閑來無事不從容
睡覺東窗日已紅
萬物靜觀皆自得
四時佳興與人同
2011年12月28日 星期三
Another New year
Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!” - W.A .Ward - American dedicated scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher )
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!” - W.A .Ward - American dedicated scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher )
New Year Quotes
Another New year is coming.
Let's have the reflections from the following quotes,good food for thoughts to start another year!
A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within.
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. - Edith Lovejoy Pierce -
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.
A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” --Bill Vaughn --
American industry author, mentor and subject-matter expert
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
-Dr. Seuss- American Writer and Cartoonist
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”-Benjamin Franklin -American Statesman,Scientist,Philosopher, Printer,Writer,Inventor
Let's have the reflections from the following quotes,good food for thoughts to start another year!
A new year is unfolding – like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within.
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. - Edith Lovejoy Pierce -
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.
A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” --Bill Vaughn --
American industry author, mentor and subject-matter expert
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
-Dr. Seuss- American Writer and Cartoonist
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”-Benjamin Franklin -American Statesman,Scientist,Philosopher, Printer,Writer,Inventor
2011年12月26日 星期一
【化解壓力 20招】
1.早起15分鐘 (如果可以的話) → 讓自己有更充裕的時間面對早晨的壓力。
2.改善外表 → 使自己看起來更美，心情也會更開朗。
3.把家裡或工作的環境整理一番，如此才能免去找不到東西的困擾。
4.家電、器具損壞馬上修理或換新 → 不要任由一些生活不便之處破壞您的情緒。
5.和樂天派的人做朋友 → 杞人憂天型的人物，讓您養成擔憂的習慣。
6.凡事事先計劃 ，別等到用完最後一滴油才趕著去加油。
7.做事一件一件來 → 尚未完成眼前的工作時，別去想下一個任務。
8.討厭的工作儘早做完 → 免得令你心煩。
9.要懂得變通，有些事情不值得力求完美；有些事情必須妥協、折衷。
10.把問題說出來和朋友討論 → 別悶在心裡。
11.每天做一、兩件你最喜歡的事情 → 愉悅心情。
12.每天留給自己片刻寧靜，一方面休息，一方面整理思緒。
13.不能依賴「記憶」 → 重要的約會、工作應該用筆記下來，才不會耽誤。
14.當你感到愈來愈緊張時 → 試著放鬆肌肉，做幾個深呼吸。
15.懂得拒絕 → 學會對你沒時間或沒興趣參與的工作或活動說「不」。
16.碰到必須大排長龍的情形，不要感到不耐煩。因為這就是人生，何不一笑置之。如果預期必須等候一段時間，應該帶 本雜誌去打發時間。
17. 避開吵雜 → 感到四周聲音過於嘈雜時，可戴上耳塞。
18.洗個熱水澡鬆弛情緒 → 夏季可改採冷水浴。
19.就寢前，先將第二天的生活做一計劃→包括進餐、衣著。
20.睡眠要充足 → 缺乏睡眠會使人變得焦慮、易怒。
2.改善外表 → 使自己看起來更美，心情也會更開朗。
3.把家裡或工作的環境整理一番，如此才能免去找不到東西的困擾。
4.家電、器具損壞馬上修理或換新 → 不要任由一些生活不便之處破壞您的情緒。
5.和樂天派的人做朋友 → 杞人憂天型的人物，讓您養成擔憂的習慣。
6.凡事事先計劃 ，別等到用完最後一滴油才趕著去加油。
7.做事一件一件來 → 尚未完成眼前的工作時，別去想下一個任務。
8.討厭的工作儘早做完 → 免得令你心煩。
9.要懂得變通，有些事情不值得力求完美；有些事情必須妥協、折衷。
10.把問題說出來和朋友討論 → 別悶在心裡。
11.每天做一、兩件你最喜歡的事情 → 愉悅心情。
12.每天留給自己片刻寧靜，一方面休息，一方面整理思緒。
13.不能依賴「記憶」 → 重要的約會、工作應該用筆記下來，才不會耽誤。
14.當你感到愈來愈緊張時 → 試著放鬆肌肉，做幾個深呼吸。
15.懂得拒絕 → 學會對你沒時間或沒興趣參與的工作或活動說「不」。
16.碰到必須大排長龍的情形，不要感到不耐煩。因為這就是人生，何不一笑置之。如果預期必須等候一段時間，應該帶 本雜誌去打發時間。
17. 避開吵雜 → 感到四周聲音過於嘈雜時，可戴上耳塞。
18.洗個熱水澡鬆弛情緒 → 夏季可改採冷水浴。
19.就寢前，先將第二天的生活做一計劃→包括進餐、衣著。
20.睡眠要充足 → 缺乏睡眠會使人變得焦慮、易怒。
廣深港高鐵廣深段開通 時速達300公里
台灣因高鐵而有台北、高雄一日生活圈。
在大陸，深圳和廣州兩地距離100多公里，從今（26）日開始，廣深高鐵正式通車，讓當地人實現工作在廣州，生活在深圳的願望。今天上午，廣深港高鐵廣深段正式營運。這條高鐵路線全長102公里，行車時間35分鐘。對於往來廣州、東莞、深圳之間的旅客出入將更加便捷。廣深高鐵今天通車35分鐘跑102公里,實現一日生活圈
深圳市民去香港九龍只要20分鐘，到廣州南站約35分鐘，到武漢只要4個小時，去北京僅需10小時以內。
在大陸，深圳和廣州兩地距離100多公里，從今（26）日開始，廣深高鐵正式通車，讓當地人實現工作在廣州，生活在深圳的願望。今天上午，廣深港高鐵廣深段正式營運。這條高鐵路線全長102公里，行車時間35分鐘。對於往來廣州、東莞、深圳之間的旅客出入將更加便捷。廣深高鐵今天通車35分鐘跑102公里,實現一日生活圈
深圳市民去香港九龍只要20分鐘，到廣州南站約35分鐘，到武漢只要4個小時，去北京僅需10小時以內。
2011年12月25日 星期日
Pope's Christmas message expresses hope for peace in the Holy Land
In his address delivered from the loggia of St. Peter's Square, the Pope stressed the need for peace in the Middle East and other conflict areas including North Africa and Southeast Asia. Below, the full text of Pope Benedict's Christmas message:
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world!
Christ is born for us! Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to the men and women whom he loves. May all people hear an echo of the message of Bethlehem which the Catholic Church repeats in every continent, beyond the confines of every nation, language and culture. The Son of the Virgin Mary is born for everyone; he is the Saviour of all.
This is how Christ is invoked in an ancient liturgical antiphon: "O Emmanuel, our king and lawgiver, hope and salvation of the peoples: come to save us, O Lord our God". Veni ad salvandum nos! Come to save us! This is the cry raised by men and women in every age, who sense that by themselves they cannot prevail over difficulties and dangers. They need to put their hands in a greater and stronger hand, a hand which reaches out to them from on high. Dear brothers and sisters, this hand is Christ, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary. He is the hand that God extends to humanity, to draw us out of the mire of sin and to set us firmly on rock, the secure rock of his Truth and his Love (cf. Ps 40:2).
This is the meaning of the Child’s name, the name which, by God’s will, Mary and Joseph gave him: he is named Jesus, which means "Saviour" (cf. Mt 1:21; Lk 1:31). He was sent by God the Father to save us above all from the evil deeply rooted in man and in history: the evil of separation from God, the prideful presumption of being self-sufficient, of trying to compete with God and to take his place, to decide what is good and evil, to be the master of life and death (cf. Gen 3:1-7). This is the great evil, the great sin, from which we human beings cannot save ourselves unless we rely on God’s help, unless we cry out to him: "Veni ad salvandum nos! – Come to save us!"
The very fact that we cry to heaven in this way already sets us aright; it makes us true to ourselves: we are in fact those who cried out to God and were saved (cf. Esth [LXX] 10:3ff.). God is the Saviour; we are those who are in peril. He is the physician; we are the infirm. To realize this is the first step towards salvation, towards emerging from the maze in which we have been locked by our pride. To lift our eyes to heaven, to stretch out our hands and call for help is our means of escape, provided that there is Someone who hears us and can come to our assistance.
Jesus Christ is the proof that God has heard our cry. And not only this! God’s love for us is so strong that he cannot remain aloof; he comes out of himself to enter into our midst and to share fully in our human condition (cf. Ex 3:7-12). The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone, but divine. Only the God who is love, and the love which is God, could choose to save us in this way, which is certainly the lengthiest way, yet the way which respects the truth about him and about us: the way of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation.
Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, on this Christmas 2011,
let us then turn to the Child of Bethlehem, to the Son of the Virgin Mary, and say: "Come to save us!" Let us repeat these words in spiritual union with the many people who experience particularly difficult situations; let us speak out for those who have no voice.
Together let us ask God’s help for the peoples of the Horn of Africa, who suffer from hunger and food shortages, aggravated at times by a persistent state of insecurity. May the international community not fail to offer assistance to the many displaced persons coming from that region and whose dignity has been sorely tried.
May the Lord grant comfort to the peoples of South-East Asia, particularly Thailand and the Philippines, who are still enduring grave hardships as a result of the recent floods.
May the Lord come to the aid of our world torn by so many conflicts which even today stain the earth with blood. May the Prince of Peace grant peace and stability to that Land where he chose to come into the world, and encourage the resumption of dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. May he bring an end to the violence in Syria, where so much blood has already been shed. May he foster full reconciliation and stability in Iraq and Afghanistan. May he grant renewed vigour to all elements of society in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East as they strive to advance the common good.
May the birth of the Saviour support the prospects of dialogue and cooperation in Myanmar, in the pursuit of shared solutions. May the Nativity of the Redeemer ensure political stability to the countries of the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and assist the people of South Sudan in their commitment to safeguarding the rights of all citizens.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us turn our gaze anew to the grotto of Bethlehem.
The Child whom we contemplate is our salvation! He has brought to the world a universal message of reconciliation and peace. Let us open our hearts to him; let us receive him into our lives. Once more let us say to him, with joy and confidence: "Veni ad salvandum nos!"
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world!
Christ is born for us! Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to the men and women whom he loves. May all people hear an echo of the message of Bethlehem which the Catholic Church repeats in every continent, beyond the confines of every nation, language and culture. The Son of the Virgin Mary is born for everyone; he is the Saviour of all.
This is how Christ is invoked in an ancient liturgical antiphon: "O Emmanuel, our king and lawgiver, hope and salvation of the peoples: come to save us, O Lord our God". Veni ad salvandum nos! Come to save us! This is the cry raised by men and women in every age, who sense that by themselves they cannot prevail over difficulties and dangers. They need to put their hands in a greater and stronger hand, a hand which reaches out to them from on high. Dear brothers and sisters, this hand is Christ, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary. He is the hand that God extends to humanity, to draw us out of the mire of sin and to set us firmly on rock, the secure rock of his Truth and his Love (cf. Ps 40:2).
This is the meaning of the Child’s name, the name which, by God’s will, Mary and Joseph gave him: he is named Jesus, which means "Saviour" (cf. Mt 1:21; Lk 1:31). He was sent by God the Father to save us above all from the evil deeply rooted in man and in history: the evil of separation from God, the prideful presumption of being self-sufficient, of trying to compete with God and to take his place, to decide what is good and evil, to be the master of life and death (cf. Gen 3:1-7). This is the great evil, the great sin, from which we human beings cannot save ourselves unless we rely on God’s help, unless we cry out to him: "Veni ad salvandum nos! – Come to save us!"
The very fact that we cry to heaven in this way already sets us aright; it makes us true to ourselves: we are in fact those who cried out to God and were saved (cf. Esth [LXX] 10:3ff.). God is the Saviour; we are those who are in peril. He is the physician; we are the infirm. To realize this is the first step towards salvation, towards emerging from the maze in which we have been locked by our pride. To lift our eyes to heaven, to stretch out our hands and call for help is our means of escape, provided that there is Someone who hears us and can come to our assistance.
Jesus Christ is the proof that God has heard our cry. And not only this! God’s love for us is so strong that he cannot remain aloof; he comes out of himself to enter into our midst and to share fully in our human condition (cf. Ex 3:7-12). The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone, but divine. Only the God who is love, and the love which is God, could choose to save us in this way, which is certainly the lengthiest way, yet the way which respects the truth about him and about us: the way of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation.
Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, on this Christmas 2011,
let us then turn to the Child of Bethlehem, to the Son of the Virgin Mary, and say: "Come to save us!" Let us repeat these words in spiritual union with the many people who experience particularly difficult situations; let us speak out for those who have no voice.
Together let us ask God’s help for the peoples of the Horn of Africa, who suffer from hunger and food shortages, aggravated at times by a persistent state of insecurity. May the international community not fail to offer assistance to the many displaced persons coming from that region and whose dignity has been sorely tried.
May the Lord grant comfort to the peoples of South-East Asia, particularly Thailand and the Philippines, who are still enduring grave hardships as a result of the recent floods.
May the Lord come to the aid of our world torn by so many conflicts which even today stain the earth with blood. May the Prince of Peace grant peace and stability to that Land where he chose to come into the world, and encourage the resumption of dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. May he bring an end to the violence in Syria, where so much blood has already been shed. May he foster full reconciliation and stability in Iraq and Afghanistan. May he grant renewed vigour to all elements of society in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East as they strive to advance the common good.
May the birth of the Saviour support the prospects of dialogue and cooperation in Myanmar, in the pursuit of shared solutions. May the Nativity of the Redeemer ensure political stability to the countries of the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and assist the people of South Sudan in their commitment to safeguarding the rights of all citizens.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us turn our gaze anew to the grotto of Bethlehem.
The Child whom we contemplate is our salvation! He has brought to the world a universal message of reconciliation and peace. Let us open our hearts to him; let us receive him into our lives. Once more let us say to him, with joy and confidence: "Veni ad salvandum nos!"
2011年12月22日 星期四
From FEBC Philippines on the Recent Mindanao Typhoon
My Dear FEBC Family:
As you have all seen and heard, a number of provinces in northern Mindanao, along with Negros Oriental and Palawan, were badly damaged after massive flashfloods due to typhoon Sendong (international codename: WASHI) hit the areas last December 16. A local newspaper has placed the latest tally at 1,002 confirmed dead and scores missing. We enjoin all of you to pray for all the victims and their families as they face a dim Christmas. Pray as well for the rescue teams and efforts being done as we speak to help all those affected specially in the areas of Cagayan De Oro, Iligan, and even Dumaguete.
We do thank God, we don't have a radio station near the area of the flooding. Right now, we are working on a partnership with a Christan FM station operating in Cagayan de Oro, the New J, that airs some of our programs on their stations. We will be trying to raise the capability to do disaster-response radio with the New J and we are looking at the possibility of linking up with them as one of the contact points for our "Bayanihan Ngayong Kapaskuhan" (Helping One Another this Christmastime). This is an FEBC Philippines-wide on-air fundraising campaign that will run up to January 6, 2012. All funds raised and donations in-kind will go to organizations doing direct relief operations in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City.
Again, please continue to be in prayer for God's comfort for the families who lost their loved ones and for the surviving victims as they try to go through the slow and painful process of rebuilding. Pray too for our on-air appeal, that people will respond compassionately and generously.
We will keep you posted!
In the Lamb,
Dan Andrew
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Dan Andrew S. Cura
President and Managing Director
Far East Broadcasting Company, Philippines
Christian Radio City Manila Compound
62 Karuhatan Road, Karuhatan
Valenzuela City, Philippines
As you have all seen and heard, a number of provinces in northern Mindanao, along with Negros Oriental and Palawan, were badly damaged after massive flashfloods due to typhoon Sendong (international codename: WASHI) hit the areas last December 16. A local newspaper has placed the latest tally at 1,002 confirmed dead and scores missing. We enjoin all of you to pray for all the victims and their families as they face a dim Christmas. Pray as well for the rescue teams and efforts being done as we speak to help all those affected specially in the areas of Cagayan De Oro, Iligan, and even Dumaguete.
We do thank God, we don't have a radio station near the area of the flooding. Right now, we are working on a partnership with a Christan FM station operating in Cagayan de Oro, the New J, that airs some of our programs on their stations. We will be trying to raise the capability to do disaster-response radio with the New J and we are looking at the possibility of linking up with them as one of the contact points for our "Bayanihan Ngayong Kapaskuhan" (Helping One Another this Christmastime). This is an FEBC Philippines-wide on-air fundraising campaign that will run up to January 6, 2012. All funds raised and donations in-kind will go to organizations doing direct relief operations in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City.
Again, please continue to be in prayer for God's comfort for the families who lost their loved ones and for the surviving victims as they try to go through the slow and painful process of rebuilding. Pray too for our on-air appeal, that people will respond compassionately and generously.
We will keep you posted!
In the Lamb,
Dan Andrew
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Dan Andrew S. Cura
President and Managing Director
Far East Broadcasting Company, Philippines
Christian Radio City Manila Compound
62 Karuhatan Road, Karuhatan
Valenzuela City, Philippines
Quotes from Spiritual Masters
"God gives us some things, as the beginning of faith, even when we do not pray. Other things, such as perseverance, he has only provided for those who pray."
St Augustine
"It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provision for things to come." Thomas á Kempis
"Lord, take from me everything that hinders me from going to You. give me all that will lead me to You. Take me from myself and give me to Yourself." St Nicholas Flue
St Augustine
"It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provision for things to come." Thomas á Kempis
"Lord, take from me everything that hinders me from going to You. give me all that will lead me to You. Take me from myself and give me to Yourself." St Nicholas Flue
Quotes from Spiritual Masters
"God gives us some things, as the beginning of faith, even when we do not pray. Other things, such as perseverance, he has only provided for those who pray."
St Augustine
"It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provision for things to come." Thomas á Kempis
"Lord, take from me everything that hinders me from going to You. Give me all that will lead me to You. Take me from myself and give me to Yourself." St Nicholas Flue
St Augustine
"It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provision for things to come." Thomas á Kempis
"Lord, take from me everything that hinders me from going to You. Give me all that will lead me to You. Take me from myself and give me to Yourself." St Nicholas Flue
2011年12月21日 星期三
Seasons Greetings from FEBC US Family
Dear FEBC colleagues
In these final days leading up to the celebration of our Lord’s birth, all of us in the U.S. office would like to extend our heartfelt wishes for a lovely Christmas to you and yours.
May you celebrate it surrounded by the warmth of family and friends, reminded that the gifts you give to one another are small tokens of the amazing gift we received that first Christmas day!
We pray that 2012 will reward you with even more opportunities to reach hearts hungry for the Good News of the Savior.
Sandra Jensen
International Communications Manager
International Ministries
Far East Broadcasting Company
In these final days leading up to the celebration of our Lord’s birth, all of us in the U.S. office would like to extend our heartfelt wishes for a lovely Christmas to you and yours.
May you celebrate it surrounded by the warmth of family and friends, reminded that the gifts you give to one another are small tokens of the amazing gift we received that first Christmas day!
We pray that 2012 will reward you with even more opportunities to reach hearts hungry for the Good News of the Savior.
