2007年10月9日
《竭誠為主》（六）
3/7 The Source of Abundant Joy
Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who had ridden them.
2007年03月28日
《竭誠為主》（五）
1/18 "It Is the Lord!"
"Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God!"
The Goal of the call for God is His satisfaction, not simply we should do something for Him.We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Are we more devoted to service than we are to Jesus Christ Himself?
1/19 Vision and Darkness
Those years of silence were a time of discipline, not a period of God's displeasure. There is never any need to pretend that your life is filled with joy and confidence; just wait upon God and be grounded in Him (see Isaia 50:10-11)
...have I placed my confidence in God, not in His blessings?
1/27 Look Again and Think
"Do not worry about your life..."
If the front line of attack is not about clothes and food,i t may be about...friends and lack of friends...It is one steady invasion, and these things will come in like a flood, until we allow the banner of God to raise against it.
...Our Lord says to be careful only about only one thhg ── our relationship to Him.
...Jesus tells us not to worry about any of these things. Look again and think. Keep your mind on the "much more" of your heavenly Father (Matthew 6:30).
"Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God!"
The Goal of the call for God is His satisfaction, not simply we should do something for Him.We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Are we more devoted to service than we are to Jesus Christ Himself?
1/19 Vision and Darkness
Those years of silence were a time of discipline, not a period of God's displeasure. There is never any need to pretend that your life is filled with joy and confidence; just wait upon God and be grounded in Him (see Isaia 50:10-11)
...have I placed my confidence in God, not in His blessings?
1/27 Look Again and Think
"Do not worry about your life..."
If the front line of attack is not about clothes and food,i t may be about...friends and lack of friends...It is one steady invasion, and these things will come in like a flood, until we allow the banner of God to raise against it.
...Our Lord says to be careful only about only one thhg ── our relationship to Him.
...Jesus tells us not to worry about any of these things. Look again and think. Keep your mind on the "much more" of your heavenly Father (Matthew 6:30).
2006年04月20日
《竭誠為主》（四）
3/19 Abraham's Life of Faith
A life of faith is not a life of one glorious mountaintop experience after another, like soaring on eagles' wings, but is a life of day-in and day-out consistency; a life of walking without fainting (see Isaiah 40:31). It is not even a question of the holiness of sanctification, but of something which comes much farther down the road.
3/23 Am I carnally minded?
If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn't ask you to make it right; He only asks you to accept the light of truth, and then He will make it right. A child of the light will confess sin instantly and stand completely open before God.
3/25 Maintaining the Proper Relationship
...we have to be more careful to have the moral and vital relationship with Him above everything else, including obedience. Sometimes there is nothing to obey and our only task is to maintain a vital connection with Jesus Christ, seeing that nothing interferes with it.
4/10 Complete and Effective Decision About Sin
"Lord, identify me with your death until I know that sin is dead in me."
3/18 Will I Bring Myself Up to This Level?
I claim God's promises for my life and look to their fulfillment, and rightly so, but that shows only the human perspective of it. God's perspective is that through His promises I will come to recognize His ownership on me. For example, do I realize that my "body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit", or am I condoning some habit in my body which clearly could not withstand the light of God on it? ...I must begin to transform my natural life into spiritual life by obedience to Him.
4/14 Inner Invincibility
The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden. ... If your life is producing only a whine, instead of the wine, ruthlessly kick it out.
3/8 The Surrendered Life
What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not our goodness, honesty, or our efforts to do better, but real solid sin. ...We must surrender all our pretense that we are anything, and give up all our claims of even being worthy of God's consideration. ...When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the terribly offensive sins that shock them, but the awful nature of the pride of their own hearts opposing Jesus Christ. ...If you are faced with the question of whether or not to surrender, make a determination to go on through the crisis, surrendering all that you have and all that you are to Him. And God will then equip you to do all that He requires of you.
A life of faith is not a life of one glorious mountaintop experience after another, like soaring on eagles' wings, but is a life of day-in and day-out consistency; a life of walking without fainting (see Isaiah 40:31). It is not even a question of the holiness of sanctification, but of something which comes much farther down the road.
3/23 Am I carnally minded?
If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn't ask you to make it right; He only asks you to accept the light of truth, and then He will make it right. A child of the light will confess sin instantly and stand completely open before God.
