JK Rowling’s idea about “platform 9 3/4” might have borrowed from Eva Ibbotson’s The Secret of Platform 13. A book that I really enjoying reading it, first in German, then one more time in English. What do I like about the book? I will try my best to tell you without being a spoiler. 1. The unconventional …
Bookworm wrote a winter reading list not long ago, but the winter just started, she already finished reading more than half of the list. It is necessary and very urgent to draw an expansion to the reading list. Therefore, another 8 books had added in. And what are you reading? Winter Reading List (Original) …
Christmas Cracker Welcome to the Christmas lunch in the United Kingdom! It is lovely having you here, please take a seat. As you can see, the Christmas Cracker is on your plate. You may now open it by pulling both ends of cracker with sharp tug. Oh, how I love those festive explosive …
Well, there’s no forecast for any snow And there’s still so much that I’ll never know I should be full of cheer but it’s all so mystifying That Christmas, Christmas caught me crying As happiness hangs on every door And a children’s choir sings, “A King is born!” Tells me I’ve lost my …
Well for me that I have Jesus,O how tightly I hold himthat he might refresh my heart,when I’m sick and sad.Jesus I have, who loves meand gives himself to me,ah, therefore I will not leave Jesus,Even if I feel my heart is breaking. Jesus remains my joy,my heart’s comfort and essence,Jesus fends off …
I stand before Thy manger fair,My Jesus, Life from heaven!I come, and unto Thee I bearWhat Thou to me hast given.Receive it, for ’tis mind and soul,Heart, spirit, strength—receive it all,And deign to let it please Thee. Original Text (German) Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier,o Jesulein, mein Leben,ich stehe, bring und schenke dir,was …
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day;I would my true love did so chanceTo see the legend of my play,To call my true love to my dance; Chorus (sung after each verse)Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, my love,This have I done for my true love. Then was I born of a virgin …
O come, Thou Dayspring, from on high, And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death’s dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. O come, O come, Emmanuel Ancient Latin Hymn
Immanuel, o süßes Wort! Emmanuel, O sweet word! Mein Jesus heißt mein Hort, My Jesus is my refuge, Mein Jesus heißt mein Leben. My Jesus is my life, Mein Jesus hat sich mir ergeben, My Jesus has given himself to me, Mein Jesus soll mir immerfort My Jesus shall constantly Vor meinen Augen schweben. …
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:12-13 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8