Sandra Jensen
International Communications Manager
International Ministries
Far East Broadcasting Company
2011年12月19日 星期一
健康教會法則: 骨、筋、肌、皮與氣息
台北寇紹恩牧師從神領受到以西結書37章異象—— 秙骨變大軍。
神讓他看到建造教會五個法則，就在以西結書第37章1-10節的經文。
寇牧師具體分析五個健康教會法則：小組、愛、讀經、榜樣、聖靈。
第一步，寇牧師將教會小組化，就是基督之家改變開始。小組成了教會骨架。
第二，寇牧師講到「筋」「筋是最韌東西，能把肌肉和骨骼相連結，關鍵就是愛。他認為真正好的小組是散會後「私下是否還聯絡？是否還會想到對方需要？」若答案是肯定，那就是有「筋」的小組，有愛連接起來的小組。
第三，寇牧師繼續解釋「如果只有愛，卻沒真理，會秙乾。」基督之家鼓勵會友一年讀一遍聖經，備各種造就課程鍛練「肌肉」「大量讀神的話，才會長肉！」
第四，長了肉還要有皮，才能抵擋細菌侵擾。「皮是遮蓋，也是榜樣。當遮蓋的，要能承擔責任。」
最後，寇牧師指出神的氣息，就是聖靈。「神施恩的雙線，就是至聖的真道與聖靈。」「要勇於面對問題，解決問題，聖靈是神給教會的寶貝與恩典，每個教會都必需站在真理的根基上渴慕聖靈，才能活過來。」
神讓他看到建造教會五個法則，就在以西結書第37章1-10節的經文。
寇牧師具體分析五個健康教會法則：小組、愛、讀經、榜樣、聖靈。
第一步，寇牧師將教會小組化，就是基督之家改變開始。小組成了教會骨架。
第二，寇牧師講到「筋」「筋是最韌東西，能把肌肉和骨骼相連結，關鍵就是愛。他認為真正好的小組是散會後「私下是否還聯絡？是否還會想到對方需要？」若答案是肯定，那就是有「筋」的小組，有愛連接起來的小組。
第三，寇牧師繼續解釋「如果只有愛，卻沒真理，會秙乾。」基督之家鼓勵會友一年讀一遍聖經，備各種造就課程鍛練「肌肉」「大量讀神的話，才會長肉！」
第四，長了肉還要有皮，才能抵擋細菌侵擾。「皮是遮蓋，也是榜樣。當遮蓋的，要能承擔責任。」
最後，寇牧師指出神的氣息，就是聖靈。「神施恩的雙線，就是至聖的真道與聖靈。」「要勇於面對問題，解決問題，聖靈是神給教會的寶貝與恩典，每個教會都必需站在真理的根基上渴慕聖靈，才能活過來。」
2011年12月17日 星期六
2011年12月15日 星期四
Two Treasured Sayings
回憶總蘊藏著一些被忽略的智慧。
Memory contains neglected wisdom.
學習和睦，就是為別人留下伸展的空間。
Harmony gives others freedom.
Memory contains neglected wisdom.
學習和睦，就是為別人留下伸展的空間。
Harmony gives others freedom.
2011年12月5日 星期一
James On Doing and Being
Christmas is near. Let's reflect upon our busy lives all the time.
When can we stop for a while to think ?
The following piece is from LICC Helen Parry,have a read to nourish our own soul facing the Season.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27
To James the word 'religion' describes neither the Christian faith nor Christian, 'churchy', activities. He is talking here about what the Christian faith looks like, as seen in the lives of those who believe in Jesus (2:1).
What God, the Father, wants for his children is character, a quality of life that reflects his father-heart. This, James says, is to be seen in two areas - reaching out to those in need, and practical holiness. These two themes engage his attention throughout his letter (see 2:1-26 and 3:13-5:6).
'Visit' those in need, he says - a word that implies making a conscious decision, going out of one's way: it's costly of time, of physical and emotional energy. Whether they are people we know about personally, or people who turn for help to organisations that we are involved with, James says: reach out to vulnerable people - the homeless, the elderly, refugees, unemployed or excluded youth. And stand up for their rights.
That's one side of the coin. The other relates less to what we do than to who we are. Keeping oneself unstained by the world is not simply a matter of avoiding certain kinds of unwholesome behaviour. It springs from single-minded devotion to the Father. The 'double-minded' are seduced by the world's promises and misled by its values - the promises of wealth and success, the values of the marketplace.
But perhaps more relevantly to most of us, the 'world' creates busyness. We are so busy at work, at church, ferrying children, going to the gym; our minds are so busy that we are always thinking of plans, of dates, of things that 'need to be done'. So busy that we have neither time nor creative thought to devote to the needy people around us.
Let's try to clear the clutter, and live a life that is characterized by simplicity, contentment and generosity.
This is what speaks to the world.
From Helen Parry (LICC)
When can we stop for a while to think ?
The following piece is from LICC Helen Parry,have a read to nourish our own soul facing the Season.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27
To James the word 'religion' describes neither the Christian faith nor Christian, 'churchy', activities. He is talking here about what the Christian faith looks like, as seen in the lives of those who believe in Jesus (2:1).
What God, the Father, wants for his children is character, a quality of life that reflects his father-heart. This, James says, is to be seen in two areas - reaching out to those in need, and practical holiness. These two themes engage his attention throughout his letter (see 2:1-26 and 3:13-5:6).
'Visit' those in need, he says - a word that implies making a conscious decision, going out of one's way: it's costly of time, of physical and emotional energy. Whether they are people we know about personally, or people who turn for help to organisations that we are involved with, James says: reach out to vulnerable people - the homeless, the elderly, refugees, unemployed or excluded youth. And stand up for their rights.
That's one side of the coin. The other relates less to what we do than to who we are. Keeping oneself unstained by the world is not simply a matter of avoiding certain kinds of unwholesome behaviour. It springs from single-minded devotion to the Father. The 'double-minded' are seduced by the world's promises and misled by its values - the promises of wealth and success, the values of the marketplace.
But perhaps more relevantly to most of us, the 'world' creates busyness. We are so busy at work, at church, ferrying children, going to the gym; our minds are so busy that we are always thinking of plans, of dates, of things that 'need to be done'. So busy that we have neither time nor creative thought to devote to the needy people around us.
Let's try to clear the clutter, and live a life that is characterized by simplicity, contentment and generosity.
This is what speaks to the world.
From Helen Parry (LICC)
2011年11月23日 星期三
Origin of American Thanksgiving
Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
What should we thank God for, and how should we praise Him?
Are you thankful to God ? See what the Bible has to say about thanksgiving ?
Lincoln’s original 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation came spiritually speaking at a pivotal point in his life.
During the first week of July of that year, the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, resulting in the loss of some 60,000 American lives. Four months later in November, Lincoln delivered his famous“Gettsysburg Address.” It was while Lincoln was walking among the thousands of graves there at Gettysburg that he committed his life to Christ. As he explained to a friend:
"When I left Springfield [to assume the Presidency], I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ."
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving each year, we hope they will retain the original gratefulness to God displayed by the Pilgrims and many other founding fathers, and remember that it is to those early and courageous Pilgrims that they owe not only the traditional Thanksgiving holiday but also the concepts of self-government, the “hard-work” ethic, self-reliant communities, and devout religious faith.
Abraham Lincoln’s inspiring Thanksgiving Proclamation“Gettsysburg Address.”
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
What should we thank God for, and how should we praise Him?
Are you thankful to God ? See what the Bible has to say about thanksgiving ?
Lincoln’s original 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation came spiritually speaking at a pivotal point in his life.
During the first week of July of that year, the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, resulting in the loss of some 60,000 American lives. Four months later in November, Lincoln delivered his famous“Gettsysburg Address.” It was while Lincoln was walking among the thousands of graves there at Gettysburg that he committed his life to Christ. As he explained to a friend:
"When I left Springfield [to assume the Presidency], I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ."
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving each year, we hope they will retain the original gratefulness to God displayed by the Pilgrims and many other founding fathers, and remember that it is to those early and courageous Pilgrims that they owe not only the traditional Thanksgiving holiday but also the concepts of self-government, the “hard-work” ethic, self-reliant communities, and devout religious faith.
Abraham Lincoln’s inspiring Thanksgiving Proclamation“Gettsysburg Address.”
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Thankfulness !
Thankfulness is the presence of gratitude and the absence of murmuring.
Thankfulness is an attitude of appreciation for everything that is received; murmuring is an attitude of complaint for everything that is withheld.
Thankfulness is rooted in humility; murmuring is rooted in pride.
Thankfulness says, “This is more than I deserve.”; murmuring says, “I deserve more!”
Thankfulness is the doorway to contentment; murmuring is the doorway to dissatisfaction.
Thankfulness travels on the highway of joy; murmuring travels on the highway of gloom.
Thankfulness causes the disposition to be sweet; murmuring causes the disposition to become sour.
Give thanks in everything—1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks for everything—Ephesians 5:20
Pray about everything with thanksgiving—Philippians 4:6
Do all things without murmuring—Philippians 2:14
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before Him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are His. We are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation. Psalm 100 NLT
Thankfulness is an attitude of appreciation for everything that is received; murmuring is an attitude of complaint for everything that is withheld.
Thankfulness is rooted in humility; murmuring is rooted in pride.
Thankfulness says, “This is more than I deserve.”; murmuring says, “I deserve more!”
Thankfulness is the doorway to contentment; murmuring is the doorway to dissatisfaction.
Thankfulness travels on the highway of joy; murmuring travels on the highway of gloom.
Thankfulness causes the disposition to be sweet; murmuring causes the disposition to become sour.
Give thanks in everything—1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks for everything—Ephesians 5:20
Pray about everything with thanksgiving—Philippians 4:6
Do all things without murmuring—Philippians 2:14
Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before Him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are His. We are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation. Psalm 100 NLT
2011年11月17日 星期四
2011年11月16日 星期三
Life's Waiting
Steve Fong sent from Macau the following reflections of the day
Grand Prix is car racing for speed while life is a grand waiting for lots of cheer or upset.
Waiting to get birth,
waiting to grow up,
waiting to enter good schools,
waiting to get high grades,
waiting to graduate,
waiting to get girl/boy friends,
waiting to get jobs,
waiting to get rich (physical and mental),
waiting for job,
waiting to get next generations,
waiting to be old,
waiting for upset,and
finally
waiting to die and to meet God.
Grand Prix is car racing for speed while life is a grand waiting for lots of cheer or upset.
Waiting to get birth,
waiting to grow up,
waiting to enter good schools,
waiting to get high grades,
waiting to graduate,
waiting to get girl/boy friends,
waiting to get jobs,
waiting to get rich (physical and mental),
waiting for job,
waiting to get next generations,
waiting to be old,
waiting for upset,and
finally
waiting to die and to meet God.
2011年11月14日 星期一
From Gary Friesen
Foundational Principles of resolving conflicts
The Bible provides us with a simple yet powerful system for resolving conflict. These principles are so simple that they can be used to resolve the most basic conflicts of daily life. But they are so powerful that they have been used to mediate and arbitrate bitter divorce and child custody actions, embezzlement situations, church divisions, multi-million dollar business disputes, malpractice lawsuits, and terrible sexual abuse cases.
To gain a basic understanding of this system for biblical peacemaking, we invite you to study the foundational principles that are briefly discussed in the topics below.
1. Getting to the Heart of Conflict - Conflict starts in the heart. Therefore, if we fail to address the heart in a conflict, then any solution will fall short of true reconciliation.
2. The Four G's - The biblical system for resolving conflict is captured by "The Four G's": Glorify God, Get the log out of your own eye, Gently Restore, and Go and be reconciled.
3. The Slippery Slope - A visual tool for understanding the ways people tend to and ought to respond to conflict.
4. The Seven A's of Confession - A guide to making a sincere and complete confession.
5. The PAUSE Principle - A biblical approach to negotiation.
6.The Four Promises of Forgiveness - A great way to remember what you are really saying (and committing to) when you say "I forgive you."
7. The Peacemaker's Pledge - Complete summary of biblical peacemaking, suitable for churches or organizations to commit to together.
8. Relational Commitments - A way for a church to make a mutual commitment to work together to pursue unity, maintain friendships, preserve marriages, and build relationships that reflect the love of Christ.
9.The Gospel of Peace Mirrored Through Peacemaking - A summary statement of how the gospel of Jesus Christ is at the core of biblical peacemaking.
The Bible provides us with a simple yet powerful system for resolving conflict. These principles are so simple that they can be used to resolve the most basic conflicts of daily life. But they are so powerful that they have been used to mediate and arbitrate bitter divorce and child custody actions, embezzlement situations, church divisions, multi-million dollar business disputes, malpractice lawsuits, and terrible sexual abuse cases.
To gain a basic understanding of this system for biblical peacemaking, we invite you to study the foundational principles that are briefly discussed in the topics below.
1. Getting to the Heart of Conflict - Conflict starts in the heart. Therefore, if we fail to address the heart in a conflict, then any solution will fall short of true reconciliation.
2. The Four G's - The biblical system for resolving conflict is captured by "The Four G's": Glorify God, Get the log out of your own eye, Gently Restore, and Go and be reconciled.
3. The Slippery Slope - A visual tool for understanding the ways people tend to and ought to respond to conflict.
4. The Seven A's of Confession - A guide to making a sincere and complete confession.
5. The PAUSE Principle - A biblical approach to negotiation.
6.The Four Promises of Forgiveness - A great way to remember what you are really saying (and committing to) when you say "I forgive you."
7. The Peacemaker's Pledge - Complete summary of biblical peacemaking, suitable for churches or organizations to commit to together.
8. Relational Commitments - A way for a church to make a mutual commitment to work together to pursue unity, maintain friendships, preserve marriages, and build relationships that reflect the love of Christ.
9.The Gospel of Peace Mirrored Through Peacemaking - A summary statement of how the gospel of Jesus Christ is at the core of biblical peacemaking.
2011年11月13日 星期日
2012教會事工介紹及回應
今天崇拜中介紹明年教會主題事工， 其後收到STEVE的回應如下:
一句恩言 - 屬靈書卷現在多有电子版, 若感受恩言, 可放其在电子記事版上, 隨時翻閱。
ニ位禱伴 - 原以為可借來找伴侶, 但你說是要同性, 對一些人冇難度, 對我則大有難度, 若非相識十多年, 或在同行工作, 且要撇除收費电話的問題, 可能找到禱伴。若要花這麼多氣力, 如我再花多一些來找伴侶。
週三学習 - 週三在澳工作, 所以這應不包括我。何妨其他教友現在很多工作或進修多在晚上, 若有20-30人參加已经俗, 想多是主婦及長者。
四本好書 - 這个不難, 當然吸收獲益程度因人而異。
五位對象 - 對我而言, 這只有靠轉堂時播聖詩來間接達成。 事關家人已信主, 在港親戚接近零。
週六行動 - 週六在港仍要做研究, 但仍可在下午與莫 Sir 及內地生遠足, 或參加以利亞团 (講笑, 亞团Ｄ姊妹一是保守, 一是受過苦, )。
七起親主 - 這个當然是主日敬拜神, 但我之後找人食飯最難, 好冇引。
守ハ時約 - 現時工作繁忙, 加上來年经濟惨淡, 行得十成頗有難度。
一句恩言 - 屬靈書卷現在多有电子版, 若感受恩言, 可放其在电子記事版上, 隨時翻閱。
ニ位禱伴 - 原以為可借來找伴侶, 但你說是要同性, 對一些人冇難度, 對我則大有難度, 若非相識十多年, 或在同行工作, 且要撇除收費电話的問題, 可能找到禱伴。若要花這麼多氣力, 如我再花多一些來找伴侶。
週三学習 - 週三在澳工作, 所以這應不包括我。何妨其他教友現在很多工作或進修多在晚上, 若有20-30人參加已经俗, 想多是主婦及長者。
四本好書 - 這个不難, 當然吸收獲益程度因人而異。
五位對象 - 對我而言, 這只有靠轉堂時播聖詩來間接達成。 事關家人已信主, 在港親戚接近零。
週六行動 - 週六在港仍要做研究, 但仍可在下午與莫 Sir 及內地生遠足, 或參加以利亞团 (講笑, 亞团Ｄ姊妹一是保守, 一是受過苦, )。
七起親主 - 這个當然是主日敬拜神, 但我之後找人食飯最難, 好冇引。
守ハ時約 - 現時工作繁忙, 加上來年经濟惨淡, 行得十成頗有難度。
Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books
Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books. Wheaton, IL: 2011. 202 pgs by Tony Reinke
Tony Reinke:
The most simple answer is that I read different books for different reasons. Partly this is determined by what I want my books to accomplish. For that I use a series of reading categories that set my personal reading priorities in place. Six categories frame my book choices:
Reading Scripture
Reading to know and delight in Christ
Reading to kindle spiritual reflection
Reading to initiate personal change
Reading to pursue vocational excellence
Reading to enjoy a good story
For one who reads little, here are reasons why Reinke's book is easy to read
He avoids overly cerebral vocabulary or references
He gives easy-to-follow advice on how to read actively
It's less than 200 pages long
It demonstrates the truth of Romans 10:14 namely, why faith is inextricably tied to language
Tony Reinke:
The most simple answer is that I read different books for different reasons. Partly this is determined by what I want my books to accomplish. For that I use a series of reading categories that set my personal reading priorities in place. Six categories frame my book choices:
Reading Scripture
Reading to know and delight in Christ
Reading to kindle spiritual reflection
Reading to initiate personal change
Reading to pursue vocational excellence
Reading to enjoy a good story
For one who reads little, here are reasons why Reinke's book is easy to read
He avoids overly cerebral vocabulary or references
He gives easy-to-follow advice on how to read actively
It's less than 200 pages long
It demonstrates the truth of Romans 10:14 namely, why faith is inextricably tied to language
2011年11月10日 星期四
環保專講
何建宗博士於11月11日(星期五)，早上8：30 - 9：30在10/F禮堂，有環保教育講座，主題為生態倫理。
何博士對生物學、生態學、環境資源等有豐富認識，為香港公開大學環境學系主任
環保
個體愛心 Love
生活方式 Life Style
資源保護 Resource Protection
問題
環保的成效 Eric NEP New Environmental Paradigm ~ 32-33/40
環保與回收 Ellen 紙張100 / 塑膠 Little
環保與持續 小農 大廈BEAM計劃 Building Environmental Assessment Method - the voluntary initiative to measure, improve and label the environmental performance of buildings.
環保與經濟 Karen 長遠成功 環保在鄉間 資源保護
環保與衛生 Amy 最好方法
何博士對生物學、生態學、環境資源等有豐富認識，為香港公開大學環境學系主任
環保
個體愛心 Love
生活方式 Life Style
資源保護 Resource Protection
問題
環保的成效 Eric NEP New Environmental Paradigm ~ 32-33/40
環保與回收 Ellen 紙張100 / 塑膠 Little
環保與持續 小農 大廈BEAM計劃 Building Environmental Assessment Method - the voluntary initiative to measure, improve and label the environmental performance of buildings.