3/25 Maintaining the Proper Relationship
...we have to be more careful to have the moral and vital relationship with Him above everything else, including obedience. Sometimes there is nothing to obey and our only task is to maintain a vital connection with Jesus Christ, seeing that nothing interferes with it.
4/10 Complete and Effective Decision About Sin
"Lord, identify me with your death until I know that sin is dead in me."
3/18 Will I Bring Myself Up to This Level?
I claim God's promises for my life and look to their fulfillment, and rightly so, but that shows only the human perspective of it. God's perspective is that through His promises I will come to recognize His ownership on me. For example, do I realize that my "body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit", or am I condoning some habit in my body which clearly could not withstand the light of God on it? ...I must begin to transform my natural life into spiritual life by obedience to Him.
4/14 Inner Invincibility
The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden. ... If your life is producing only a whine, instead of the wine, ruthlessly kick it out.
3/8 The Surrendered Life
What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not our goodness, honesty, or our efforts to do better, but real solid sin. ...We must surrender all our pretense that we are anything, and give up all our claims of even being worthy of God's consideration. ...When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the terribly offensive sins that shock them, but the awful nature of the pride of their own hearts opposing Jesus Christ. ...If you are faced with the question of whether or not to surrender, make a determination to go on through the crisis, surrendering all that you have and all that you are to Him. And God will then equip you to do all that He requires of you.
2006年03月14日
《心靈麵包》（三）
2/14 美善就在眼前
我們不用遠至天邊發掘我們一直在尋找的珍寶。美善就在你我所在之處。只有看見近在眼前的美善，才能辨識出遠方旅途上的美善。有花草樹木可觀賞、有雕塑畫作可讚嘆；更要緊的是，有人展現笑容、嬉戲遊玩，流露恩慈與溫柔。這些都在我們身邊，是可以用感恩之心白白領受的禮物。
我們常常不由自主、很功利地把周遭的美善事物當作資料搜集，用來完成我們的計畫。如此一來，非但不能享受這些美善，後來反倒需要度假恢復心神。到別的地方尋找美善之前，何不就在你眼前尋找呢？
2/19 安定的根基
什麼是我們安定的根基？想到這問題，我們會有些答案：成功、金錢、朋友、財物、聲望、家庭、裙帶關係、保險等等。我們或許並不認為這些是我們安定的根基，但是我們的舉動與感受卻是另一回事。... 屬靈生命的安定感並非基於這些受造的事物上，而是基於神。那些東西雖然好，然而神卻有永恆的愛。要完全不依戀這個短暫的世界，或許我們做不到；不過，我們若是想要在世界活得真正瀟灑，最好不要歸屬其中。「你們不能服事神，又服事金錢。」（路十六13，新譯）
3/11 傾聽：屬靈生命的寬宏表現
傾聽並不容易，因為我們的內心必須非常沈穩，不再需要藉著言詞、爭辯、宣言來自我證明。真正的傾聽者心裡不再需要讓別人知道自己的存在。他們能自由的領受、接納、歡迎。
傾聽不僅是讓別人講話，並且伺機回應。傾聽是將注意力完全集中在別人身上，迎接他們進入我們的生命深處。傾聽之美在於那些傾吐的人會逐漸感到自己被接納，因此更謹慎自己的言詞，並且發現真正的自我。傾聽是屬靈生命之寬宏，藉此邀請陌生人成為朋友，更認識他們的內在生命，讓他們甚至能在你面前安靜不語，亦不覺尷尬。
3/12 耶穌的靈在內心傾聽
屬靈生活中的傾聽不單是心理手法，幫助別人重尋真我。屬靈生活中，傾聽者不是那個想要表達卻自我克制的「自我」(ego)，而是在我們裡面的聖靈。當我們受了聖靈的洗，也就是說，當我們領受了耶穌的靈，讓神的氣在我們裡面運行，聖靈就在我們內心闢出一方莊嚴的天地，去接納、聆聽別人。耶穌的靈在我們裡面，聆聽那些帶著傷痕、痛苦前來找我們的人，並且為他們禱告。
我們不用遠至天邊發掘我們一直在尋找的珍寶。美善就在你我所在之處。只有看見近在眼前的美善，才能辨識出遠方旅途上的美善。有花草樹木可觀賞、有雕塑畫作可讚嘆；更要緊的是，有人展現笑容、嬉戲遊玩，流露恩慈與溫柔。這些都在我們身邊，是可以用感恩之心白白領受的禮物。
我們常常不由自主、很功利地把周遭的美善事物當作資料搜集，用來完成我們的計畫。如此一來，非但不能享受這些美善，後來反倒需要度假恢復心神。到別的地方尋找美善之前，何不就在你眼前尋找呢？
2/19 安定的根基
什麼是我們安定的根基？想到這問題，我們會有些答案：成功、金錢、朋友、財物、聲望、家庭、裙帶關係、保險等等。我們或許並不認為這些是我們安定的根基，但是我們的舉動與感受卻是另一回事。... 屬靈生命的安定感並非基於這些受造的事物上，而是基於神。那些東西雖然好，然而神卻有永恆的愛。要完全不依戀這個短暫的世界，或許我們做不到；不過，我們若是想要在世界活得真正瀟灑，最好不要歸屬其中。「你們不能服事神，又服事金錢。」（路十六13，新譯）
