And to every beast of the earth, 

and to every fowl of the air,

and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

wherein there is life, 

I have given every green herb for meat: 

and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made,

and, behold, it was very good.

And the evening and the morning

were the sixth day.  

Genesis 1: 24-31
The Holy Bible (King James Version) 

24. 神說: "地要生出活物來, 各從其類;

牲畜、 昆蟲、 野獸, 各從其類."

事就這樣成了.

25. 於是,  神造出野獸, 各從其類;

牲畜, 各從其類; 地上一切昆蟲, 各從其類.

神看着是好的.

26. 神說: "我們要照着我們的形像, 按着我們的樣式造人,

使他們管理海裏的魚、 空中的鳥,

地上的牲畜和全地, 並地上所爬的一切昆蟲."

27.  神就照着自己的形象造人,

乃是照着祂的形像造男造女.

28. 神就賜福給他們, 又對他們說:

"要生養眾多, 遍滿地面, 治理這地;

也要 管理海裏的魚、 空中的鳥, 和地上各樣行動的活物."

29. 神說: "看哪! 我將遍地上一切結種子的菜蔬,

和一切樹上所結有核的果子, 全賜給你們作食物.

30. 至於地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥,

並各樣爬在地上有生命的物, 

我將青草賜給牠們作食物."

事就這樣成了.

31. 神看着一切所造的都甚好.

有晚上, 有早晨,

是第六日.

創世記一章: 24-31節
和合本聖經(環球聖經公會) 

 

7 in Creation - Fifth Day

20. And God said, 

Let the waters bring forth abundantly

 the moving creature that hath life,

and fowl that may fly above the earth

 in the open firmament of heaven. 

21. And God created great whales,

and every living creature that moveth,

which the waters brought forth abundantly,

after their kind,

and every winged fowl after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

22. And God blessed them,

saying,

Be fruitful, and multiply, 

and fill the waters in the seas,

and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23. And the evening and the morning

were the fifth day.

Genesis 1: 20-23 
The Holy Bible (King James Version) 

20. 神說: "水要多多滋生有生命的物,
要有雀鳥飛在地面以上, 天空之中."
21. 神就造出大魚和水中所滋生
各樣有生命的動物, 各從其類;
又造出各樣飛鳥, 各從其類.
神看着是好的.
22. 神就賜福給這一切說:
滋生繁多, 充滿海中的水;
雀鳥也要多生在地上.
23. 有晚上, 有早晨,
是第五日.

創世記一章20-23節
和合本聖經(環球聖經公會) 

7 in Creation - Fourth Day

14. And God said, Let there be lights

 in the firmament of the heaven

to divide the day from the night;

and let them be for signs, and for seasons, 

and for days, and years:

15. And let them be for lights 

in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light  upon the earth:

and it was so. 

16. And God made two great lights;

the greater light to rule the day.

and the lesser light to rule the night:

he made the stars also.

17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven

to give light upon the earth,

18. And to rule over the day and over the night,

and to divide the light from the darkness: 

and God saw that it was good.

19. And the evening and the morning

were the fourth day. 

Genesis 1: 14-19

The Holy Bible (King James Version)

 14.  神說: "天上要有光體, 
可以分晝夜, 

作記號, 定節令, 日子, 年歲,

15. 並要發光在天空, 普照在地上."

事就這樣成了.

16. 於是 神造了兩個大光, 

大的管晝, 小的管夜, 又造眾星, 

17. 就把這些光擺列在天空, 普照在地上,

18. 管理晝夜, 分別明暗.

神看着是好的 .

19. 有晚上, 有早晨,

這是第四日.

創世記一章14-19節 
和合本聖經(環球聖經公會) 

7 in Creation - Third Day

9. And God said, 

Let the waters under the heaven be gathered

together unto one place,

and let the dry land appear:

and it was so.

10. And God called the dry land Earth;

and the gathering together of the waters

called he Seas:

and God saw that it was good.

11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,

the herb yielding seed,

and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind,

whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:

and it was so.

 12. And the earth brought forth grass, 

and herb yielding seed after his kind,

and the tree yielding fruit, 

whose seed was in itself, after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

13. And the  evening and the morning 

were the third day. 

Genesis 1: 9-13
The Holy Bible (King James Version) 

9. 神說: "天下的水要聚在一處, 使旱地露出來."
事就這樣成了.
10. 神稱旱地為地, 稱水的聚處為海.
神看着是好的.
11. 神說: "地要發生青草和結種子的菜蔬,
並結果子的樹木, 各從其類,
果子都包着核." 事就這樣成了.
12. 於是地發生了靑草和結種子的菜蔬,各從其類;
並結果子的樹木, 各從 其類,果子都包着核.
神看着是好的. 
13. 有晚上, 有早晨,
是第三日. 

創世記一章: 9-13節
和合本聖經(環球聖經公會) 

7 in Creation - Second Day

6. And God said, 

Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,

and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7. And God made the firmament,

and divided the waters which were under the firmament

from the waters which were above the firmament:

and it was so.

8. And God called the firmament Heaven.

And the evening and the morning

were the second day. 

Genesis 1 : 6-8

The Holy Bible (King James Version) 

6. 神說: "諸水之間要有空氣, 

將水分為上下."

7. 神就造出空氣, 

將空氣以下的水、空氣以上的水分開了.

事就這樣 成了.

8. 神稱空氣為天.

有晚上, 有早晨,

是第二日.

創世記一章; 6-8節 

和合本聖經(環球聖經公會) 

7 in Creation - First Day

1. In the beginning 

God created the heaven and the earth.

2. And the earth was without form, and void; 

and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3. And God said, Let there be light: 

and there was light.

4. And God saw the light, that it was good: 

and God divided the light from the darkness.

5. And God called the light Day,

and the darkness he called Night.

And the evening and the morning 

were the first day. 

Genesis I : 1-5
The Holy Bible (King James Version)

1. 起初  神創造天地.

2. 地是空虛混沌, 淵面黑暗; 

神的靈運行在水面上.

3.  神說: "要有光." 就有了光.

4. 神看光是好的, 就把光暗分開了.

5. 神稱光為晝, 稱暗為夜.

有晚上, 有早晨, 

這是頭一日.

創世記 一章 : 1-5節
和合本聖經(環球聖經公會)