環保與經濟 Karen 長遠成功 環保在鄉間 資源保護
環保與衛生 Amy 最好方法
2011年11月9日 星期三
香港的環保教育機構
1. 世界自然﹝香港﹞基金會 WWF Hong Kong
2. 獅子會自然教育中心
3. 漁農自然護理署 Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department
4. 綠色力量 Green Mission
5. 長春社 Conservancy Association
6. 地球之友 Friends of the Earth (HK)
7. 綠田園 Produce Green
8. 大浪灣之友 Friends of Tai Long Wan
9. 香港生態旅遊學會 Hong Kong Ecotourism Society
10. 嘉道理農場暨植物園 Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
11. 香港動植物公園 Zoological & Botanical Gardens
12. 自然足印 FootPrint
2. 獅子會自然教育中心
3. 漁農自然護理署 Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department
4. 綠色力量 Green Mission
5. 長春社 Conservancy Association
6. 地球之友 Friends of the Earth (HK)
7. 綠田園 Produce Green
8. 大浪灣之友 Friends of Tai Long Wan
9. 香港生態旅遊學會 Hong Kong Ecotourism Society
10. 嘉道理農場暨植物園 Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
11. 香港動植物公園 Zoological & Botanical Gardens
12. 自然足印 FootPrint
2011年11月7日 星期一
《道德經》的智慧
亞洲知識管理協會會長廖湘琨博士談成功領袖的行為準則
他從《道德經》第十五章中提出
古之善為士者，微妙玄通，深不可識。
夫唯不可識，故強為之客：
豫兮，若冬涉川；
猶兮，若畏四鄰；
儼兮，其若客；
渙兮，若冰之將釋；
敦兮，其若樸；
曠兮，其若谷；
渾兮，其若濁。
熟能濁以止，靜之徐清？
熟能安以見，動之徐生？
保此道者不欲盈，夫唯不盈，故能敝而新成。
在複雜的世界中，其實存在看一些簡單的規律。
老子用七種行為準則來描述一個成功的領袖：
一、 凡事謹慎 「豫兮，若涉大川。」
二、 深思熟慮 「猶兮，若畏四鄰
三、 恭敬莊重 「儼兮，其若客」
四、 溫和融洽 「渙兮，若冰之將釋」
五、 溫和自如 「渙兮，若冰之將釋」
六、 淳厚樸實 「敦兮，其若樸」
七、 豁達開朗 「曠兮，其若谷」
八、 渾厚深沉 「渾兮，其若濁」
老子特別提出兩個基本規律，作為領袖的思考方法：
1.「濁之以止，靜之徐清」 在混濁亂中平靜下來，使身心清靜如水；
2.「安之以久，動之徐生」 在要定祥和中長久守持，使心平氣和徐徐而生。
能夠按照這二條規律做事的領袖，就可以保持謙虛而不自滿，會不驕不躁，心明如鏡，到時機成熟時，再有條不紊地行動，能夠保持謙虛而不自滿，領袖才有很大上升空間，使自己能夠不斷更新發展。
所以，老子說：「保此道者，不欲盈。夫唯不盈，故能蔽而新成。」
他從《道德經》第十五章中提出
古之善為士者，微妙玄通，深不可識。
夫唯不可識，故強為之客：
豫兮，若冬涉川；
猶兮，若畏四鄰；
儼兮，其若客；
渙兮，若冰之將釋；
敦兮，其若樸；
曠兮，其若谷；
渾兮，其若濁。
熟能濁以止，靜之徐清？
熟能安以見，動之徐生？
保此道者不欲盈，夫唯不盈，故能敝而新成。
在複雜的世界中，其實存在看一些簡單的規律。
老子用七種行為準則來描述一個成功的領袖：
一、 凡事謹慎 「豫兮，若涉大川。」
二、 深思熟慮 「猶兮，若畏四鄰
三、 恭敬莊重 「儼兮，其若客」
四、 溫和融洽 「渙兮，若冰之將釋」
五、 溫和自如 「渙兮，若冰之將釋」
六、 淳厚樸實 「敦兮，其若樸」
七、 豁達開朗 「曠兮，其若谷」
八、 渾厚深沉 「渾兮，其若濁」
老子特別提出兩個基本規律，作為領袖的思考方法：
1.「濁之以止，靜之徐清」 在混濁亂中平靜下來，使身心清靜如水；
2.「安之以久，動之徐生」 在要定祥和中長久守持，使心平氣和徐徐而生。
能夠按照這二條規律做事的領袖，就可以保持謙虛而不自滿，會不驕不躁，心明如鏡，到時機成熟時，再有條不紊地行動，能夠保持謙虛而不自滿，領袖才有很大上升空間，使自己能夠不斷更新發展。
所以，老子說：「保此道者，不欲盈。夫唯不盈，故能蔽而新成。」
2011年10月27日 星期四
Paul David Tripp offers insight into Forever
The Evidence Is Everywhere. . . . . . . . .1
1. Who Stole Forever?. . . .
2. The Pack-It-All-In Mentality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The Bad News You Can’t Escape. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. The Dark Side of Forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Grace Frees Us to Live with Eternity in View. . . . . .
6. Why Is Faith Sometimes So Miserable?. . . . . . . . . .
7. Hope Can’t Live without Forever . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Suffering Is Harder When You Have No Forever. . .
9. Forever and Your Relationships . . . . . . . . .
10. Forever and Parenting. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11. Forever and Your Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12. Forever and Your God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. My Forever Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. The Joy of Forever, Right Here, Right Now. . . . . .
Why is it so hard for us to be satisfied?
Why do so many of our marriages struggle over the long run?
Why do we have such a hard time getting along with family and friends?
Why do we carry around so much debt?
Why do we stand in front of full closets and say we have nothing to wear?
Why do we look into fully stocked refrigerators and say we have nothing to eat?
Why do so many of us consistently spend more than we earn?
Why do we struggle so much with envy?
Why does our culture tend to be overdrugged and oversexed?
Why do we spend so much on making sure that we are incessantly entertained?
Why do our trials paralyze us more than they should?
Why do people disappoint us so easily?
Why does life in the here and now never seem to deliver what we hoped it would deliver?
Overview of the consequences of eternity amnesia on our lives.
1. Living with unrealistic expectations.
2. Focusing too much on self.
3. Asking too much of people.
4. Being controlling or fearful.
5. Questioning the goodness of God.
6. Living more disappointed than thankful.
7. Lacking motivation and hope.
8. Living as if life doesn’t have consequences.
"Most of us find it very difficult to want “Heaven” at all — except in so far as “Heaven” means meeting again our friends who have died. One reason for this difficulty is that we have not been trained: our whole education tends to fix our minds on this world. Another reason is that when the real want for Heaven is present in us, we do not recognize it. Most people,if they really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give it to you, but they never quite keep their promise." --C. S. Lewis --
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” --C. S. Lewis --
Paul Tripp is a gifted and sought after speaker and the author of many popular books, including What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage, The Age of Opportunity, and Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands. President of Paul Tripp Ministries, he also serves as Professor of Pastoral Life and Care at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas, and as the Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care in Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Luella, have four grown children.
1. Who Stole Forever?. . . .
2. The Pack-It-All-In Mentality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The Bad News You Can’t Escape. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. The Dark Side of Forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Grace Frees Us to Live with Eternity in View. . . . . .
6. Why Is Faith Sometimes So Miserable?. . . . . . . . . .
7. Hope Can’t Live without Forever . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Suffering Is Harder When You Have No Forever. . .
9. Forever and Your Relationships . . . . . . . . .
10. Forever and Parenting. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11. Forever and Your Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12. Forever and Your God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. My Forever Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. The Joy of Forever, Right Here, Right Now. . . . . .
Why is it so hard for us to be satisfied?
Why do so many of our marriages struggle over the long run?
Why do we have such a hard time getting along with family and friends?
Why do we carry around so much debt?
Why do we stand in front of full closets and say we have nothing to wear?
Why do we look into fully stocked refrigerators and say we have nothing to eat?
Why do so many of us consistently spend more than we earn?
Why do we struggle so much with envy?
Why does our culture tend to be overdrugged and oversexed?
Why do we spend so much on making sure that we are incessantly entertained?
Why do our trials paralyze us more than they should?
Why do people disappoint us so easily?
Why does life in the here and now never seem to deliver what we hoped it would deliver?
Overview of the consequences of eternity amnesia on our lives.
1. Living with unrealistic expectations.
2. Focusing too much on self.
3. Asking too much of people.
4. Being controlling or fearful.
5. Questioning the goodness of God.
6. Living more disappointed than thankful.
7. Lacking motivation and hope.
8. Living as if life doesn’t have consequences.
"Most of us find it very difficult to want “Heaven” at all — except in so far as “Heaven” means meeting again our friends who have died. One reason for this difficulty is that we have not been trained: our whole education tends to fix our minds on this world. Another reason is that when the real want for Heaven is present in us, we do not recognize it. Most people,if they really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give it to you, but they never quite keep their promise." --C. S. Lewis --
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” --C. S. Lewis --
Paul Tripp is a gifted and sought after speaker and the author of many popular books, including What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage, The Age of Opportunity, and Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands. President of Paul Tripp Ministries, he also serves as Professor of Pastoral Life and Care at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas, and as the Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care in Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Luella, have four grown children.
2011年10月24日 星期一
How Much Americans Spend on Halloween
The National Retail Federation estimates that Americans will spend the following for Halloween in 2011:
Total Halloween expenses—$6.9 billion
(that's more than twice the amount Americans spent for Halloween in 2005)
Largest Halloween expense—$2.5 billion for costumes
Amount spent on candy—$2 billion
The research also shows that Halloween isn't just for kids anymore. In 2011 nearly 70 percent of adults plan to hold their own celebrations for Halloween.
Martha C. White, "Now That's Creepy: Americans Will Blow $7 Billion on Halloween," (9-29-11)
Total Halloween expenses—$6.9 billion
(that's more than twice the amount Americans spent for Halloween in 2005)
Largest Halloween expense—$2.5 billion for costumes
Amount spent on candy—$2 billion
The research also shows that Halloween isn't just for kids anymore. In 2011 nearly 70 percent of adults plan to hold their own celebrations for Halloween.
Martha C. White, "Now That's Creepy: Americans Will Blow $7 Billion on Halloween," (9-29-11)
2011年10月23日 星期日
2011年10月3日 星期一
Preaching Like a Prophet
We dare not be silent about injustices, if only we can see them as God does.
--John Ortberg--
Why we must preach on justice
We tend to avoid preaching about justice because we don't really want to know the truth about what sin has done to our world and to us. Because that would make us uncomfortable.
Why preaching about justice is hard
Our society has become so politicized that people often hear words like justice or life or the poor or compassion as code words for a partisan political allegiance in one direction or another.
Self-righteous moralism.
Generational issues
Character development.
Ideological correctness replaces failure to do the exegetical and theological work
Justice is not partisan politics
Words like justice or poverty or sexuality or life or righteous are really code Words for a partisan political position
A call to action Is not Asking a favor
Make justice concrete
On the cross we see most clearly God's hatred of injustice.
An empty tomb proclaims most loudly justice's final victory.
Provide an opportunity for action
Justice points to Jesus
--John Ortberg--
Why we must preach on justice
We tend to avoid preaching about justice because we don't really want to know the truth about what sin has done to our world and to us. Because that would make us uncomfortable.
Why preaching about justice is hard
Our society has become so politicized that people often hear words like justice or life or the poor or compassion as code words for a partisan political allegiance in one direction or another.
Self-righteous moralism.
Generational issues
Character development.
Ideological correctness replaces failure to do the exegetical and theological work
Justice is not partisan politics
Words like justice or poverty or sexuality or life or righteous are really code Words for a partisan political position
A call to action Is not Asking a favor
Make justice concrete
On the cross we see most clearly God's hatred of injustice.
An empty tomb proclaims most loudly justice's final victory.
Provide an opportunity for action
Justice points to Jesus
10 benefits of the blood of Jesus
Seals and guarantees the New Covenant-Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 13:20
Gives life-John 6:54-56
Brings redemption-Ephesians 1:7, 1Peter 1:18-19
Makes propitiation (atonement)-Romans 3:25
Justifies-Romans 5:9
Provides peace and reconciliation-Colossians 1:19-20
Brings cleansing and the assurance of forgiveness-Colossians 1:14,1John 1:7
Frees from guilt by purging the conscience-Hebrews 9:14
Makes us overcomers-Revelation 12:11
Gives us boldness and confidence to enter God’s presence-Hebrews 10:19-24
Gives life-John 6:54-56
Brings redemption-Ephesians 1:7, 1Peter 1:18-19
Makes propitiation (atonement)-Romans 3:25
Justifies-Romans 5:9
Provides peace and reconciliation-Colossians 1:19-20
Brings cleansing and the assurance of forgiveness-Colossians 1:14,1John 1:7
Frees from guilt by purging the conscience-Hebrews 9:14
Makes us overcomers-Revelation 12:11
Gives us boldness and confidence to enter God’s presence-Hebrews 10:19-24
2011年10月1日 星期六
律師說的「鄰舍原則」
廖成利談愛護鄰舍 2011/4/11 上午 08:46:48
內地流傳一個黑色笑話，某農夫重金採購了優質種子，期望辛勤耕種後可獲豐收，後來竟只長出雜草，因為種子是假的；他傷心之餘買了農藥自殺，卻死不去，因為農藥是假的；農夫撿回一命便買酒闔家慶祝，結果卻全家斃命，因為酒也是假的。
八十年前英國發生「鄧蓮嬌案」（Donoghuev Stevenson）[1932]，阿嬌的朋友送來一瓶薑啤，大家暢飲之時，竟從樽裏倒出半隻腐爛蝸牛，阿嬌震驚不安，更因腸胃不適入院，無妄之災令她氣憤難平，便控告製造商有疏忽之嫌。上訴庭在此案確立了「鄰舍原則」（Neighbor Principle）的重要，法官指每個人要愛他的近鄰，應該小心地去避免或預防自己的一些行為或錯漏引致近鄰受到傷害。「鄰舍原則」現已演繹成為保障消費者權益的法律原則之一
本月初香港發生了「硫酸利賓納案」，A君飲了一口利賓納後，嘴唇和舌頭即被飲品內不應含有的硫酸灼傷了。簡單地分析此事件，製造商對消費者應該要負上「小心照顧鄰舍」的責任。但如有證據顯示飲品曾被第三者「做了手腳」，則製造商對消費者所負的責任便可推卸。
「鄰舍原則」如能被內地的法律採用，類似「三聚氰胺奶粉」案件的受害者便可根據此法以追究對「結石寶寶事件」的損害，向罔顧人命的生產商討回公道，亦可作為見錢開眼的製造商的良心守則。
盼望，這一天早日來臨。
內地流傳一個黑色笑話，某農夫重金採購了優質種子，期望辛勤耕種後可獲豐收，後來竟只長出雜草，因為種子是假的；他傷心之餘買了農藥自殺，卻死不去，因為農藥是假的；農夫撿回一命便買酒闔家慶祝，結果卻全家斃命，因為酒也是假的。
八十年前英國發生「鄧蓮嬌案」（Donoghuev Stevenson）[1932]，阿嬌的朋友送來一瓶薑啤，大家暢飲之時，竟從樽裏倒出半隻腐爛蝸牛，阿嬌震驚不安，更因腸胃不適入院，無妄之災令她氣憤難平，便控告製造商有疏忽之嫌。上訴庭在此案確立了「鄰舍原則」（Neighbor Principle）的重要，法官指每個人要愛他的近鄰，應該小心地去避免或預防自己的一些行為或錯漏引致近鄰受到傷害。「鄰舍原則」現已演繹成為保障消費者權益的法律原則之一
本月初香港發生了「硫酸利賓納案」，A君飲了一口利賓納後，嘴唇和舌頭即被飲品內不應含有的硫酸灼傷了。簡單地分析此事件，製造商對消費者應該要負上「小心照顧鄰舍」的責任。但如有證據顯示飲品曾被第三者「做了手腳」，則製造商對消費者所負的責任便可推卸。
「鄰舍原則」如能被內地的法律採用，類似「三聚氰胺奶粉」案件的受害者便可根據此法以追究對「結石寶寶事件」的損害，向罔顧人命的生產商討回公道，亦可作為見錢開眼的製造商的良心守則。
盼望，這一天早日來臨。
「三枝蠟燭故事」
一個黑沈沈的小房間，有三枝小蠟燭在艱苦地燃燒，一個小孩子走進這小房間，見到第一枝蠟燭快要熄滅，蠟燭說：「我叫信心，可是這個社會有太多的困難，太多的挫折，太多的衝突，我已失去信心。」慢慢地，信心就熄滅了。
小孩子走到第二枝蠟燭，蠟燭說：「我叫愛心，可是這個社會只有要求、只有批評、只有嘲弄，我感受不到愛，我也不能去愛。」慢慢地，愛心就熄滅了。
小孩子見兩根蠟燭都熄滅了，就哭起來，他去到第三枝蠟燭，眼看這根蠟燭也快要熄滅。「我叫希望，我雖然很微弱，但只要你將我拿起來，去燃點其他的蠟燭，我們就可以重新發熱發光。」
小孩子拿起希望，燃點信心及愛心，奇妙地小房間就充滿信心、愛心、希望的光輝。
小孩子走到第二枝蠟燭，蠟燭說：「我叫愛心，可是這個社會只有要求、只有批評、只有嘲弄，我感受不到愛，我也不能去愛。」慢慢地，愛心就熄滅了。
小孩子見兩根蠟燭都熄滅了，就哭起來，他去到第三枝蠟燭，眼看這根蠟燭也快要熄滅。「我叫希望，我雖然很微弱，但只要你將我拿起來，去燃點其他的蠟燭，我們就可以重新發熱發光。」
小孩子拿起希望，燃點信心及愛心，奇妙地小房間就充滿信心、愛心、希望的光輝。
2011年9月29日 星期四
Fasting
Fasting seems to restore and amplify the power of prayer.
“It is prayer that is paved under the influence of fasting.
Our spiritual progress will be like supersonic speed.
A 21 or 40 day fast will most assuredly hasten the Christian to such a deep and wonderful experience with God that 21 or 40 days can equal 21 or 40 years in spiritual progress.” --Franklin Hall --
“It is prayer that is paved under the influence of fasting.
Our spiritual progress will be like supersonic speed.
A 21 or 40 day fast will most assuredly hasten the Christian to such a deep and wonderful experience with God that 21 or 40 days can equal 21 or 40 years in spiritual progress.” --Franklin Hall --
2011年9月20日 星期二
Pastor in the Present Tense
Your place and essential identity. Interview with Eugene Peterson
Is calling a one-time thing, or something that evolves over a lifetime?
For me it evolved.
As pastor, what is your essential role?
to show how the Bible got lived.
to embody the gospel
For a pastor who's trying to live the gospel and see that it's lived among the congregation, where does your authority come from?
The authority of the pastor comes from immersion in a community, from giving witness to the fact that this is livable stuff.
Someone once observed that the pastor does not serve the sheep; the pastor serves God by guiding the sheep. Would you agree?
We do this in community not through a line-of-command approach. The way we understand our authority, and the words we use to convey it, have to be thoughtful and accurate.
Since you entered the pastorate, how have perceptions of pastoral authority changed?
People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored. I'm not saying there are no problems to be solved. But we don't merely fix things. We're not therapists. The way the pastor goes about things has to do much more with relationship, with forgiveness, with grace, with healing, with understanding, with redemption, with patience. These are the virtues that we should be cultivating.
Should pastors have goals for their people? Like wanting them to know Christ, to come to a living faith, to grow in and share that faith?
To run a marathon well, you have to stop thinking about the goal. You try to understand your body, the weather, the training. This business of being a Christian is a marathon. It's "a long obedience." I tell pastors, "Be patient. You're in too much of a hurry."
What is the role that only the Holy Spirit can accomplish? And what is the role that God asks pastors to play in that process?
The Holy Spirit is the center of it all in terms of communicating, bringing energy, a sense of repentance, of love. As a pastor I want to be there, to be able to assist, to speak at the right time, and pray the right prayers. But I don't think we do much. What we do is sometimes clarify, sometimes rebuke. I'm not against rebuking, telling people they're doing something wrong, and giving them directions on how to do it right. But I think we're co-receivers. We're doing this together.
Is calling a one-time thing, or something that evolves over a lifetime?
For me it evolved.
As pastor, what is your essential role?
to show how the Bible got lived.
to embody the gospel
For a pastor who's trying to live the gospel and see that it's lived among the congregation, where does your authority come from?
The authority of the pastor comes from immersion in a community, from giving witness to the fact that this is livable stuff.
Someone once observed that the pastor does not serve the sheep; the pastor serves God by guiding the sheep. Would you agree?
We do this in community not through a line-of-command approach. The way we understand our authority, and the words we use to convey it, have to be thoughtful and accurate.
Since you entered the pastorate, how have perceptions of pastoral authority changed?