3/11 傾聽：屬靈生命的寬宏表現
傾聽並不容易，因為我們的內心必須非常沈穩，不再需要藉著言詞、爭辯、宣言來自我證明。真正的傾聽者心裡不再需要讓別人知道自己的存在。他們能自由的領受、接納、歡迎。
傾聽不僅是讓別人講話，並且伺機回應。傾聽是將注意力完全集中在別人身上，迎接他們進入我們的生命深處。傾聽之美在於那些傾吐的人會逐漸感到自己被接納，因此更謹慎自己的言詞，並且發現真正的自我。傾聽是屬靈生命之寬宏，藉此邀請陌生人成為朋友，更認識他們的內在生命，讓他們甚至能在你面前安靜不語，亦不覺尷尬。
3/12 耶穌的靈在內心傾聽
屬靈生活中的傾聽不單是心理手法，幫助別人重尋真我。屬靈生活中，傾聽者不是那個想要表達卻自我克制的「自我」(ego)，而是在我們裡面的聖靈。當我們受了聖靈的洗，也就是說，當我們領受了耶穌的靈，讓神的氣在我們裡面運行，聖靈就在我們內心闢出一方莊嚴的天地，去接納、聆聽別人。耶穌的靈在我們裡面，聆聽那些帶著傷痕、痛苦前來找我們的人，並且為他們禱告。
2006年02月26日
《竭誠為主》（三）
前幾天看到的好句子先用筆畫起來，積了一些再放上來。隔了幾天再看，有新的收穫。自己打一次也是加強印象。
2/16
God does not give us overcoming life ── He gives us life as we overcome.
2/17
If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation.
2/18
...Jesus comes and lovingly says to us, in essence, "Sleep on now. That opportunity is lost forever and you can't change that. But get up, and let's go on to the next thing." In other words, let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him. ...Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.
2/25
The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciple's feet ── that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.
2/16
God does not give us overcoming life ── He gives us life as we overcome.
2/17
If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation.
2/18
...Jesus comes and lovingly says to us, in essence, "Sleep on now. That opportunity is lost forever and you can't change that. But get up, and let's go on to the next thing." In other words, let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him. ...Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.
2/25
The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciple's feet ── that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.
2006年02月15日
《竭誠為主》（二）
1/9 Are You Exhausted Spiritually?
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies.
1/10 Is Your Ability To See God Blinded?
If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in nature and will realize that it (your ability to see God) is holy and sacred. We will see God reaching out to us in every wind that blows, every sunrise and sunset, every cloud in the sky, every flower that blooms, and every leaf that fades, if we will only begin to use our blinded thinking to visualize it.
（這段的意思跟昨天的《心靈麵包》很像，改天再貼。）
1/11 Is Your Mind Stayed On God?
If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. ...Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. ...This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature ── the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used int service to God.
（看了這一篇，就很認真地把一件事跟大自然的景致聯想在一起，就是把那件事比喻成流動的溪水沖刷著河床上的石頭，激起水花，潺潺而鳴。就像真善美的歌詞說的： To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over stones on its way.）
1/14 The Discipline Of Hearing
...darkness is the time to listen. Don't talk to other people about it; don't read books to find out the reason for the darkness; just listen and obey.
Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded on the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies.
1/10 Is Your Ability To See God Blinded?
