Pretty Amazing Grace
Neil Diamond

Pretty amazing grace is what You showed me
pretty amazing grace is who You are
I was an empty vessel
You filled me up inside
and with amazing grace restored my pride

Pretty amazing grace is how You saved me
and with amazing grace reclaimed my heart
love in the midst of chaos
calm in the heat of war
showed with amazing grace what love was for

You forgave my insensitivity
and my attempt to then mislead You
You stood beside a wretch like me
Your pretty amazing grace was all I needed.

Stumbled inside the doorway of Your chapel
humbled in God by everything I found
beauty and love surround me
freed me from what I fear
ask for amazing grace and You appear

You overcame my loss of hope and faith
gave me a truth I could belive in
You led me to a higher place
showed Your amazing grace
when grace was what I needed

look in a mirror I see Your reflection
open a book You live on every page
I fall and You're there to lift me
share every road I climb
and with amazing grace You ease my mind

Came to You with empty pockets first
when I returned I was rich man
didn't believe love could quench my thirst
but with amazing grace You showed me that it can

In Your amazing grace I had a vision
from that amazing place I came to be
into the night I wandered
wandering aimlessly
found Your amazing grace to comfort me.

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You overcame my loss of hope and faith,
gave me a truth I could believe in.
You led me to that higher place
showed me that love and truth and hope and grace were all I needed.


"Neil Diamond 是美国歌坛的常青树，从六十年代起写歌唱歌到现在卖出的唱片上亿张。
曾经对我自己30岁生日有不少的设想，不知道自己会怎么度过。没想到是在这样巨大的灾难所带来的震惊和创痛中度过了这个特别的生日。我不再有心情为自己个 人的软弱和虚无感而呻吟，因为真正意义上的毁灭和死亡的恐惧在我生日前一天发生了--举世皆哀，我的30岁生日，是在为身在波及区的家人亲友揪心的担忧, 为身在灾难中、生命消失在家园倾覆成的废墟中的父老乡亲而泪水奔流中度过的。

我知道自己是幸运的，不只是因为我的家人亲友都平安度过了这场大灾难，更是因为我在30岁生日的这一天面对了真正的人生悲剧，面对了生命最沉重的答案，面对了自己最脆弱的内心，于是，我开始真正明白坚强的含义。

我仍然希望自己不要有这个幸运，因为这个幸运是与带给如此多的个人和家庭巨大而难以消除的悲剧的大不幸联系在一起的。然而，这一切都不是以我的心意为转移的。

我一直告诉自己，那些仍然还在增长的数字，每增加一个，不只是增加了一个符号，而是这个世界上少了一个曾经对生活怀有希望、渴望爱和被爱的生命。

我现在的能力太微弱，这一个月，我停下一切倾尽全力所做的一切，不过只是尽力地慰藉了我的家人和朋友，对身处更大灾难中的无数父老乡亲，除了报名参加了一项活动，将会以一对一的形式帮助灾区的一位中学生上学和生活之外，就再没能再做别的。我的内心有深深的歉疚，希望将来的我能够更有能力，能够 更长久地为他们做更多的事情！

感谢师长朋友的爱，感谢我的家人朋友都平安，感谢灾难的创痛不会太久，感谢我已经30岁。