People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored. I'm not saying there are no problems to be solved. But we don't merely fix things. We're not therapists. The way the pastor goes about things has to do much more with relationship, with forgiveness, with grace, with healing, with understanding, with redemption, with patience. These are the virtues that we should be cultivating.
Should pastors have goals for their people? Like wanting them to know Christ, to come to a living faith, to grow in and share that faith?
To run a marathon well, you have to stop thinking about the goal. You try to understand your body, the weather, the training. This business of being a Christian is a marathon. It's "a long obedience." I tell pastors, "Be patient. You're in too much of a hurry."
What is the role that only the Holy Spirit can accomplish? And what is the role that God asks pastors to play in that process?
The Holy Spirit is the center of it all in terms of communicating, bringing energy, a sense of repentance, of love. As a pastor I want to be there, to be able to assist, to speak at the right time, and pray the right prayers. But I don't think we do much. What we do is sometimes clarify, sometimes rebuke. I'm not against rebuking, telling people they're doing something wrong, and giving them directions on how to do it right. But I think we're co-receivers. We're doing this together.
Love Muslims : Building Bridges of Peace with Listeners
“Jesus appeared to Paul, even though Paul persecuted Christians. He put Christians in prison and even killed them, and in parts of the world today, that’s what Muslims are doing to Christians. “But if we’re not willing to love Muslims, we’ll never have another Paul.”
Building Bridges
Sharing Christ’s Love
Following Jesus’ Example
Building Bridges
Sharing Christ’s Love
Following Jesus’ Example
2011年9月19日 星期一
Prayers -- ASK !
The great and mighty things that God wants to show you are often the answers to prayers that you have prayed.
ASK !
A -- Keep on asking,
S -- keep on seeking,
K -- keep on knocking
— answers will come, doors will be opened,promises will be fulfilled.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3 KJV
ASK !
A -- Keep on asking,
S -- keep on seeking,
K -- keep on knocking
— answers will come, doors will be opened,promises will be fulfilled.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3 KJV
True Faith Is Like Grabbing a Rope from Our Rescuer Genesis
Genesis 15:6 Psalm 63:8 Proverbs 3:5 Habakkuk 2:4 Matthew 18:3 Mark 10:15 Luke 8:16-17 John 1:12 John 3:3 John 3:15-16 John 3:36 John 5:24 John 14:1-2 Romans 1:17 Romans 3:24 Romans 4:22 Romans 10:9-13 Galatians 3:6-7 Ephesians 2:8-9 Hebrews 11:6
Philosopher Nicholas Beale and scientist John Polkinghorne use the following story to illustrate the nature of biblical faith:
A philosopher, a scientist, and a simple man—none of whom could swim — were trapped in a cove with sheer cliff faces. They split up, but the tide kept coming in. Rescuers lowered a rope with a safety harness.
The philosopher said, "Ah, this looks like a rope, but I might be mistaken—it could be wishful thinking or an illusion." So he didn't attach himself, and he was drowned.
The scientist said, "Ah, this is an 11 mm polyester rope with a breaking strain of 2800 kg. It conforms to the MR 10-81 standard," and then proceeded to give an exhaustive, and entirely correct, analysis of the rope's physical and chemical properties. But he didn't attach himself, and he was drowned.
The simple man said, "Ah, I'm not sure if it's a rope or a python tail, but it's my only chance, so I'm grabbing it and holding on with my whole life." He was saved.
Of course other things being equal, it is better to have an enlightened faith in God than an unenlightened faith. But mere intellectual understanding that does not lead to trust and action is not what God is after.
Adapted from John Polkinghorne and Nicholas Beale, Questions of Truth (Westminster John Knox Press, 2009), pp. 26-27
Philosopher Nicholas Beale and scientist John Polkinghorne use the following story to illustrate the nature of biblical faith:
A philosopher, a scientist, and a simple man—none of whom could swim — were trapped in a cove with sheer cliff faces. They split up, but the tide kept coming in. Rescuers lowered a rope with a safety harness.
The philosopher said, "Ah, this looks like a rope, but I might be mistaken—it could be wishful thinking or an illusion." So he didn't attach himself, and he was drowned.
The scientist said, "Ah, this is an 11 mm polyester rope with a breaking strain of 2800 kg. It conforms to the MR 10-81 standard," and then proceeded to give an exhaustive, and entirely correct, analysis of the rope's physical and chemical properties. But he didn't attach himself, and he was drowned.
The simple man said, "Ah, I'm not sure if it's a rope or a python tail, but it's my only chance, so I'm grabbing it and holding on with my whole life." He was saved.
Of course other things being equal, it is better to have an enlightened faith in God than an unenlightened faith. But mere intellectual understanding that does not lead to trust and action is not what God is after.
Adapted from John Polkinghorne and Nicholas Beale, Questions of Truth (Westminster John Knox Press, 2009), pp. 26-27
2011年9月14日 星期三
Where Would We Be Without Jesus ?
Without Jesus’ words we would be witnesses with nothing to say; without Jesus’ authority we would be ambassadors with nothing to do; without Jesus’ love we would be servants with nothing to give.
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NLT
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NLT
2011年9月13日 星期二
Proper view on suffering
Ajith Fernando, a Christian leader from Sri Lanka who ministers to the urban poor, writes:
The church in each culture has its own special challenges—theological blind spots that hinder Christians from growing to full maturity in Christ …. I think one of the most serious theological blind spots in the western church is a defective understanding of suffering. There seems to be a lot of reflection on how to avoid suffering and on what to do when we hurt. We have a lot of teaching about escape from suffering and therapy for suffering, but there is inadequate teaching about the theology of suffering ….
The "good life," comfort, convenience, and a painless life have become necessities that people view as basic rights. If they do not have these, they think something has gone wrong …. One of the results of this attitude is a severe restriction of spiritual growth, for God intends us to grow through trials.
Ajith Fernando, The Call to Joy and Pain (Crossway Books, 2007), pp. 51-52
The church in each culture has its own special challenges—theological blind spots that hinder Christians from growing to full maturity in Christ …. I think one of the most serious theological blind spots in the western church is a defective understanding of suffering. There seems to be a lot of reflection on how to avoid suffering and on what to do when we hurt. We have a lot of teaching about escape from suffering and therapy for suffering, but there is inadequate teaching about the theology of suffering ….
The "good life," comfort, convenience, and a painless life have become necessities that people view as basic rights. If they do not have these, they think something has gone wrong …. One of the results of this attitude is a severe restriction of spiritual growth, for God intends us to grow through trials.
Ajith Fernando, The Call to Joy and Pain (Crossway Books, 2007), pp. 51-52
2011年9月8日 星期四
醫師3 H
「現代臨床醫學之父 William Osler (威廉〃奧斯勒)是位醫學教育專家曾說
一個人要成為一位良醫的條件有3 個H 人生必要懂得生活之道
Humanity (人性關懷)
Humility (謙虛為懷)
Humor (幽默開懷)
奧斯勒醫生建議美國年輕醫生睡覺之前，看半小時的人文書，他開的書單有十本，他說這些書對病人的瞭解與同理心的培養非常有幫助，這十本書如下：
醫學生十部床頭書：
(1) 新舊約聖經。
(2) 莎士比亞作品。
(3) 蒙田散文集。
(4) 普魯塔克傳記。
(5) 羅馬皇帝馬古斯‧奧里略回憶錄。
(6) 艾匹克泰特作品(Epictetus)。
(7) 醫師的宗教(Religio Medici)。
(8) 唐‧吉訶德。
(9) 愛默生作品。
(10) 早餐桌上的篇章(奧利佛‧溫道爾‧霍姆斯醫生著)(Breakfast-Table Series：Oliver Wendell Holmes)。
一個人要成為一位良醫的條件有3 個H 人生必要懂得生活之道
Humanity (人性關懷)
Humility (謙虛為懷)
Humor (幽默開懷)
奧斯勒醫生建議美國年輕醫生睡覺之前，看半小時的人文書，他開的書單有十本，他說這些書對病人的瞭解與同理心的培養非常有幫助，這十本書如下：
醫學生十部床頭書：
(1) 新舊約聖經。
(2) 莎士比亞作品。
(3) 蒙田散文集。
(4) 普魯塔克傳記。
(5) 羅馬皇帝馬古斯‧奧里略回憶錄。
(6) 艾匹克泰特作品(Epictetus)。
(7) 醫師的宗教(Religio Medici)。
(8) 唐‧吉訶德。
(9) 愛默生作品。
(10) 早餐桌上的篇章(奧利佛‧溫道爾‧霍姆斯醫生著)(Breakfast-Table Series：Oliver Wendell Holmes)。
2011年9月7日 星期三
WE ARE HIS People
Lausanne I 1974 “The Switzerland Covenant” 信 約
Lausanne II 1989 “The Manila Manifesto” 宣 言
Lausanne III 2010 “The Cape Town Commitment” 誓 言
The 2010 Congress theme
"God in Christ, Reconciling the World to Himself" (2 Corinthians 5:19)
這就是神在基督裡，叫世人與自己和好 (林後 5:19)
PART II V.Calling the Church of Christ back to humility, integrity and simplicity ( H I S )
1. Walk in distinctiveness, as God’s new humanity
2. Walk in love, rejecting the idolatry of disordered sexuality
3. Walk in humility, rejecting the idolatry of power
4. Walk in integrity, rejecting the idolatry of success
5. Walk in simplicity, rejecting the idolatry of greed
We Are HIS People 我們屬於祂，是祂的百姓 !
呼召基督教會 回到 謙卑、誠信、簡樸 HIS( Humility / Integrity / Simplicity）
Walk in Distinctiveness
特立獨行 作神的新人類
Walk in Love
行在愛中 拒絕膜拜性慾
WE ARE HIS ! 我 們 屬 祂 !
Walk in humility H 拒絕 膜拜 權力 Power
行出謙卑
Walk in integrity, I 拒絕 膜拜 成功 Success
行出誠信
Walk in simplicity S 拒絕 膜拜 貪婪 Greed
行出簡樸
藉廣播、傳基督、到地極、
作祂民
Christ to the world by Radio
Be His People
Lausanne II 1989 “The Manila Manifesto” 宣 言
Lausanne III 2010 “The Cape Town Commitment” 誓 言
The 2010 Congress theme
"God in Christ, Reconciling the World to Himself" (2 Corinthians 5:19)
這就是神在基督裡，叫世人與自己和好 (林後 5:19)
PART II V.Calling the Church of Christ back to humility, integrity and simplicity ( H I S )
1. Walk in distinctiveness, as God’s new humanity
2. Walk in love, rejecting the idolatry of disordered sexuality
3. Walk in humility, rejecting the idolatry of power
4. Walk in integrity, rejecting the idolatry of success
5. Walk in simplicity, rejecting the idolatry of greed
We Are HIS People 我們屬於祂，是祂的百姓 !
呼召基督教會 回到 謙卑、誠信、簡樸 HIS( Humility / Integrity / Simplicity）
Walk in Distinctiveness
特立獨行 作神的新人類
Walk in Love
行在愛中 拒絕膜拜性慾
WE ARE HIS ! 我 們 屬 祂 !
Walk in humility H 拒絕 膜拜 權力 Power
行出謙卑
Walk in integrity, I 拒絕 膜拜 成功 Success
行出誠信
Walk in simplicity S 拒絕 膜拜 貪婪 Greed
行出簡樸
藉廣播、傳基督、到地極、
作祂民
Christ to the world by Radio
Be His People
2011年9月6日 星期二
From Relevant Dude to Spiritual Father
Kevin A. Miller talks on Pastoral Identity Crisis and with the following highlights:
From Relevance to Depth
From Efficiency to Intimacy
From Being Liked to Respected
Becoming a Spiritual Dad (or Mom)
1.Count the cost.
2.Be fathered (or mothered) yourself.
3.Rethink your calendar.
From Relevance to Depth
From Efficiency to Intimacy
From Being Liked to Respected
Becoming a Spiritual Dad (or Mom)
1.Count the cost.
2.Be fathered (or mothered) yourself.
3.Rethink your calendar.
2011年9月5日 星期一
人生教我的45個功課
作者Regina Brett，90歲，來自俄亥俄州•克里夫蘭，Plain Dealer 城。
為慶祝變得更老，我曾經寫下人生教我的45個功課，這是我寫過最叫座的專欄，我這把老骨頭 8 月就要 90 歲了，所以再次在這裡呈現這一專欄。
1•人生是不公平的，但還是好得很。
2•懷疑的時候，為未來踏出一小步。
3•人生太短，短到來不及浪費時間去恨任何一個人。
4•生病的時候，你的工作不會照顧你，你的父母和朋友會，保持聯絡。
5•每一個月付清你的信用卡。
6•你不需要每一次都吵贏，同意你不同意的。
7•找人一起哭，它比獨自啜泣更加療癒。
8•對上帝生氣沒有關係，祂受得了。
9•退休存款從你的第一張薪水條開始。
10•講到巧克力，抗拒只是徒勞無功。
11•和你的過去和解，所以它不會搞砸你的當下。
12•讓你的孩子看到你哭沒有關係。
13•別拿自己的人生和他人做比較，你根本不清楚他們的人生是怎麼一回事。
14•如果一段親密關係要偷偷摸摸，你根本不應該涉入。
15•一眨眼的功夫什麼都會變，但是別擔心：「上帝從來不眨眼」。
16•深吸一口氣，它會安定你的腦。
17•沒用、不美或不喜悅的東西都丟掉。
18•沒讓你死的，真的會讓你更堅強。
19•重拾快樂童年永不嫌晚，但這第二次只能靠你不靠人。
20•當關乎追求你生命的所愛，不要把不要當答案。
21•點蠟燭、用好的床單、穿上炫麗的內衣，不要特殊場合才用，今天就是特別的一天。
22•準備要周全，然後隨遇而安。
23•現在就離經叛道，不要一把年紀了才開始穿上紫色。
24•最重要的性器官是腦袋。
25•除了你，沒有人在主宰你的快樂。
26•把所謂的不幸用這一句話把它表框起來「五年後，這還重要嗎？」
27•永遠選擇生活。
28•原諒每一個人每一件事。
29•別人怎麼看你不干你的事。
30•時間會痊癒幾乎每一件事，給，時間，時間。
31•無論情況多好或多壞,它都會變的.
32•不要那麼認真的看待自己，沒有人會這樣看待你的。
33•相信奇蹟。
34•上帝愛你是因為祂就是這樣，不是因為你做了什麼或是沒做什麼。
35•不要稽查人生，現在就呈現和做最大的發揮。
36•變老了打敗另一種選項 - 死得早。
37•你的孩子只有一個童年。
38•最後真正最重要的是你愛過。
39•每一天都出門，奇蹟在四處等著。
40•如果我們都把我們的問題都丟成一堆，然後看看其他人的，我們會把我們的撿回來。
41•忌妒浪費時間，你已經擁有你所需要的了。
42•最好的都還沒來。
43•不管你感覺如何，起來，穿好和呈現。
44•善待每個人
45•人生不會打上蝴蝶結，但它仍然是一份禮物。
為慶祝變得更老，我曾經寫下人生教我的45個功課，這是我寫過最叫座的專欄，我這把老骨頭 8 月就要 90 歲了，所以再次在這裡呈現這一專欄。
1•人生是不公平的，但還是好得很。
2•懷疑的時候，為未來踏出一小步。
3•人生太短，短到來不及浪費時間去恨任何一個人。
4•生病的時候，你的工作不會照顧你，你的父母和朋友會，保持聯絡。
5•每一個月付清你的信用卡。
6•你不需要每一次都吵贏，同意你不同意的。
7•找人一起哭，它比獨自啜泣更加療癒。
8•對上帝生氣沒有關係，祂受得了。
9•退休存款從你的第一張薪水條開始。
10•講到巧克力，抗拒只是徒勞無功。
11•和你的過去和解，所以它不會搞砸你的當下。
12•讓你的孩子看到你哭沒有關係。
13•別拿自己的人生和他人做比較，你根本不清楚他們的人生是怎麼一回事。
14•如果一段親密關係要偷偷摸摸，你根本不應該涉入。
15•一眨眼的功夫什麼都會變，但是別擔心：「上帝從來不眨眼」。
16•深吸一口氣，它會安定你的腦。
17•沒用、不美或不喜悅的東西都丟掉。
18•沒讓你死的，真的會讓你更堅強。
19•重拾快樂童年永不嫌晚，但這第二次只能靠你不靠人。
20•當關乎追求你生命的所愛，不要把不要當答案。
21•點蠟燭、用好的床單、穿上炫麗的內衣，不要特殊場合才用，今天就是特別的一天。
22•準備要周全，然後隨遇而安。
23•現在就離經叛道，不要一把年紀了才開始穿上紫色。
24•最重要的性器官是腦袋。
25•除了你，沒有人在主宰你的快樂。
26•把所謂的不幸用這一句話把它表框起來「五年後，這還重要嗎？」
27•永遠選擇生活。
28•原諒每一個人每一件事。
29•別人怎麼看你不干你的事。
30•時間會痊癒幾乎每一件事，給，時間，時間。
31•無論情況多好或多壞,它都會變的.