If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in nature and will realize that it (your ability to see God) is holy and sacred. We will see God reaching out to us in every wind that blows, every sunrise and sunset, every cloud in the sky, every flower that blooms, and every leaf that fades, if we will only begin to use our blinded thinking to visualize it.
（這段的意思跟昨天的《心靈麵包》很像，改天再貼。）
1/11 Is Your Mind Stayed On God?
If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. ...Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. ...This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature ── the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used int service to God.
（看了這一篇，就很認真地把一件事跟大自然的景致聯想在一起，就是把那件事比喻成流動的溪水沖刷著河床上的石頭，激起水花，潺潺而鳴。就像真善美的歌詞說的： To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over stones on its way.）
1/14 The Discipline Of Hearing
...darkness is the time to listen. Don't talk to other people about it; don't read books to find out the reason for the darkness; just listen and obey.
2006年02月9日
《竭誠為主》擷思（一）
看這本書，常常瞠目結舌，會發現自己本來有而沒察覺的問題。作者不是用強硬的口氣，說「如果你不照我說的去改進，你就會下地獄，神就會不喜歡你」，而是溫柔而堅定地指出一條更高的道路。看到自己的問題被素昧平生的人點了出來，真是驚心動魄，心裡不禁張大了嘴巴，卻叫不出聲音來。記在這裡，以後自己要溫習也方便，只可惜觸碰到一些內心太深層的篇章，不敢貼上來，只把一些有共鳴又覺得可以公諸於世的段落放上來。
2/6 Are Yoy Ready To Be Poured Out As An Offering?
Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God tou are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequences as they come, without any complaints, in spite of what God may send. God sends you through a crisis in private, where no other person can help you...If you don't deal with God on the level of your will first, the result will be only to arouse sympathy for yourself....you must be willing to be placed on the altar and go through the fire; willing to experience what the altar represents ── burning, purification, and separation for only one purpose ── the elimination of every desire and affection not grounded in or directed toward God...You "bind the sacrifice...to the horns of the altar" and see to it that you don't wallow in self-pity once the fire begins. After you have gone throught the fire, there will be nothing that will be able to trouble or depress you. When another crisis arises, you will realize that things cannot touch you as they used to. What fire lies ahead in your life?...
1/7 Spiritual Dejection
We look for visions from heaven and for earth-shaking events to see God's power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do this. Yet we never realize that all the time God is at work in our everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey, and do the task that He has placed closest to us, we will see Him. One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of Jesus Christ.
2/6 Are Yoy Ready To Be Poured Out As An Offering?
Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions. Tell God tou are ready to be offered as a sacrifice for Him. Then accept the consequences as they come, without any complaints, in spite of what God may send. God sends you through a crisis in private, where no other person can help you...If you don't deal with God on the level of your will first, the result will be only to arouse sympathy for yourself....you must be willing to be placed on the altar and go through the fire; willing to experience what the altar represents ── burning, purification, and separation for only one purpose ── the elimination of every desire and affection not grounded in or directed toward God...You "bind the sacrifice...to the horns of the altar" and see to it that you don't wallow in self-pity once the fire begins. After you have gone throught the fire, there will be nothing that will be able to trouble or depress you. When another crisis arises, you will realize that things cannot touch you as they used to. What fire lies ahead in your life?...
1/7 Spiritual Dejection
We look for visions from heaven and for earth-shaking events to see God's power. Even the fact that we are dejected is proof that we do this. Yet we never realize that all the time God is at work in our everyday events and in the people around us. If we will only obey, and do the task that He has placed closest to us, we will see Him. One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of Jesus Christ.
2006年01月22日
《心靈麵包》擷思（二）
繼續抄，把《心靈愛語》列入下次要買的書單上。
只有對臨到當下的一切發出感謝，我們才真正算得上是感恩的人。如果我們還是把人、事、物分成想要記住的與寧願忘記的，就不能尋得生命的整全，並為神的恩賜而感恩。
不要怯於正視當下臨到我們的景況；要相信我們很快就會在其中看到慈愛神的牽引手。(1/12)
有很多聲音引我們注意；有的聲音說：「證明給我看你是個好人。」另有聲音說：「你實在應該為自己難為情。」也有聲音說：「沒有人真的關心你。」有的說：「你一定要出人頭地，有權有名。」但在這一切嘈雜的聲音底下，有一極其微小的聲音說：「你是我的愛子，是我所喜悅的。」這才是我們最需要聽的聲音。但是，要聽那聲音需要格外花心思：獨處、靜默，以及聆聽的堅定決心。
這就是禱告：聆聽那稱我們為「愛子」的聲音。(1/13)
有時候，我們去哪裡都可以，就是不想留在目前的地方；或是作誰都好，就是不想作自己。我們會不住地與別人比較，思忖為什麼自己不像別人一樣有錢、一樣聰明、一樣單純、一樣寬宏，或一樣敬虔。這麼比較，讓自己覺得罪咎、羞恥、嫉妒。我們千萬要知道，人生的召命隱藏於目前的光景、目前的居處。我們都是獨特的，每個人都受召完成其他人無法完成的使命，而且是在此時此地、踏踏實時地完成。
如果只是要知道自己是否比別人優秀，就永遠找不到自己的人生召命。當下的你，足以勝任你受召的使命。展現你的真我吧！(1/17)
只有對臨到當下的一切發出感謝，我們才真正算得上是感恩的人。如果我們還是把人、事、物分成想要記住的與寧願忘記的，就不能尋得生命的整全，並為神的恩賜而感恩。
不要怯於正視當下臨到我們的景況；要相信我們很快就會在其中看到慈愛神的牽引手。(1/12)
有很多聲音引我們注意；有的聲音說：「證明給我看你是個好人。」另有聲音說：「你實在應該為自己難為情。」也有聲音說：「沒有人真的關心你。」有的說：「你一定要出人頭地，有權有名。」但在這一切嘈雜的聲音底下，有一極其微小的聲音說：「你是我的愛子，是我所喜悅的。」這才是我們最需要聽的聲音。但是，要聽那聲音需要格外花心思：獨處、靜默，以及聆聽的堅定決心。
這就是禱告：聆聽那稱我們為「愛子」的聲音。(1/13)
有時候，我們去哪裡都可以，就是不想留在目前的地方；或是作誰都好，就是不想作自己。我們會不住地與別人比較，思忖為什麼自己不像別人一樣有錢、一樣聰明、一樣單純、一樣寬宏，或一樣敬虔。這麼比較，讓自己覺得罪咎、羞恥、嫉妒。我們千萬要知道，人生的召命隱藏於目前的光景、目前的居處。我們都是獨特的，每個人都受召完成其他人無法完成的使命，而且是在此時此地、踏踏實時地完成。
如果只是要知道自己是否比別人優秀，就永遠找不到自己的人生召命。當下的你，足以勝任你受召的使命。展現你的真我吧！(1/17)
2006年01月11日
《心靈麵包》擷思（一）
從《心靈麵包》看到一些很棒的片段。有的甚至值得整篇抄下來。
忍耐是項嚴厲的操練。忍耐不僅是等待不在我們掌管之下的事發生：公車抵達、雨停、朋友回來、化解衝突。忍耐不是被動地等待，讓別人出手；而是留在原處，盡情活出當下，品嚐此時此地的滋味。不耐煩的時候，我們就會想要逃離原處。從我們的一舉一動來看，好像真正的好東西在別的地方，好消息明天或將來才聽得到。要忍耐並深信，我們搜尋的寶貝就藏在我們站立的那片土地之下。（1/5）
我們若相信，踏出下一步，會有足夠的光照亮前方，就能喜樂走完人生路，並且驚見自己已走了何其遠的路。安於手中的微小光芒吧，不要求強烈的光柱驅散所有的陰暗。（1/8）
屬靈生命有一大危機，就是自棄。當我們說：「如果別人真正認識我，就不會愛我。」就是選擇了邁向黑暗的路。我們常人云亦云地相信，糟蹋自己是項美德，是所謂的謙卑。其實，謙卑與糟蹋自己正好相反。謙卑是感知自己在神眼中看為寶貴，我們的所有所是，全然是祂賞賜給我們的。要勝過自棄的心態，就必須鼓起勇氣，聆聽稱我們為神愛子的聲音，並且決心依據這項真理生活。（1/10）
忍耐是項嚴厲的操練。忍耐不僅是等待不在我們掌管之下的事發生：公車抵達、雨停、朋友回來、化解衝突。忍耐不是被動地等待，讓別人出手；而是留在原處，盡情活出當下，品嚐此時此地的滋味。不耐煩的時候，我們就會想要逃離原處。從我們的一舉一動來看，好像真正的好東西在別的地方，好消息明天或將來才聽得到。要忍耐並深信，我們搜尋的寶貝就藏在我們站立的那片土地之下。（1/5）
我們若相信，踏出下一步，會有足夠的光照亮前方，就能喜樂走完人生路，並且驚見自己已走了何其遠的路。安於手中的微小光芒吧，不要求強烈的光柱驅散所有的陰暗。（1/8）