32•不要那麼認真的看待自己，沒有人會這樣看待你的。
33•相信奇蹟。
34•上帝愛你是因為祂就是這樣，不是因為你做了什麼或是沒做什麼。
35•不要稽查人生，現在就呈現和做最大的發揮。
36•變老了打敗另一種選項 - 死得早。
37•你的孩子只有一個童年。
38•最後真正最重要的是你愛過。
39•每一天都出門，奇蹟在四處等著。
40•如果我們都把我們的問題都丟成一堆，然後看看其他人的，我們會把我們的撿回來。
41•忌妒浪費時間，你已經擁有你所需要的了。
42•最好的都還沒來。
43•不管你感覺如何，起來，穿好和呈現。
44•善待每個人
45•人生不會打上蝴蝶結，但它仍然是一份禮物。
這就是人生 (曹興誠)
曹興誠在台北演講時，有學生問他關於生涯規劃。他答說一生從不生涯規劃 ，只做好眼前一、兩年內的事
十歲的我，面對天真的隔壁小女孩，她說：「大哥哥，長大後我要嫁給你，我會對你好，以後你就會知道。」
二十歲的我，面臨聯考的挫折，只聽見父親說：「大頭，不努力考上好學校，將來怎麼找到好工作，現在貪玩，以後你就會知道。」
三十歲的我，第一次相親，媒人告訴我：「小嬋是個好女孩，聰明、孝順，會煮一手好吃的飯菜，娶了有幫夫運的她啊，會好運一輩子，以後你就會知道。」
四十歲的我，收到滿是紅色的體檢報告，醫師告訴我：「大頭先生，你應該少應酬，少抽煙喝酒，少吃肉類和生猛海鮮，多運動，作息要正常。你要再不好好保
重自己的身體，以後你就會知道。」
五十歲的我，喝了自己兒子的喜酒，鄰座的阿尚告訴
我：「親家！呷你恭喜呵！娶一個水媳婦，啊嗯哥(可是)欠腳的媳婦派管(能幹的媳婦難管)，以後你丟摘啊啦(以後你就會知道)。」
六十歲的我，參加了同學的葬禮。看到浮雲蒼狗，它
彷彿告訴我：「......以後你就會知道.......。」
現在的我，只擁有一本相本夾著幾張泛黃的照片；幾張忘記要寄出、也不記得要寄給誰的情書；幾件參加過無數喜喪的西裝；一紙成績單包著數十年努力後的退休金；還有一直陪在自己身邊的老伴。我告訴我自己：「其實，你很富有；所以，把握當下，珍惜一切，努力為人群去付出，至於以後，你根本不須知道。」忙的時候，想要休息；渡假的時候，想到未來。窮的時候，渴望富有；生活安逸了，怕幸福不能長久。
該決定的時候，擔心結果不如預期；看明白了，後悔當初沒有下定決心。不屬於自己的，常常心存慾望；握在手裡了，又懷念未擁有前的輕鬆。「生命若不是現在，那是何時？」「能隨心所欲的去過生活，這才是人生！」路已盡頭，該轉彎了
今天在報紙上看到一篇女生寫的文章，讓我感觸很深，她因為初戀的失敗，一直離不開失戀的痛苦而有輕生的念頭，在她想自殺的那一剎那，她看到了公車上有的一小段詩，詩的內容就有這麼一句：『不是路已走到盡頭，而是該轉彎了！』而讓她拋棄了輕生的念頭。最後她寫說：大二的我，被一個不速之客擾亂了平靜的生活卻也不經意的被另一個不速之客救贖了。生命中總有挫折，那不是盡頭，只是在提醒你，該轉彎了。
『不是路已走到盡頭，而是該轉彎了！』 這句話其實很有意思！當你遇到一件事，已無法解決，甚至是已經影響到你的生活、心情時，何不停下腳步，暫時的想一想是否有轉闤的空間，或許換種方法，換條路走事情便會簡單點。但通常在那一刻，我們並來不及想到這些，是一昧的在原地踏步、繞圈，讓自己一直的陷在痛苦的深淵中，生命中總有挫折，那不是盡頭，只是在提醒你：該轉彎了！放手不代表承認失敗，放手只是為自己再找條更美好的路走！
十歲的我，面對天真的隔壁小女孩，她說：「大哥哥，長大後我要嫁給你，我會對你好，以後你就會知道。」
二十歲的我，面臨聯考的挫折，只聽見父親說：「大頭，不努力考上好學校，將來怎麼找到好工作，現在貪玩，以後你就會知道。」
三十歲的我，第一次相親，媒人告訴我：「小嬋是個好女孩，聰明、孝順，會煮一手好吃的飯菜，娶了有幫夫運的她啊，會好運一輩子，以後你就會知道。」
四十歲的我，收到滿是紅色的體檢報告，醫師告訴我：「大頭先生，你應該少應酬，少抽煙喝酒，少吃肉類和生猛海鮮，多運動，作息要正常。你要再不好好保
重自己的身體，以後你就會知道。」
五十歲的我，喝了自己兒子的喜酒，鄰座的阿尚告訴
我：「親家！呷你恭喜呵！娶一個水媳婦，啊嗯哥(可是)欠腳的媳婦派管(能幹的媳婦難管)，以後你丟摘啊啦(以後你就會知道)。」
六十歲的我，參加了同學的葬禮。看到浮雲蒼狗，它
彷彿告訴我：「......以後你就會知道.......。」
現在的我，只擁有一本相本夾著幾張泛黃的照片；幾張忘記要寄出、也不記得要寄給誰的情書；幾件參加過無數喜喪的西裝；一紙成績單包著數十年努力後的退休金；還有一直陪在自己身邊的老伴。我告訴我自己：「其實，你很富有；所以，把握當下，珍惜一切，努力為人群去付出，至於以後，你根本不須知道。」忙的時候，想要休息；渡假的時候，想到未來。窮的時候，渴望富有；生活安逸了，怕幸福不能長久。
該決定的時候，擔心結果不如預期；看明白了，後悔當初沒有下定決心。不屬於自己的，常常心存慾望；握在手裡了，又懷念未擁有前的輕鬆。「生命若不是現在，那是何時？」「能隨心所欲的去過生活，這才是人生！」路已盡頭，該轉彎了
今天在報紙上看到一篇女生寫的文章，讓我感觸很深，她因為初戀的失敗，一直離不開失戀的痛苦而有輕生的念頭，在她想自殺的那一剎那，她看到了公車上有的一小段詩，詩的內容就有這麼一句：『不是路已走到盡頭，而是該轉彎了！』而讓她拋棄了輕生的念頭。最後她寫說：大二的我，被一個不速之客擾亂了平靜的生活卻也不經意的被另一個不速之客救贖了。生命中總有挫折，那不是盡頭，只是在提醒你，該轉彎了。
『不是路已走到盡頭，而是該轉彎了！』 這句話其實很有意思！當你遇到一件事，已無法解決，甚至是已經影響到你的生活、心情時，何不停下腳步，暫時的想一想是否有轉闤的空間，或許換種方法，換條路走事情便會簡單點。但通常在那一刻，我們並來不及想到這些，是一昧的在原地踏步、繞圈，讓自己一直的陷在痛苦的深淵中，生命中總有挫折，那不是盡頭，只是在提醒你：該轉彎了！放手不代表承認失敗，放手只是為自己再找條更美好的路走！
師徒帶領十誡 （The Ten Commandments of Mentoring）
1. 建立穩固的關係
2. 同意目標。
3. 決定聯繫頻率。
4. 決定彼此負責的形式。
5. 設定溝通機制。
6. 確認保密的程度。
7. 設定這段關係的生命週期。
8. 規律的評估。
9. 必要時修正期待。
10. 在適當的時候結束。
2. 同意目標。
3. 決定聯繫頻率。
4. 決定彼此負責的形式。
5. 設定溝通機制。
6. 確認保密的程度。
7. 設定這段關係的生命週期。
8. 規律的評估。
9. 必要時修正期待。
10. 在適當的時候結束。
2011年9月2日 星期五
蕭建華的故事
我！蕭建華，出生在雲林縣林內鄉，在家排行第十一，可想而知父母親的生活壓力非常的大，於是 3 歲就被送到台北的孤兒院，國小開始讀書的時候才知道有種人叫爸爸、有種人叫媽媽，有個地方叫做「家」。
也因為在孤兒院活，在學校常常被同學笑是沒人要的野孩子。一直到國小5年級被南投縣的一位老兵領養，而我的養母是原住民布農族，於是我有了一個真正的家。
但國中2年級那一年養父病逝，我們才相處了短短的4年，一下子就必須面對生計的問題，雖然我成績優秀，卻是當時三百個畢業生裡面唯一一個沒有參加升學考試的學生，因為養母跟我說：「家裡沒有人賺錢，媽媽的身體不好，如果你去讀書，那這個家怎麼辦」。
於是我決定一肩扛起養家的責任，把跟叔叔伯伯借來的報名費還給人家，放棄升學開始半工半讀的生活。
國中畢業之後沒能再升學，國中畢業的學歷也難以找到好的工作，於是我早上清晨3點騎著腳踏車，開始挨家挨戶送報紙，7點多再換個裝到西餐廳吧檯當學徒，17歲再到台中汽車修護廠學做黑手，也存了一筆錢讓媽媽在我當兵時可以使用。
入伍之後在陸軍特種部隊服役練就了一身強壯的體格，退伍後經長官介紹來到台南市擔任駕駛工作，各位叫得出名字的各種高級豪華房車我都開過，但幾個月後我一直想：
我的未來要這樣過嗎？我的未來要在別人的指揮中過日子嗎？ 於是我辭掉這份薪水優渥的工作到處遞履歷，但國中畢業幾乎沒有人要請我上班。
26歲那一年養母過世，長達8年的苦熬終告結束，我終於可以走我自己的路、開始走自己的人生。
白天我在揮汗如雨地在建築工地打雜，晚上帶著滿身汗臭地換上制服到學校念書，別人潑我冷水嘲笑我幹嗎那麼辛苦時，只有我知道我要的是什麼。
我先就讀了台南一中補校，後來再報考嘉南藥理學院，讀了一年又考取了成功大學中文系夜間部，直到36歲終於完成了大學的學業並以第一名的成績畢業。
我付出比別人更多的努力才終於完成大學學業，求學的日子裡我開過捐血車、也送貨；從28歲念到36歲，整整8年沒有中斷過半工半讀。
這8年是我人生中最精華的歲月，我這麼努力我相信老天爺一定會讓我更好，不給我好那實在太沒天理啦！
這麼辛苦的撐過來，以為美好的人生正要開始，正要一步一步實現我的人生規劃時，但沒想到才剛畢業不到一年，就開始感覺右手的小指頭沒有力氣，
一開始不以為意便找了間中醫針灸、電療，但是情況並沒有比較好，於是去大醫院做檢查，做了簡單的神經傳導檢查，醫生說是神經傳導有問題，吃了三個月的藥，情況並沒有好轉。
經過數月的蒙古醫生治療，醫生診斷出我是因為頸椎壓迫到神經必須開刀，不然很快手腳很快就會癱瘓。
這種情況下沒有選擇的餘地，於是讓一位香港來的名師在92年動了頸椎減壓手術，七節的頸椎中的2~6節被截去一半，共損失了五節。
然而病情卻沒有好轉，而且肌力隨著我的復健卻一直流失，也讓我愈復健愈痛不欲生，狀況一直惡化，醫生卻在此時告訴我可能不是頸椎的問題，因為醫生的誤診，讓我白白挨了這一刀。
後來在成大和台大榮總兩間醫院醫生聯合會診之下，診斷出我罹患了一種在國外發生率只有十萬分之六，在台灣一年出現不到十個病例，目前尚無積極治療方式的「慢性多發性脫髓鞘神經病變」，這種病類似「漸凍人」。
我的身體功能會逐漸萎縮，自體免疫系統會破壞神經，慢慢影響到我的視神經、影響到我吞嚥的功能，最後連大家最平常的呼吸我會要很困難才能進一口氣。
醫生告訴我說，存活的時間大概三到五年。從92年3月發病到今天，我跟死神拔河了六年！
六年了！2000多個日子裡，每一天我都得花比別人十倍甚至一百倍的力氣在努力的活著。
很多生活上的辛苦你很難想像，每天起床你會想先用哪一隻腳先下床嗎？刷牙時你會考慮如何擠出牙膏、如何刷牙嗎？
每天我必須要用滾的滾下床，再用架子把自己慢慢吊起來；我必須先擠出牙膏在嘴裡，再用右手慢慢刷。
一開始的時候我也會抱怨，我當時心裡想的，都是自己失去、沒有的一切，身心俱疲，整個人跌到了谷底。
小時候沒有家、沒有父母、沒有正常的家庭可以順利的完成學業，因為沒有很好的學歷，找不到好的工作，我都沒有怨言。
我靠自己的努力付出最精華的八年歲月，重新站在嶄新的起跑點上，老天爺卻跟我開了這樣的玩笑！
老師們不是都跟我說以後會苦盡甘來嗎？我身體不會更好了，我想算了！就讓我結束自己的生命吧！
我買了一包木炭準備自我了斷，卻在此時我無意識地走進我的書房，我看到滿滿的書籍、講義、獎狀，我陷入了長思。
回想我成長的每一天都過得很辛苦，難道我因為生了這場病什麼都沒有了嗎？
不！我回頭想想我還擁有什麼，雖然我連家人沒有了，但是生病之後學校的老師、同學、學弟妹溫暖的手一雙一雙伸了出來，讓我不再去想自己失去的有多少，而是努力去想自己擁有的，竟然是這麼的豐富與寶貴。
「生命無常，我不知生命的終點和明天哪一個會先到，但面對枯萎，我能做的就是勇敢。」
92年12月當電視報章媒體披露我的故事之後，開始很多機關團體打電話來邀約我分享生命故事， 「如果其中有一個人因為我的處境與想法，而改變了負面的觀念，那就是我生命殘存價值的發光」 我給自己訂下一個目標，我要講100場，講完之後我就是100分了，我可以功德圓滿離開人世間了。
當我講完第一百場演講時，才經過一個月就發生了一場讓我悲痛不已的火災，因為電線走火，燒掉我的房子。
我記得好清楚，那一天我拼命的哭，從有眼淚哭到沒眼淚，從有聲音一直哀嚎到沒聲音。
你以為我哭是因為燒掉的房子嗎？是捨不得財物的損失嗎？
不！我哭是因為在那場猛烈的火災中，有一位從我罹病開始，即自告奮勇、自願協助照顧我生活起居的學妹，因走避不及，吸入過多濃煙，緊急送往醫院搶救了一個半小時之後，仍然宣告不治，一條無辜的生命因我而喪生，那才叫我感到萬分的悲痛與自責。
陪著她在急診室的那九十分鐘，就像一整個世紀那麼漫長，每一分每一秒都攸關存亡。看著醫護人員盡職的進行該有的急救步驟，我卻束手無策。
「老天爺，你不要帶她走！你不要帶她走…」，我希望她能聽見我的聲音，知道有人殷切的期盼她甦醒過來。 「不要帶走她，不要帶走她…」這一句話在我心裡不知翻滾了千次、萬次，但就在一個半小時後，我親眼看到醫生將白色的床單，蓋過學妹清秀的臉龐，我知道任憑我卑躬屈膝、聲嘶力竭，不斷苦苦的哀求，老天爺已然是視而不見、聽而不聞。
學妹還是走了！一條無辜、善良的生命因我而犧牲，那種伯仁因我而死的自責、悲痛，在那一刻，我全然崩潰了。
這個世界亂了，沒了秩序、善惡不分；沒了天理、賞罰不明。為什麼？為什麼是這樣？
房子燒了沒關係，我還能投靠朋友；東西燒了沒關係，反正以後我也帶不走。但是千不該、萬不該，就是不該帶學妹離開。
以為講完了一百場，對自己、對所有愛我的人，就算有了個交代；以為講完了一百場，老天爺就會放我一馬，讓我安詳的走到終點站。
我被社會局緊急安置在一家小旅館裡，蜷縮在被窩裡不停的顫抖、啜泣，我不想再跨出房門一步，不想再看見窗外的藍天，因為經歷這一場惡火之後，我已經不知道該用什麼樣的心情去面對我教大家要感恩的「天」。
我不懂！不懂老天爺為何執意將我推向悲苦、去承受更多的痛苦與折磨？還不夠嗎？我都已經這樣慘了，還不夠嗎？
拉上窗簾、關上房門，把自己囚禁在這個小房間，管它外面是白天或黑夜，任憑再多的淒風苦雨、愁雲慘霧，我都無所謂了。
火災後的第三天，慈濟的師姐送來幾套乾淨的衣服，讓我換掉被濃煙燻黑的舊衣，然後告訴我：「唉，誰希望自己的家遭逢火災？誰希望親人在眼前與自己天人永隔？誰都不想遇到這樣不幸的事…」
師姐嘆聲氣接著說：「但，不幸如果真的發生了，就算你哭啞了嗓、學妹也不會再從奈何橋那邊回來了，不幸的事實能改變嗎？如果你認為學妹是因你而犧牲的，那你更應該為學妹振作起來，而不是糟蹋自己的生命，學妹的這一條命，值不值得你為她繼續再講一百場？讓學妹的精神將因你的奮起而浴火重生。
今天！第六個100場就在今天！以前大家都說不可能！但它紮紮實實就發生在今天。
「一定有人曾經跟你說，你很幸福，但是這句話在你心裡有多大的感覺？你看，別人的房子那麼大，別人的車子那麼拉風，別人穿的都是名牌，別人怎那麼英俊，別人怎麼那麼漂亮，開口閉口都是別人的，但你可曾用心看看你自己呢？
我為什麼不肯承認我一無所有，我幹嘛用壞心情來面對別人，雖然你們有很多是我沒有的，但我有很多是你們沒有的耶！你們走路了不起兩隻腳，我加上拐杖我有四條腿你們有沒有！這個邁阿密頸圈你們有沒有，你們也沒有，我有耶！我家裡有一台可以幫助我站起來的電動輪椅，你們有沒有，我有耶！我用心看我所擁有的這些東西。你可以去問兩眼全盲的人幸福是甚麼？他會告訴他想擁有跟妳一樣看的見的雙眼，能看見這繽紛的世界。
各位！在擁有的時就應該要去珍惜啊！每天在城市的角落裡，有人無聲無息就走了，老天爺對你真好，因為祂帶走的不是你！你身邊所擁有的一切你都應該去珍惜、去感恩啊！
在你很小的時候你的父母親會叫你自己換尿布、泡牛奶嗎？為何你現在用忙當藉口，一個月花沒幾分鐘跟他們通電話？這十幾二十年來你是如何長大的！你還記的嗎？
你可曾仔細見到他們一天天的衰老、日子越過越少，你要等到他們進棺材了才要去墳前痛哭緬懷他們嗎？
親情、友情、愛情、課業的難關，都是可以克服的，年輕的生命，不要鑽牛角尖來讓自己煩心，應該珍惜生命、更該去惜福、感恩當下。
我希望能夠用自己的故事讓更多的人受到感動，藉由我的故事讓大家願意重新思考：人存在的價值，人對於生命的態度，很多人說我是生命的鬥士，其實我很不敢當，我和許多平凡人一樣，都只是在過日子罷了。只是我相信我對生命的意義以及對生活的態度比較積極而已，面對挫折，我們常常會做出一個很容易的決定…放棄！放棄，是因為你不相信自己，你不相信自己可以克服。
我，比起各位來說，應該是最有資格放棄的人，但是我沒有，因為我相信我一定可以！放棄只會讓自己一無所有，唯有相信自己堅持到底，你才會是那一個收穫最多的人。
老天爺在我們的左手放著『懦弱』，同時也在右手放著『勇敢』。
很多人選擇懦弱而向下沉淪，但我選擇勇敢過了六年了，今天的我連一個保特瓶蓋都打不開了。
當你的人生路上遇到多大的困難、考驗、挫折、打擊，希望你回想今天聽到的演講、看到這個身軀殘障的人，他堅持不向命運低頭，而你的煩惱能有多大呢？
這些是我走過的路，是我看過的風景，也許你們都無法想像，也許能夠感動你們！
人活著的價值應該在你能圓滿多少生命；有多少生命，因你而圓滿。像我這樣殘疾的人都能那麼勇敢的活著，而四肢健全的你們為何會不快樂？
如果今晚你們其中有一個人因為我的處境與想法，而改變了負面的觀念，那就是我生命殘存價值的發光!
也因為在孤兒院活，在學校常常被同學笑是沒人要的野孩子。一直到國小5年級被南投縣的一位老兵領養，而我的養母是原住民布農族，於是我有了一個真正的家。
但國中2年級那一年養父病逝，我們才相處了短短的4年，一下子就必須面對生計的問題，雖然我成績優秀，卻是當時三百個畢業生裡面唯一一個沒有參加升學考試的學生，因為養母跟我說：「家裡沒有人賺錢，媽媽的身體不好，如果你去讀書，那這個家怎麼辦」。
於是我決定一肩扛起養家的責任，把跟叔叔伯伯借來的報名費還給人家，放棄升學開始半工半讀的生活。
國中畢業之後沒能再升學，國中畢業的學歷也難以找到好的工作，於是我早上清晨3點騎著腳踏車，開始挨家挨戶送報紙，7點多再換個裝到西餐廳吧檯當學徒，17歲再到台中汽車修護廠學做黑手，也存了一筆錢讓媽媽在我當兵時可以使用。
入伍之後在陸軍特種部隊服役練就了一身強壯的體格，退伍後經長官介紹來到台南市擔任駕駛工作，各位叫得出名字的各種高級豪華房車我都開過，但幾個月後我一直想：
我的未來要這樣過嗎？我的未來要在別人的指揮中過日子嗎？ 於是我辭掉這份薪水優渥的工作到處遞履歷，但國中畢業幾乎沒有人要請我上班。
26歲那一年養母過世，長達8年的苦熬終告結束，我終於可以走我自己的路、開始走自己的人生。
白天我在揮汗如雨地在建築工地打雜，晚上帶著滿身汗臭地換上制服到學校念書，別人潑我冷水嘲笑我幹嗎那麼辛苦時，只有我知道我要的是什麼。
我先就讀了台南一中補校，後來再報考嘉南藥理學院，讀了一年又考取了成功大學中文系夜間部，直到36歲終於完成了大學的學業並以第一名的成績畢業。
我付出比別人更多的努力才終於完成大學學業，求學的日子裡我開過捐血車、也送貨；從28歲念到36歲，整整8年沒有中斷過半工半讀。
這8年是我人生中最精華的歲月，我這麼努力我相信老天爺一定會讓我更好，不給我好那實在太沒天理啦！
這麼辛苦的撐過來，以為美好的人生正要開始，正要一步一步實現我的人生規劃時，但沒想到才剛畢業不到一年，就開始感覺右手的小指頭沒有力氣，
一開始不以為意便找了間中醫針灸、電療，但是情況並沒有比較好，於是去大醫院做檢查，做了簡單的神經傳導檢查，醫生說是神經傳導有問題，吃了三個月的藥，情況並沒有好轉。
經過數月的蒙古醫生治療，醫生診斷出我是因為頸椎壓迫到神經必須開刀，不然很快手腳很快就會癱瘓。
這種情況下沒有選擇的餘地，於是讓一位香港來的名師在92年動了頸椎減壓手術，七節的頸椎中的2~6節被截去一半，共損失了五節。
然而病情卻沒有好轉，而且肌力隨著我的復健卻一直流失，也讓我愈復健愈痛不欲生，狀況一直惡化，醫生卻在此時告訴我可能不是頸椎的問題，因為醫生的誤診，讓我白白挨了這一刀。
後來在成大和台大榮總兩間醫院醫生聯合會診之下，診斷出我罹患了一種在國外發生率只有十萬分之六，在台灣一年出現不到十個病例，目前尚無積極治療方式的「慢性多發性脫髓鞘神經病變」，這種病類似「漸凍人」。
我的身體功能會逐漸萎縮，自體免疫系統會破壞神經，慢慢影響到我的視神經、影響到我吞嚥的功能，最後連大家最平常的呼吸我會要很困難才能進一口氣。
醫生告訴我說，存活的時間大概三到五年。從92年3月發病到今天，我跟死神拔河了六年！
六年了！2000多個日子裡，每一天我都得花比別人十倍甚至一百倍的力氣在努力的活著。
很多生活上的辛苦你很難想像，每天起床你會想先用哪一隻腳先下床嗎？刷牙時你會考慮如何擠出牙膏、如何刷牙嗎？
每天我必須要用滾的滾下床，再用架子把自己慢慢吊起來；我必須先擠出牙膏在嘴裡，再用右手慢慢刷。
一開始的時候我也會抱怨，我當時心裡想的，都是自己失去、沒有的一切，身心俱疲，整個人跌到了谷底。
小時候沒有家、沒有父母、沒有正常的家庭可以順利的完成學業，因為沒有很好的學歷，找不到好的工作，我都沒有怨言。
我靠自己的努力付出最精華的八年歲月，重新站在嶄新的起跑點上，老天爺卻跟我開了這樣的玩笑！
老師們不是都跟我說以後會苦盡甘來嗎？我身體不會更好了，我想算了！就讓我結束自己的生命吧！
我買了一包木炭準備自我了斷，卻在此時我無意識地走進我的書房，我看到滿滿的書籍、講義、獎狀，我陷入了長思。
回想我成長的每一天都過得很辛苦，難道我因為生了這場病什麼都沒有了嗎？
不！我回頭想想我還擁有什麼，雖然我連家人沒有了，但是生病之後學校的老師、同學、學弟妹溫暖的手一雙一雙伸了出來，讓我不再去想自己失去的有多少，而是努力去想自己擁有的，竟然是這麼的豐富與寶貴。
「生命無常，我不知生命的終點和明天哪一個會先到，但面對枯萎，我能做的就是勇敢。」
92年12月當電視報章媒體披露我的故事之後，開始很多機關團體打電話來邀約我分享生命故事， 「如果其中有一個人因為我的處境與想法，而改變了負面的觀念，那就是我生命殘存價值的發光」 我給自己訂下一個目標，我要講100場，講完之後我就是100分了，我可以功德圓滿離開人世間了。
當我講完第一百場演講時，才經過一個月就發生了一場讓我悲痛不已的火災，因為電線走火，燒掉我的房子。
我記得好清楚，那一天我拼命的哭，從有眼淚哭到沒眼淚，從有聲音一直哀嚎到沒聲音。
你以為我哭是因為燒掉的房子嗎？是捨不得財物的損失嗎？
不！我哭是因為在那場猛烈的火災中，有一位從我罹病開始，即自告奮勇、自願協助照顧我生活起居的學妹，因走避不及，吸入過多濃煙，緊急送往醫院搶救了一個半小時之後，仍然宣告不治，一條無辜的生命因我而喪生，那才叫我感到萬分的悲痛與自責。
陪著她在急診室的那九十分鐘，就像一整個世紀那麼漫長，每一分每一秒都攸關存亡。看著醫護人員盡職的進行該有的急救步驟，我卻束手無策。
「老天爺，你不要帶她走！你不要帶她走…」，我希望她能聽見我的聲音，知道有人殷切的期盼她甦醒過來。 「不要帶走她，不要帶走她…」這一句話在我心裡不知翻滾了千次、萬次，但就在一個半小時後，我親眼看到醫生將白色的床單，蓋過學妹清秀的臉龐，我知道任憑我卑躬屈膝、聲嘶力竭，不斷苦苦的哀求，老天爺已然是視而不見、聽而不聞。
學妹還是走了！一條無辜、善良的生命因我而犧牲，那種伯仁因我而死的自責、悲痛，在那一刻，我全然崩潰了。
這個世界亂了，沒了秩序、善惡不分；沒了天理、賞罰不明。為什麼？為什麼是這樣？
房子燒了沒關係，我還能投靠朋友；東西燒了沒關係，反正以後我也帶不走。但是千不該、萬不該，就是不該帶學妹離開。
以為講完了一百場，對自己、對所有愛我的人，就算有了個交代；以為講完了一百場，老天爺就會放我一馬，讓我安詳的走到終點站。
我被社會局緊急安置在一家小旅館裡，蜷縮在被窩裡不停的顫抖、啜泣，我不想再跨出房門一步，不想再看見窗外的藍天，因為經歷這一場惡火之後，我已經不知道該用什麼樣的心情去面對我教大家要感恩的「天」。
我不懂！不懂老天爺為何執意將我推向悲苦、去承受更多的痛苦與折磨？還不夠嗎？我都已經這樣慘了，還不夠嗎？
拉上窗簾、關上房門，把自己囚禁在這個小房間，管它外面是白天或黑夜，任憑再多的淒風苦雨、愁雲慘霧，我都無所謂了。
火災後的第三天，慈濟的師姐送來幾套乾淨的衣服，讓我換掉被濃煙燻黑的舊衣，然後告訴我：「唉，誰希望自己的家遭逢火災？誰希望親人在眼前與自己天人永隔？誰都不想遇到這樣不幸的事…」
師姐嘆聲氣接著說：「但，不幸如果真的發生了，就算你哭啞了嗓、學妹也不會再從奈何橋那邊回來了，不幸的事實能改變嗎？如果你認為學妹是因你而犧牲的，那你更應該為學妹振作起來，而不是糟蹋自己的生命，學妹的這一條命，值不值得你為她繼續再講一百場？讓學妹的精神將因你的奮起而浴火重生。
今天！第六個100場就在今天！以前大家都說不可能！但它紮紮實實就發生在今天。
「一定有人曾經跟你說，你很幸福，但是這句話在你心裡有多大的感覺？你看，別人的房子那麼大，別人的車子那麼拉風，別人穿的都是名牌，別人怎那麼英俊，別人怎麼那麼漂亮，開口閉口都是別人的，但你可曾用心看看你自己呢？
我為什麼不肯承認我一無所有，我幹嘛用壞心情來面對別人，雖然你們有很多是我沒有的，但我有很多是你們沒有的耶！你們走路了不起兩隻腳，我加上拐杖我有四條腿你們有沒有！這個邁阿密頸圈你們有沒有，你們也沒有，我有耶！我家裡有一台可以幫助我站起來的電動輪椅，你們有沒有，我有耶！我用心看我所擁有的這些東西。你可以去問兩眼全盲的人幸福是甚麼？他會告訴他想擁有跟妳一樣看的見的雙眼，能看見這繽紛的世界。
各位！在擁有的時就應該要去珍惜啊！每天在城市的角落裡，有人無聲無息就走了，老天爺對你真好，因為祂帶走的不是你！你身邊所擁有的一切你都應該去珍惜、去感恩啊！
在你很小的時候你的父母親會叫你自己換尿布、泡牛奶嗎？為何你現在用忙當藉口，一個月花沒幾分鐘跟他們通電話？這十幾二十年來你是如何長大的！你還記的嗎？
你可曾仔細見到他們一天天的衰老、日子越過越少，你要等到他們進棺材了才要去墳前痛哭緬懷他們嗎？
親情、友情、愛情、課業的難關，都是可以克服的，年輕的生命，不要鑽牛角尖來讓自己煩心，應該珍惜生命、更該去惜福、感恩當下。
我希望能夠用自己的故事讓更多的人受到感動，藉由我的故事讓大家願意重新思考：人存在的價值，人對於生命的態度，很多人說我是生命的鬥士，其實我很不敢當，我和許多平凡人一樣，都只是在過日子罷了。只是我相信我對生命的意義以及對生活的態度比較積極而已，面對挫折，我們常常會做出一個很容易的決定…放棄！放棄，是因為你不相信自己，你不相信自己可以克服。
我，比起各位來說，應該是最有資格放棄的人，但是我沒有，因為我相信我一定可以！放棄只會讓自己一無所有，唯有相信自己堅持到底，你才會是那一個收穫最多的人。
老天爺在我們的左手放著『懦弱』，同時也在右手放著『勇敢』。
很多人選擇懦弱而向下沉淪，但我選擇勇敢過了六年了，今天的我連一個保特瓶蓋都打不開了。
當你的人生路上遇到多大的困難、考驗、挫折、打擊，希望你回想今天聽到的演講、看到這個身軀殘障的人，他堅持不向命運低頭，而你的煩惱能有多大呢？
這些是我走過的路，是我看過的風景，也許你們都無法想像，也許能夠感動你們！
人活著的價值應該在你能圓滿多少生命；有多少生命，因你而圓滿。像我這樣殘疾的人都能那麼勇敢的活著，而四肢健全的你們為何會不快樂？
如果今晚你們其中有一個人因為我的處境與想法，而改變了負面的觀念，那就是我生命殘存價值的發光!
2011年9月1日 星期四
創意是什麼？
創意是創新突破 :五項涵意
一、改 變 （Change）： 廢棄一成不變或制式僵化的習慣，是創造新意的起點。
二、不一樣 （Different）：追求另類思考，和一般經驗或習慣有所不同。
三、鮮 活 （Live）：生動活潑，揚棄死氣沉沉。
四、多元及彈性 (Variety and Flexible)：多元、彈性的思考習慣可不受任何的情境拘限。
五、更 好（Better）：追求好還要更好。
創意就是組織
按希伯來語"barauch"解釋：創意就是組織。
創意不是專家的特權，更不是無厘頭。創意是我們如何將周圍的事與物用不同的方法去組織。
「要養成習慣留意身邊事物，留意他人如何成功地運用有趣和創新的意念，你的獨特意念便會在你解決問題時浮現。」 --愛迪生--
一、改 變 （Change）： 廢棄一成不變或制式僵化的習慣，是創造新意的起點。
二、不一樣 （Different）：追求另類思考，和一般經驗或習慣有所不同。
三、鮮 活 （Live）：生動活潑，揚棄死氣沉沉。
四、多元及彈性 (Variety and Flexible)：多元、彈性的思考習慣可不受任何的情境拘限。
五、更 好（Better）：追求好還要更好。
創意就是組織
按希伯來語"barauch"解釋：創意就是組織。
創意不是專家的特權，更不是無厘頭。創意是我們如何將周圍的事與物用不同的方法去組織。
「要養成習慣留意身邊事物，留意他人如何成功地運用有趣和創新的意念，你的獨特意念便會在你解決問題時浮現。」 --愛迪生--
2011年8月31日 星期三
Health 66 Links
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在緊急情況下﹐這些常識說不定幫你救了您或你的家人、親戚、朋友、同事的一命。
以下彙集是有識人仕所提供的資料﹐以助參考。
1.自己CPR的方法 (The beat goes on)
2.心臟病發?中風前兆 (Heart attack, stroke warning signs)
3.中風辨認常識 (Stroke identification)
4.聖心減肥良方 (S.H.M. Diet program)
5.十大營養食品 (Top 10 Nutritious Food)
6.治口臭食療方 (Bad Breath Remedy)
7.清心養血之良食 (Healthy Food for Heart & Blo! od )
8.珩記祖傳祕方鹹檸檬
9.果菜療能一覽表 (What's Good For You)
10.療能食物對照表 (Cross-reference List)
11.肉桂之天然食療 (Cinnamon's Health Benefits)
12.小紅苺防尿道膀胱炎 (Cranberry's Health Benefits)
13.欥風筒的妙用 (The Amazing Hair Dryer)
14.蜂蜜加肉桂粉的神奇 (Honey plus Cinnamon)
15.沒事多喝檸檬水 (Ice Lemonade)
16.人過中年不悲哀 (Live after Middle Age)
17.醫生之食療介紹 (Food values from doctors)
18.心肌梗塞急救法 (Heart attack emergency treatment)
19.枸杞消! (Chinese wolfberries for relaxation)
20.紅棗保肝補氣 (Jujubes-Chinese red dates)
21. 遠離糖尿病不難 (Diabetes Mellitus)
22. 健康身心之最佳時間 (Right Ti ming )
23. 世衛評選的最佳食品 ( The Healthy Food)
24. 十大垃圾食物 (The Junk Food)
25. 蒜頭蒸飯, 老薑蜜糖 (Garlic, ginger, honey on rice)
26. 沒有阿茲海默的世界 (Alzheimer Prevention)
27. 練太極可抗疫 (Tai Chi stops shingles)
28. 飯後熱飲 (Drink warm after meals)
29. 食物防春季過敏 (Ready for the allergy season)
30. 香蕉的神奇 (a) 熟香蕉抗癌 (The Amazing Bananas)
31. 癌症新知 (Cancer updat! e - by a MD hospital)
32. 十大助排毒之食品 (Toxin Excretion Assistants)
33. 腸道照顧好﹐百病不來找 (Intestines Health)
34. 腸道簡易運動 (The Exercise for Intestines)
35. 延年益壽十則 (The Recipes for Living Longer)
36. 排汗和排尿的差別 (Sweat, no sweat)
37. 補健清湯 (排毒,通血) (Soup to lower cholesterol)
38) American Heart Association
39 Harvard School of Public Health
40) ? 偭矇T醇療方二例
41. 林燕妮治老花妙方 (The Eyesight Enhancing Juice)
42. 治失眠良方 (How To Sleep Fast)
43. 五大防癌水果 (Fruits Prevent/Fight Cancers)
44. 慎食非季節性水果 (Beware of off season fruits)
45. 清洗蔬果勿用鹽 (Washing Fruits With Salt)
46. 少林十巧手 [手部運動] (Hand Exercise for Health)
47. 食療 歌 (Healthy Food Poem)
48. 羅漢果的食療功效 (Grosvenor Momordica Fruit)
49. 游離基是什麼﹖ (Free Radicals)
50. 金雞獨立養生法 (Stand on one leg)
51. 氣功按摩十八法 (Body Massaging Qigong)
52. 多吃疏果能防癌嗎﹖ (Fruits/veggies Effect! Cancers?)
53. 中風急救.黃金一小時 (東華三院 MaBelle 合辦節目)
54. 簡易膝蓋保健 (The simple knee maintenance)
55. 十四個徵兆預示長壽 (The signs that predict longevity)
56. 心血管淤塞救命良方 (Blood Vessels Plumbing)
57. 抗新流感漢方蔬果汁 (Herbalist's Juices for Influenza)
58. 馬鈴薯鮮汁療法 (The Amazing Potato Juice)
59. 打嗝放屁去濁氣 (Hiccup/Farting Is Healthy)
60. 每天大笑不會老 (Laugh to slow down aging)
61. 生活常識小秘密 (Trivial for your daily life)
62. 靈芝治「未病」 (Lingzhi's [Ganoderma] effects)
63. 素食不正確更糟 (Vegetarian's Mistakes)
64. 增強記憶力食物 (The Memory Boosters)
65. 栗子是[腎之果] (Chestnuts good for elders)
66. 糖尿病飲食和食療 (Diabetes helpful diets)
在緊急情況下﹐這些常識說不定幫你救了您或你的家人、親戚、朋友、同事的一命。
以下彙集是有識人仕所提供的資料﹐以助參考。
1.自己CPR的方法 (The beat goes on)
2.心臟病發?中風前兆 (Heart attack, stroke warning signs)
3.中風辨認常識 (Stroke identification)
4.聖心減肥良方 (S.H.M. Diet program)
5.十大營養食品 (Top 10 Nutritious Food)
6.治口臭食療方 (Bad Breath Remedy)
7.清心養血之良食 (Healthy Food for Heart & Blo! od )
8.珩記祖傳祕方鹹檸檬
9.果菜療能一覽表 (What's Good For You)
10.療能食物對照表 (Cross-reference List)
11.肉桂之天然食療 (Cinnamon's Health Benefits)
12.小紅苺防尿道膀胱炎 (Cranberry's Health Benefits)
13.欥風筒的妙用 (The Amazing Hair Dryer)
14.蜂蜜加肉桂粉的神奇 (Honey plus Cinnamon)
15.沒事多喝檸檬水 (Ice Lemonade)
16.人過中年不悲哀 (Live after Middle Age)
17.醫生之食療介紹 (Food values from doctors)
18.心肌梗塞急救法 (Heart attack emergency treatment)
19.枸杞消! (Chinese wolfberries for relaxation)
20.紅棗保肝補氣 (Jujubes-Chinese red dates)
21. 遠離糖尿病不難 (Diabetes Mellitus)
22. 健康身心之最佳時間 (Right Ti ming )
23. 世衛評選的最佳食品 ( The Healthy Food)
24. 十大垃圾食物 (The Junk Food)
25. 蒜頭蒸飯, 老薑蜜糖 (Garlic, ginger, honey on rice)
26. 沒有阿茲海默的世界 (Alzheimer Prevention)
27. 練太極可抗疫 (Tai Chi stops shingles)
28. 飯後熱飲 (Drink warm after meals)
29. 食物防春季過敏 (Ready for the allergy season)
30. 香蕉的神奇 (a) 熟香蕉抗癌 (The Amazing Bananas)
31. 癌症新知 (Cancer updat! e - by a MD hospital)
32. 十大助排毒之食品 (Toxin Excretion Assistants)
33. 腸道照顧好﹐百病不來找 (Intestines Health)
34. 腸道簡易運動 (The Exercise for Intestines)
35. 延年益壽十則 (The Recipes for Living Longer)
36. 排汗和排尿的差別 (Sweat, no sweat)
37. 補健清湯 (排毒,通血) (Soup to lower cholesterol)
38) American Heart Association
39 Harvard School of Public Health
40) ? 偭矇T醇療方二例
41. 林燕妮治老花妙方 (The Eyesight Enhancing Juice)
42. 治失眠良方 (How To Sleep Fast)
43. 五大防癌水果 (Fruits Prevent/Fight Cancers)
44. 慎食非季節性水果 (Beware of off season fruits)
45. 清洗蔬果勿用鹽 (Washing Fruits With Salt)
46. 少林十巧手 [手部運動] (Hand Exercise for Health)
47. 食療 歌 (Healthy Food Poem)
48. 羅漢果的食療功效 (Grosvenor Momordica Fruit)
49. 游離基是什麼﹖ (Free Radicals)
50. 金雞獨立養生法 (Stand on one leg)
51. 氣功按摩十八法 (Body Massaging Qigong)
52. 多吃疏果能防癌嗎﹖ (Fruits/veggies Effect! Cancers?)