屬靈生命有一大危機，就是自棄。當我們說：「如果別人真正認識我，就不會愛我。」就是選擇了邁向黑暗的路。我們常人云亦云地相信，糟蹋自己是項美德，是所謂的謙卑。其實，謙卑與糟蹋自己正好相反。謙卑是感知自己在神眼中看為寶貴，我們的所有所是，全然是祂賞賜給我們的。要勝過自棄的心態，就必須鼓起勇氣，聆聽稱我們為神愛子的聲音，並且決心依據這項真理生活。（1/10）
2005年11月12日
Things to Be Remembered
如果，某種程度的苦難是必須的，那麼，下列這幾段話就多看幾眼、放在心裡吧。
還記得在阿諾的故鄉格拉茲 (Gratz) 一個陽光明媚的早上，我們在住處默默聽黃媽媽訴說失去女兒的痛是如何依然椎心，自己對於生命的苦難是如何依然困惑不解。然而，我也記得另一個陽光溫柔的早上，我們坐在維也納太子宮前，黃媽媽與倍蒂曾經坐過的長椅上。黃媽突然很驚訝卻平靜地說：好奇怪，雖然懷念女兒，但只是想念，並沒有痛楚。回頭將這兩個早上串連起來，正拼湊出所有神兒女的掙扎與起落：我們時而在幽谷裡無語問天，時而在峰頂開懷高歌；但是，至終還是繼續邁步向前，無視於路途艱險，直到終點，在永恆的天光雲影裡與久別的至愛再續先前未盡的話題。
～Hapiru，〈譯事牽緣〉
If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; or even if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. If the providential will of God means a hard and difficult time for you, go through it.
～Oswald Chambers，《竭誠為主》
I now rejoice in my sufferings...and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ.
～聖經，歌羅西書一章24節（點選後請在網址列按 enter）
忍耐等候不像是等車來、等雨停、等日出，而是積極等候，盡情活出當下的時刻，在其中尋找我們所等候的那一位的足跡。...忍耐等候是在現今受苦，有深刻體會，並且讓灑在我們腳下的種子成長為茁壯的植物。忍耐等候是要我們注意眼前發生的事，並且從中瞥見神榮耀降臨第一束光芒！
～盧雲，《心靈麵包》
還記得在阿諾的故鄉格拉茲 (Gratz) 一個陽光明媚的早上，我們在住處默默聽黃媽媽訴說失去女兒的痛是如何依然椎心，自己對於生命的苦難是如何依然困惑不解。然而，我也記得另一個陽光溫柔的早上，我們坐在維也納太子宮前，黃媽媽與倍蒂曾經坐過的長椅上。黃媽突然很驚訝卻平靜地說：好奇怪，雖然懷念女兒，但只是想念，並沒有痛楚。回頭將這兩個早上串連起來，正拼湊出所有神兒女的掙扎與起落：我們時而在幽谷裡無語問天，時而在峰頂開懷高歌；但是，至終還是繼續邁步向前，無視於路途艱險，直到終點，在永恆的天光雲影裡與久別的至愛再續先前未盡的話題。
～Hapiru，〈譯事牽緣〉
If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; or even if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. If the providential will of God means a hard and difficult time for you, go through it.
～Oswald Chambers，《竭誠為主》
I now rejoice in my sufferings...and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ.
～聖經，歌羅西書一章24節（點選後請在網址列按 enter）
忍耐等候不像是等車來、等雨停、等日出，而是積極等候，盡情活出當下的時刻，在其中尋找我們所等候的那一位的足跡。...忍耐等候是在現今受苦，有深刻體會，並且讓灑在我們腳下的種子成長為茁壯的植物。忍耐等候是要我們注意眼前發生的事，並且從中瞥見神榮耀降臨第一束光芒！
～盧雲，《心靈麵包》
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