53. 中風急救.黃金一小時 (東華三院 MaBelle 合辦節目)
54. 簡易膝蓋保健 (The simple knee maintenance)
55. 十四個徵兆預示長壽 (The signs that predict longevity)
56. 心血管淤塞救命良方 (Blood Vessels Plumbing)
57. 抗新流感漢方蔬果汁 (Herbalist's Juices for Influenza)
58. 馬鈴薯鮮汁療法 (The Amazing Potato Juice)
59. 打嗝放屁去濁氣 (Hiccup/Farting Is Healthy)
60. 每天大笑不會老 (Laugh to slow down aging)
61. 生活常識小秘密 (Trivial for your daily life)
62. 靈芝治「未病」 (Lingzhi's [Ganoderma] effects)
63. 素食不正確更糟 (Vegetarian's Mistakes)
64. 增強記憶力食物 (The Memory Boosters)
65. 栗子是[腎之果] (Chestnuts good for elders)
66. 糖尿病飲食和食療 (Diabetes helpful diets)
2011年8月30日 星期二
Mountain & Mentor
If you want to conquer the mountain,you will need an experienced mentor.
若想征服巔峰，你必須先找一位老練的嚮導。
若想征服巔峰，你必須先找一位老練的嚮導。
2011年8月29日 星期一
Forgiveness
“To err is human, to forgive divine.” -- Alexander Pope --
God finds it impossible to forgive us when we find it impossible to forgive each other.
God finds it impossible to forgive us when we find it impossible to forgive each other.
2011年8月22日 星期一
8種會被社會淘汰的人
馮強寫懷抱天下8種被社會淘汰的人
哪8種人呢？我們可拿作參考
1）不學習的人
2）反應遲鈍的人
3）愛單打獨鬥的人
4）心理脆弱的人
5）無特長的人
6）目光短淺的人
7）情緒智商（EQ）低的人
8）觀念落後的人。
哪8種人呢？我們可拿作參考
1）不學習的人
2）反應遲鈍的人
3）愛單打獨鬥的人
4）心理脆弱的人
5）無特長的人
6）目光短淺的人
7）情緒智商（EQ）低的人
8）觀念落後的人。
基督徒20則反思
1）如果你覺得你自己了不起時，請試試在水上行走；
2）當魔鬼提醒你的過去時，請你也提醒魔鬼的未來；
3）機會也許只敲一次門，但各種試探卻總在按門鈴；
4）你現在所追求的，值得基督為它而死嗎？
5) 世上只有不合法的父母，卻沒有不合法的孩子；
6）數子十過，不如贊子一長；
7）我們常在強壯時，忘了神；
8）能夠滿足人心的，是造人心的那一位；
9）步履艱難的時候，別一味祈求禱告，卻不邁向神要你走的路；
10）使你靠近神的人，是你真正的朋友。
11）如果想要得到一些從未得到過的東西，你要去做一些從未做過的事。
12）神愛我們，不是因為我們是怎樣的一個人，而是因為他是怎樣的一位神。
13) 不要向神講述風暴有多大，當向風暴講述你的神有多大！
14）請常常保持自己內心的光亮，因為你不知道，誰會籍著這光亮走出黑暗；
15）我雖然不知道未來是什麼，但我知道是誰掌管著我的未來，所以我能快樂而安心地工作著
16）當你除了神，一無所有時，你就會知道神就是你需要的一切！
17）不要畏懼明天，因為神已經在那裏；
18）那些只有在星期天呼喚“天父”的人，在一星期餘下的時間裏活的就像孤兒。
19) 讓孩子到我這裏來，因為在天堂的正是這些人。
20）沒有基督的生命，是無望的盡頭。有基督的生命，是無盡的盼望。
2）當魔鬼提醒你的過去時，請你也提醒魔鬼的未來；
3）機會也許只敲一次門，但各種試探卻總在按門鈴；
4）你現在所追求的，值得基督為它而死嗎？
5) 世上只有不合法的父母，卻沒有不合法的孩子；
6）數子十過，不如贊子一長；
7）我們常在強壯時，忘了神；
8）能夠滿足人心的，是造人心的那一位；
9）步履艱難的時候，別一味祈求禱告，卻不邁向神要你走的路；
10）使你靠近神的人，是你真正的朋友。
11）如果想要得到一些從未得到過的東西，你要去做一些從未做過的事。
12）神愛我們，不是因為我們是怎樣的一個人，而是因為他是怎樣的一位神。
13) 不要向神講述風暴有多大，當向風暴講述你的神有多大！
14）請常常保持自己內心的光亮，因為你不知道，誰會籍著這光亮走出黑暗；
15）我雖然不知道未來是什麼，但我知道是誰掌管著我的未來，所以我能快樂而安心地工作著
16）當你除了神，一無所有時，你就會知道神就是你需要的一切！
17）不要畏懼明天，因為神已經在那裏；
18）那些只有在星期天呼喚“天父”的人，在一星期餘下的時間裏活的就像孤兒。
19) 讓孩子到我這裏來，因為在天堂的正是這些人。
20）沒有基督的生命，是無望的盡頭。有基督的生命，是無盡的盼望。
2011年8月16日 星期二
PUSH 與 PULL 的屬靈意義 !
信義會陳牧師理解 祈禱仰望 為 Pray Until Something Happens(PUSH)，很有意思 !
我在此加上 祈禱發動 為 Pray Until the Lord Launches (PULL),那又如何 ?
我在此加上 祈禱發動 為 Pray Until the Lord Launches (PULL),那又如何 ?
2011年8月15日 星期一
恩典與學習
神在日常生活中，彰顯祂非凡的恩典。--彭妮--
God is in ordinary life. He meets us here with extraordinary grace.--Bonnie Jensen--
我不以強弱、成敗來把人分類。我只把人分為學習者和非學習者。 -- 巴柏--
I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures... I divide the world into the learners and non-learners. -- Benjamin Barber
God is in ordinary life. He meets us here with extraordinary grace.--Bonnie Jensen--
我不以強弱、成敗來把人分類。我只把人分為學習者和非學習者。 -- 巴柏--
I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures... I divide the world into the learners and non-learners. -- Benjamin Barber
老人最忌諱的動作
隨著年齡增加，骨骼變“鬆”、關節變“硬” 、肌肉變“少、心腦血管變“脆”，一些生活中不經意的小動作可能會變成老人的安全陷阱。下面是老年病學、康復及運動方面的專家，總結出的10個老人最忌諱的動作。
1、要避免用力排便
老人用力排便時，會導致腹內壓、血壓升高，增加腦出血的風險，此時心臟的負擔也會加大，容易誘發心梗。如果有便秘症狀，應多吃富含纖維的果蔬，養成按時排便的習慣，或借助藥物排便，切忌過度用力。
2、看報打牌不宜久坐
久坐不動會影響到消化功能，使胃腸蠕動緩慢，還容易誘發消化不良、便秘甚至痔瘡等病症。有些老人習慣在室外打牌、下棋，當室外氣溫較低再加上久坐不起，易導致下肢血液迴流不良，誘發或加重膝關節的退化性病變。因此，老人打牌、看書報、看電視，應每隔四五十分鐘就要站起來走動一會，活動一下膝關節和腰腹部。
3、起床太猛傷血管
老人起床動作過猛可能造成血壓升高，發生暫時性暈厥甚至腦出血。專家建議，老人醒後可先靜臥3分鐘，慢起身在床上坐3分鐘，放下雙腳在床邊坐3分鐘，然後再下床慢慢活動。
4、狼吞虎嚥傷心傷胃
老人的消化功能和吞咽功能不如年輕人，吃飯過快一來不利消化，還容易噎著，對食管造成損傷。二是容易給心臟帶來過大負擔。
5、血壓跟著嗓門升
老人說話聲音每提高一次，就是對身體的一次刺激，此時會伴隨著心跳加快、血壓升高。如果是在和他人發生爭執、情緒激動的場合，血壓波動就會更大。專家建議，老人平時儘量輕聲細語地說話，少與人爭執。
6、站著穿褲最易摔倒
老人平衡能力差，站著穿褲很容易發生意外，造成骨折。所以，老人穿褲時最好坐在床上或倚靠在固定處。
7、上樓梯寧慢勿快
人上了年紀，不僅肌肉骨骼衰老，神經系統也退化。比如上一個 20公分的臺階，老人的腳很可能並沒抬那麼高，但負責指揮運動的神經系統會出現“遲滯”，這時就很容易發生摔傷了。陸一帆建議，老人走樓梯，最好側著身子、扶著扶手，等一個腳掌完全著地後再邁另一隻腳。
8、彎腰不能逞能
所有過度彎屈的動作都不適合老人。老人的平衡能力差，關節較硬，肌肉萎縮對關節的保護變少，大幅度彎腰易造成牽拉傷和關節錯位。如果彎腰過快過猛，會導致腦部血壓劇烈變化，誘發腦出血。
9、提重物量力而行
老人的肌肉和骨骼功能都會減弱，因此在負重的情況下很容易損傷肌肉或造成骨折。所以，不但要在生活中減少負重，比如提重物、搬家具，在鍛煉時也要量力而行。
10、忽然回頭警惕暈倒
老人頸動脈血管會變窄、變脆，突然轉脖子會壓迫頸動脈，影響腦供血，導致昏厥。轉脖子的時候如果把握不好平衡，也非常容易跌倒。專家提醒，老人擺動頸部的幅度不宜太大。老人平時忌諱猛回頭，比如走在路上，聽到有人在後面叫自己時，一定要慢慢回頭。
1、要避免用力排便
老人用力排便時，會導致腹內壓、血壓升高，增加腦出血的風險，此時心臟的負擔也會加大，容易誘發心梗。如果有便秘症狀，應多吃富含纖維的果蔬，養成按時排便的習慣，或借助藥物排便，切忌過度用力。
2、看報打牌不宜久坐
久坐不動會影響到消化功能，使胃腸蠕動緩慢，還容易誘發消化不良、便秘甚至痔瘡等病症。有些老人習慣在室外打牌、下棋，當室外氣溫較低再加上久坐不起，易導致下肢血液迴流不良，誘發或加重膝關節的退化性病變。因此，老人打牌、看書報、看電視，應每隔四五十分鐘就要站起來走動一會，活動一下膝關節和腰腹部。
3、起床太猛傷血管
老人起床動作過猛可能造成血壓升高，發生暫時性暈厥甚至腦出血。專家建議，老人醒後可先靜臥3分鐘，慢起身在床上坐3分鐘，放下雙腳在床邊坐3分鐘，然後再下床慢慢活動。
4、狼吞虎嚥傷心傷胃
老人的消化功能和吞咽功能不如年輕人，吃飯過快一來不利消化，還容易噎著，對食管造成損傷。二是容易給心臟帶來過大負擔。
5、血壓跟著嗓門升
老人說話聲音每提高一次，就是對身體的一次刺激，此時會伴隨著心跳加快、血壓升高。如果是在和他人發生爭執、情緒激動的場合，血壓波動就會更大。專家建議，老人平時儘量輕聲細語地說話，少與人爭執。
6、站著穿褲最易摔倒
老人平衡能力差，站著穿褲很容易發生意外，造成骨折。所以，老人穿褲時最好坐在床上或倚靠在固定處。
7、上樓梯寧慢勿快
人上了年紀，不僅肌肉骨骼衰老，神經系統也退化。比如上一個 20公分的臺階，老人的腳很可能並沒抬那麼高，但負責指揮運動的神經系統會出現“遲滯”，這時就很容易發生摔傷了。陸一帆建議，老人走樓梯，最好側著身子、扶著扶手，等一個腳掌完全著地後再邁另一隻腳。
8、彎腰不能逞能
所有過度彎屈的動作都不適合老人。老人的平衡能力差，關節較硬，肌肉萎縮對關節的保護變少，大幅度彎腰易造成牽拉傷和關節錯位。如果彎腰過快過猛，會導致腦部血壓劇烈變化，誘發腦出血。
9、提重物量力而行
老人的肌肉和骨骼功能都會減弱，因此在負重的情況下很容易損傷肌肉或造成骨折。所以，不但要在生活中減少負重，比如提重物、搬家具，在鍛煉時也要量力而行。
10、忽然回頭警惕暈倒
老人頸動脈血管會變窄、變脆，突然轉脖子會壓迫頸動脈，影響腦供血，導致昏厥。轉脖子的時候如果把握不好平衡，也非常容易跌倒。專家提醒，老人擺動頸部的幅度不宜太大。老人平時忌諱猛回頭，比如走在路上，聽到有人在後面叫自己時，一定要慢慢回頭。
2011年8月8日 星期一
GK Chesterton 的《回到正統》
讀莊柔玉思覺上調的詩，我在線上下載她譯的GK CHESTERTON 回到正統一書，流覽下面一段文字:
要參悟《回到正統》是不一樣的護教經典，讀者須抱有不一樣的期望。
……入鄉隨俗，讀書隨其格局。
就這問題，至少可以有三種取向。
第一種取向是以一雙較朦朧的眼睛，觀照這位雄辯滔滔的演說家異乎常人的思考歷程。
第二種取向是以一種徐而不疾的節奏，遊走於思想紛陳、意象綿密的萬千世界。
第三種取向是以一種輕柔的幽默感，浮盪於這位非凡的智者天馬行空的想像國度。
……「基督教的信條使喜樂變得巨大無比，使憂傷變得特殊而無足輕重，祖傳的本能因而徹底得到滿足。」
要悟出箇中的真理，讀者的參與至為重要。
不一樣的經典，當賦以不一樣的閱讀方式，才能享受不一樣的閱讀樂趣。對樂在其中的讀者/譯者來說，翻譯《回到正統》最大的樂趣，也許是讓另一種語言的讀者同享這種不一樣的閱讀樂趣。
──〈浮盪於喜樂的半空──閱讀/翻譯《回到正統》的樂趣〉，2009
CONTENTS
I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
II. The Maniac
III. The Suicide of Thought
IV. The Ethics of Elfland
V. The Flag of the World
VI. The Paradoxes of Christianity
VII. The Eternal Revolution
VIII. The Romance of Orthodoxy
IX. Authority and the Adventurer
要參悟《回到正統》是不一樣的護教經典，讀者須抱有不一樣的期望。
……入鄉隨俗，讀書隨其格局。
就這問題，至少可以有三種取向。
第一種取向是以一雙較朦朧的眼睛，觀照這位雄辯滔滔的演說家異乎常人的思考歷程。
第二種取向是以一種徐而不疾的節奏，遊走於思想紛陳、意象綿密的萬千世界。
第三種取向是以一種輕柔的幽默感，浮盪於這位非凡的智者天馬行空的想像國度。
……「基督教的信條使喜樂變得巨大無比，使憂傷變得特殊而無足輕重，祖傳的本能因而徹底得到滿足。」
要悟出箇中的真理，讀者的參與至為重要。
不一樣的經典，當賦以不一樣的閱讀方式，才能享受不一樣的閱讀樂趣。對樂在其中的讀者/譯者來說，翻譯《回到正統》最大的樂趣，也許是讓另一種語言的讀者同享這種不一樣的閱讀樂趣。
──〈浮盪於喜樂的半空──閱讀/翻譯《回到正統》的樂趣〉，2009
CONTENTS
I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
II. The Maniac
III. The Suicide of Thought
IV. The Ethics of Elfland
V. The Flag of the World
VI. The Paradoxes of Christianity
VII. The Eternal Revolution
VIII. The Romance of Orthodoxy
IX. Authority and the Adventurer
RE fresh
This word gives us great delight!
It brings to mind a cool drink on a hot day, or
the protective shade of an oak from the midday sun.
Sin brings us into the dry, barren place, but
Refreshing comes when we
turn back to the Lord and
experience the delightfulness and utter joy of His presence.
The Lord’s refreshing also comes to us in our labor and in our service—
Bringing us rest,
Lifting our burden,
Refocusing our vision,
Invigorating our zeal,
Clarifying our purpose,
Quickening our step, and
Gladdening our hearts as we walk with Him.
Therefore repent and turn back, that your sins may be wiped out so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19
MAY THE Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high [and defend you]; Send you help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen you. Psalm 20:1-2
It brings to mind a cool drink on a hot day, or
the protective shade of an oak from the midday sun.
Sin brings us into the dry, barren place, but
Refreshing comes when we
turn back to the Lord and
experience the delightfulness and utter joy of His presence.
The Lord’s refreshing also comes to us in our labor and in our service—
Bringing us rest,
Lifting our burden,
Refocusing our vision,
Invigorating our zeal,
Clarifying our purpose,
Quickening our step, and
Gladdening our hearts as we walk with Him.
Therefore repent and turn back, that your sins may be wiped out so that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19
MAY THE Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high [and defend you]; Send you help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen you. Psalm 20:1-2
2011年8月3日 星期三
Revive !
Revive means that
God brings to life the things that seem to have died.
He quickens what is on its last breath and
He strengthens what is on its last legs.
In our brokenness He makes us whole.
He takes the barren places in our lives and brings a new harvest,
He takes the dry places in our hearts and turns them into flowing rivers,
He takes the empty places in our souls and fills them to the full.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 57:15
Revive me according to Your lovingkindness. Psalm 119:88
Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake! For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. Psalm 143:11
God brings to life the things that seem to have died.
He quickens what is on its last breath and
He strengthens what is on its last legs.
In our brokenness He makes us whole.
He takes the barren places in our lives and brings a new harvest,
He takes the dry places in our hearts and turns them into flowing rivers,
He takes the empty places in our souls and fills them to the full.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 57:15
Revive me according to Your lovingkindness. Psalm 119:88
Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake! For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. Psalm 143:11
2011年7月28日 星期四
John Stott: 1921-2011 A Godly Man indeed
"John founded LICC with characteristic discernment and determination. 'Warmth' and 'friendship' marked John's ministry throughout." Mark Greene
John Stott died yesterday, peacefully in St Barnabas, the care home where he's spent the last few years. Here was a godly man indeed.
And a friend to hundreds of thousands of people - through gracious word spoken eye to eye, through gracious word spoken from platforms, and through gracious word written in many books. But, in whatever context, John's words were clean with a joyous clarity, crafted in prayer, and offered back to the Spirit who shaped them for His purposes - for the honour of Jesus' name and the glory of the Father.
When John spoke, there was never any doubt whose messenger he was.In even trying to encapsulate John's achievements and his character, it's hard to know with which to begin. His extraordinary undertakings in biblical scholarship, in thought leadership, in growing a local church, in building up evangelicals in the Church of England, in reshaping international mission to include social action, in creating an international movement of evangelicals - all this make his graciousness, meekness and humility seem all the more remarkable. Similarly, his graciousness makes his achievements seem all the more extraordinary - how, from a human point of view, did such a gentle, kind man manage to help gather so many to fresh missional purpose and radical cooperation? Jesus, would be his answer, I'm sure.
John was one of the founders of LICC, our first Director and our President until yesterday. He saw the urgent need to enable Christians to integrate their faith with their whole life - at work as well as in the neighbourhood, in the lecture theatre as well as in the sanctuary. And he led and shaped LICC to develop and offer wisdom to Christians from all over the world and from all kinds of professional and ecclesiastical contexts. He maintained a vigorous interest in our work and when we last visited him, his delight at our progress in the cause and his concern to see LICC continue to flourish were gleamingly evident.
We have developed some tribute pages and you can read more about John's life and/or watch clips of an interview with Brian Draper. And you can also write your own tribute.
John anticipated that some people might like to make a thanksgiving gift to support the causes that most concerned him - LICC and the Langham Partnership International - and if you'd like to do that click here.
There is indeed so much about John to give thanks, and praise, to God for.
But this is also a time of grief for us, and for many, many people.
May the God of all comfort, grant you his comfort at this time.
John Stott died yesterday, peacefully in St Barnabas, the care home where he's spent the last few years. Here was a godly man indeed.
And a friend to hundreds of thousands of people - through gracious word spoken eye to eye, through gracious word spoken from platforms, and through gracious word written in many books. But, in whatever context, John's words were clean with a joyous clarity, crafted in prayer, and offered back to the Spirit who shaped them for His purposes - for the honour of Jesus' name and the glory of the Father.
When John spoke, there was never any doubt whose messenger he was.In even trying to encapsulate John's achievements and his character, it's hard to know with which to begin. His extraordinary undertakings in biblical scholarship, in thought leadership, in growing a local church, in building up evangelicals in the Church of England, in reshaping international mission to include social action, in creating an international movement of evangelicals - all this make his graciousness, meekness and humility seem all the more remarkable. Similarly, his graciousness makes his achievements seem all the more extraordinary - how, from a human point of view, did such a gentle, kind man manage to help gather so many to fresh missional purpose and radical cooperation? Jesus, would be his answer, I'm sure.
John was one of the founders of LICC, our first Director and our President until yesterday. He saw the urgent need to enable Christians to integrate their faith with their whole life - at work as well as in the neighbourhood, in the lecture theatre as well as in the sanctuary. And he led and shaped LICC to develop and offer wisdom to Christians from all over the world and from all kinds of professional and ecclesiastical contexts. He maintained a vigorous interest in our work and when we last visited him, his delight at our progress in the cause and his concern to see LICC continue to flourish were gleamingly evident.
We have developed some tribute pages and you can read more about John's life and/or watch clips of an interview with Brian Draper. And you can also write your own tribute.
John anticipated that some people might like to make a thanksgiving gift to support the causes that most concerned him - LICC and the Langham Partnership International - and if you'd like to do that click here.
There is indeed so much about John to give thanks, and praise, to God for.
But this is also a time of grief for us, and for many, many people.
May the God of all comfort, grant you his comfort at this time.
2011年7月25日 星期一
When you are drained away !
In my attempts to promote the comfort of my family, the quiet of my spirit has been disturbed…there is never any need to sin. Another thing I have suffered loss from—entering into the business of the day without seeking to have my spirit quieted and directed. So many things press upon me, this is sometimes neglected; shame on me that it should be so. – Elizabeth T. King 1856
If people about you are carrying on their business or their benevolence at a pace which drains the life out of you, resolutely take a slower pace; be called a laggard, make less money, accomplish less work than they, but be what you were meant to be and can be…you are fit to do certain kinds of work, and you need a certain kind and amount of fuel, and a certain kind of handling. –George S. Merriam
In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. –Madame Guyon
If people about you are carrying on their business or their benevolence at a pace which drains the life out of you, resolutely take a slower pace; be called a laggard, make less money, accomplish less work than they, but be what you were meant to be and can be…you are fit to do certain kinds of work, and you need a certain kind and amount of fuel, and a certain kind of handling. –George S. Merriam
In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. –Madame Guyon
2011年7月20日 星期三
Treasure
You may not have a lot of money,but you have incredible wealth.
You may not have an abundance of things,but you possess more than you could ever ask or think.
God has placed within you the greatest treasure anyone can ever possess
— It is the life of Jesus Christ.
You have, living within you,
The beauty of His holiness,
The kindness of His grace,
The freedom of His truth,
The compassion of His mercy,
The greatness of His power, and
The riches of His love.
He has freely lavished upon you a treasure house of blessings that you can freely give away to others.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7
You may not have an abundance of things,but you possess more than you could ever ask or think.
God has placed within you the greatest treasure anyone can ever possess
— It is the life of Jesus Christ.
You have, living within you,
The beauty of His holiness,
The kindness of His grace,
The freedom of His truth,
The compassion of His mercy,
The greatness of His power, and
The riches of His love.
He has freely lavished upon you a treasure house of blessings that you can freely give away to others.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7
2011年7月18日 星期一
Romans 8:31 From Roy Lessin's daily reflections
Who is against you?
God is not.
Jesus is not.
The Holy Spirit is not.
The angels are not.
Those who are for you are greater than any foe that is against you.
Nothing and no one can prevail, defeat, conquer, or overcome those who are for you, and they who are for you have the final authority and the final say over everything that concerns you.
If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Romans 8:31
God is not.
Jesus is not.
The Holy Spirit is not.
The angels are not.
Those who are for you are greater than any foe that is against you.
Nothing and no one can prevail, defeat, conquer, or overcome those who are for you, and they who are for you have the final authority and the final say over everything that concerns you.
If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Romans 8:31
2011年7月14日 星期四
2011年7月10日 星期日
Double-minded
Double-minded, duplicitous, two-faced - the list could go on.
All imply untrustworthiness. And the opposite -
single-minded, simple, single-eyed (see Matt.6:22, AV)
- imply sincerity, honesty, transparency, virtues that Christians are bound to aspire to.
Ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord. James 1:6-8
All imply untrustworthiness. And the opposite -
single-minded, simple, single-eyed (see Matt.6:22, AV)
- imply sincerity, honesty, transparency, virtues that Christians are bound to aspire to.
Ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord. James 1:6-8
2011年7月7日 星期四
Adventure and Inconvenience
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." --G.K. Chesterton--
2011年7月4日 星期一
Our relaxation
How completely satisfying to turn from our limitations to a God who has none. Eternal years lie in His heart. For Him time does not pass, it remains; God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which He must work. To know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves. -A. W. Tozer-
2011年6月29日 星期三
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2011年6月14日 星期二
Steve Green'song
This is my prayer:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey (Find Us Faithful)
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey (Find Us Faithful)
2011年6月2日 星期四
劉再復 : 思想者十八題
本書主要由兩部分構成，一部分是報刊媒體的采訪錄，一部分是和一些友人的對談錄，共同點是談話而不是文章，話題包括中國貴族精神、走出民族主義、第三空間、論80年代、重新定義故鄉……其中所包含的是一個思想者在海外近二十年中的足音和心聲。
這是一部真實的思想傳記。書中，作者拒絕壓抑自己和扭曲自己，沒有面具，該說的話就說，不情愿說的話就不說，身心是完整的，如同作者所說的，“能敞開胸懷說說由衷之言，能不迎合潮流與風氣而保持一點生命的本真與鋒芒，就是幸福。雖有鋒芒，卻不是高調”。
自 序： 思想者的尊嚴
第一題 中國貴族精神的命運
在鳳凰衛視“文化大觀園”上的演講兼與王魯湘的對話
尋回中國貴族精神的軌跡
第二題 經典作家的特質——答《南方周末》夏榆問
第三題 文學二議——與李歐梵的文學對談
輕重位置與敘事藝術——與李歐梵的文學對談之一
中國現代文學運動的陷阱——與牽歐梵的文學對談之二
第四題 走出民族主義
走出民族主義——與香港科技大學勵建書教授的時話
民族主義再起?——與李澤厚的對話
第五題 告別語言暴力
第六題 知識分子與第三空間
知識分子的第三空間——《亞洲周刊》王健民采訪錄
尋求生存的“第三空間”——與女兒劍梅的對話
“芝加哥學群”的精神取向——-劍梅的回應
再論“第三話語空間”——在《明報月刊》創刊四十周年學術研討會上的發言
第七題 人生分野與三項自由——答鳳凰衛視“名人面對面”主持人許戈輝問
第八題 論80年代
答廣州《新周刊》雜志懂薇問
答《現代中文學刊》編者黃平問
第九題 漂流心態與漂流文學——答日本
《藍•BLUE》雜志劉燕子問
第十題 重新定義故鄉
以文學放逐國家的人——答馬來西亞《星洲日報》記者方路問
燈火一點明，黑暗就消失了——與新加坡《圓切線》雜志柯思仁等的對談
第十一題 無罪之罪與懺悔意識
無罪之罪和歷史共業——與加拿大粱燕城的對談
中國文學中的懺悔意識——答香港城市大學《校訊》編者陳舒萱問
第十二題 《紅樓夢》的悟性閱讀
大洋彼岸說“紅樓”——答《瞭望東方周刊》楊天問
“紅樓”真俗二諦的互補結構——與劍梅對談
第十三題 中國“尚文”的歷史傳統——在日本愛知
大學國際中國學研究中心的演講
第十四題 論教育學世紀
與李澤厚關于教育的對話(1998)
與李澤厚關于教育的二次對話(2004)
第十五題 文學的基本要素——《羊城晚報》吳小攀采訪錄
第十六題 “返回古典”與“回歸生命”
返回古典——在“中國古典詩歌研究與吟賞國際討會”的演講(摘要)回歸生命
——在 “返回古典與走向世界”國際學術研討會上的演講(摘要)
第十七題 文學內在主體間性——與楊春時的對話
第十八題 第二人生的心靈報告——香港浸會大學林幸謙專訪錄
漫游者和蘇格拉底寓言
生命向宇宙敞開
后 記
這是一部真實的思想傳記。書中，作者拒絕壓抑自己和扭曲自己，沒有面具，該說的話就說，不情愿說的話就不說，身心是完整的，如同作者所說的，“能敞開胸懷說說由衷之言，能不迎合潮流與風氣而保持一點生命的本真與鋒芒，就是幸福。雖有鋒芒，卻不是高調”。
自 序： 思想者的尊嚴
第一題 中國貴族精神的命運
在鳳凰衛視“文化大觀園”上的演講兼與王魯湘的對話
尋回中國貴族精神的軌跡
第二題 經典作家的特質——答《南方周末》夏榆問
第三題 文學二議——與李歐梵的文學對談
輕重位置與敘事藝術——與李歐梵的文學對談之一
中國現代文學運動的陷阱——與牽歐梵的文學對談之二
第四題 走出民族主義
走出民族主義——與香港科技大學勵建書教授的時話
民族主義再起?——與李澤厚的對話
第五題 告別語言暴力
第六題 知識分子與第三空間
知識分子的第三空間——《亞洲周刊》王健民采訪錄
尋求生存的“第三空間”——與女兒劍梅的對話
“芝加哥學群”的精神取向——-劍梅的回應
再論“第三話語空間”——在《明報月刊》創刊四十周年學術研討會上的發言
第七題 人生分野與三項自由——答鳳凰衛視“名人面對面”主持人許戈輝問
第八題 論80年代
答廣州《新周刊》雜志懂薇問
答《現代中文學刊》編者黃平問
第九題 漂流心態與漂流文學——答日本
《藍•BLUE》雜志劉燕子問
第十題 重新定義故鄉
以文學放逐國家的人——答馬來西亞《星洲日報》記者方路問
燈火一點明，黑暗就消失了——與新加坡《圓切線》雜志柯思仁等的對談
第十一題 無罪之罪與懺悔意識
無罪之罪和歷史共業——與加拿大粱燕城的對談
中國文學中的懺悔意識——答香港城市大學《校訊》編者陳舒萱問
第十二題 《紅樓夢》的悟性閱讀
大洋彼岸說“紅樓”——答《瞭望東方周刊》楊天問
“紅樓”真俗二諦的互補結構——與劍梅對談
第十三題 中國“尚文”的歷史傳統——在日本愛知
大學國際中國學研究中心的演講
第十四題 論教育學世紀
與李澤厚關于教育的對話(1998)
與李澤厚關于教育的二次對話(2004)
第十五題 文學的基本要素——《羊城晚報》吳小攀采訪錄
第十六題 “返回古典”與“回歸生命”
返回古典——在“中國古典詩歌研究與吟賞國際討會”的演講(摘要)回歸生命
——在 “返回古典與走向世界”國際學術研討會上的演講(摘要)
第十七題 文學內在主體間性——與楊春時的對話
第十八題 第二人生的心靈報告——香港浸會大學林幸謙專訪錄
漫游者和蘇格拉底寓言
生命向宇宙敞開
后 記
讓人受用終生的聖經金句
1.你們願意人怎樣待你們，你們也要怎樣待人。
這是一條非常實用的人際關係原則，可以在人群中形成良性循環關係鏈。好多人的失敗都是因為只盯住別人的過失，卻看不到自己曾經給他人帶來的傷害。孔子曰：己所不欲，勿施於人。而耶穌的這句話顯然又高了一個層次。
2.施比受更為有福。
送人玫瑰，手留餘香。這是不肯施捨的人永遠也無法體驗得到的幸福。
3.萬事都互相效力，叫愛上帝的人得益處。
明白這一道理的人再不會對生活充滿怨言，因為終級目標已定，就是要你得益處，還有什麼過不去的坎兒？但前提是，一定要對造物主心存敬畏。
4.不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮，一天的難處一天當就夠了。
郝思佳有一句名言為許多《飄》迷所推崇：無論如何，明天總是又換了一天了！看來，她才是最明白應該怎樣活著的智者。
5.愛是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，不作害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡，不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。愛是永不止息。
真正的愛往往體現在很小的生活細節當中，人生在世沒有幾次關係到生死的大事，很多時候我們可以愛對方到為他去死，但卻做不到每天為他擠牙膏，甚至可能為誰作飯，誰刷碗爭得不可開交。
6.上帝的旨意就是要你們成為聖潔，遠避淫行；要你們各人曉得怎樣用聖潔、尊貴，守著自己的身體。
現在的時代說這樣的話，會被很多人拋磚頭，但聖徒保羅不怕，我也不怕。一個真正高貴的靈魂一定寄居在一個聖潔尊貴的身體裏面。這不是為誰而守，而是為自己的尊貴身份。
7.掩蓋的事，沒有不露出來的；隱藏的事，沒有不被人知道的。
誰會相信秘密這碼事？兩個人的事情就不是秘密；一個人的事情上帝知道。
8.我赤身出於母胎，也必赤身歸回。賞賜的是耶和華，收取的也是耶和華。
所以，永遠不要奢望佔有更多，但一定要懂得珍惜眼前。
9.你要保守你心，勝過保守一切，因為一生的果效，是由心發出。
你的心是你的後花園，精心照管和任其荒蕪反應出兩種不同人生。等到那一刻明白已經太晚。
10.當面的責備，強如背地裏的愛情。朋友加的傷痕，出於忠誠；仇敵連連親嘴，卻是多餘。
所謂忠言逆耳利於行。上帝，求你給我足夠的勇氣，來接受朋友的忠誠。也給我足夠的智慧，辨別並推拒多餘的愛情
這是一條非常實用的人際關係原則，可以在人群中形成良性循環關係鏈。好多人的失敗都是因為只盯住別人的過失，卻看不到自己曾經給他人帶來的傷害。孔子曰：己所不欲，勿施於人。而耶穌的這句話顯然又高了一個層次。
2.施比受更為有福。
送人玫瑰，手留餘香。這是不肯施捨的人永遠也無法體驗得到的幸福。
3.萬事都互相效力，叫愛上帝的人得益處。
明白這一道理的人再不會對生活充滿怨言，因為終級目標已定，就是要你得益處，還有什麼過不去的坎兒？但前提是，一定要對造物主心存敬畏。
4.不要為明天憂慮，因為明天自有明天的憂慮，一天的難處一天當就夠了。
郝思佳有一句名言為許多《飄》迷所推崇：無論如何，明天總是又換了一天了！看來，她才是最明白應該怎樣活著的智者。
5.愛是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，不作害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡，不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。愛是永不止息。
真正的愛往往體現在很小的生活細節當中，人生在世沒有幾次關係到生死的大事，很多時候我們可以愛對方到為他去死，但卻做不到每天為他擠牙膏，甚至可能為誰作飯，誰刷碗爭得不可開交。
6.上帝的旨意就是要你們成為聖潔，遠避淫行；要你們各人曉得怎樣用聖潔、尊貴，守著自己的身體。
現在的時代說這樣的話，會被很多人拋磚頭，但聖徒保羅不怕，我也不怕。一個真正高貴的靈魂一定寄居在一個聖潔尊貴的身體裏面。這不是為誰而守，而是為自己的尊貴身份。
7.掩蓋的事，沒有不露出來的；隱藏的事，沒有不被人知道的。
誰會相信秘密這碼事？兩個人的事情就不是秘密；一個人的事情上帝知道。
8.我赤身出於母胎，也必赤身歸回。賞賜的是耶和華，收取的也是耶和華。
所以，永遠不要奢望佔有更多，但一定要懂得珍惜眼前。
9.你要保守你心，勝過保守一切，因為一生的果效，是由心發出。
你的心是你的後花園，精心照管和任其荒蕪反應出兩種不同人生。等到那一刻明白已經太晚。
10.當面的責備，強如背地裏的愛情。朋友加的傷痕，出於忠誠；仇敵連連親嘴，卻是多餘。
所謂忠言逆耳利於行。上帝，求你給我足夠的勇氣，來接受朋友的忠誠。也給我足夠的智慧，辨別並推拒多餘的愛情
2011年5月11日 星期三
Let God Choose -- From Roy Lessin
As for God, His way is perfect! Psalm 18:30
Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision.
Let God guide you, it will be the right direction.
Let God plan for you, it will be in the right timing.
Let God measure for you, it will be the right portion.
Let God help you, it will be the right care.
Let God instruct you, it will be the right teaching.
Let God prepare you, it will be the right training.
Let God counsel you, it will be the right perspective.
Let God fight for you, it will be the right outcome.
Let God work in you, it will be the right result.
Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision.
Let God guide you, it will be the right direction.
Let God plan for you, it will be in the right timing.
Let God measure for you, it will be the right portion.
Let God help you, it will be the right care.
Let God instruct you, it will be the right teaching.
Let God prepare you, it will be the right training.
Let God counsel you, it will be the right perspective.
Let God fight for you, it will be the right outcome.
Let God work in you, it will be the right result.
2011年5月4日 星期三
思想神的主權及蒙慰者的座銘
讀 D.A.Carson 認識苦難的奧秘一書給我下列的記取:
信靠神主權的作用
1.神必不失控 –神 全然在掌管
2.神觀看全貌 –神 最後作澄清
3.神非宿命論 –神 不致於受挫
4.神非間斷論 –神 沒放棄不理
5.神回應個人 –神 願親近個體
6.神使人成長 –神 要建立誠信
蒙安慰者12座銘
1.悲傷有不同階段
2.悲痛須時間治療
3.與哀哭者同哭吧
4.不硬回答為甚麼
5.讓問為甚麼發出
6.想我們是初熟果
7.平罪惡感得安息
8.主動介入解苦難
9.提供永恆的盼望
10.今天難處今天恩
11.助人認識愛的神
12.為苦難者禱告神
保持神相容性 (Compatibilism)
1. 二者皆真、並行不悖、不相對立
2. 神以不等的方式位居善與惡背後
3. 著重人的道德責任
人的自由無法有與神對抗的絕對能力
人的自由不可能不考慮到人的墜落
4. 張力真正核心在於神在聖經中自我啟示
5. 與神屬性有重要結連
相容性的辯謢
1, 先入為主強行定義 Basingers,Bruce Reichenbach
2. 盛行相互廢止論 Howard Marshall,Grant Osborne
3. 過早建立思想模型 Terence Fretheim ,the universalists
信靠神主權的作用
1.神必不失控 –神 全然在掌管
2.神觀看全貌 –神 最後作澄清
3.神非宿命論 –神 不致於受挫
4.神非間斷論 –神 沒放棄不理
5.神回應個人 –神 願親近個體
6.神使人成長 –神 要建立誠信
蒙安慰者12座銘
1.悲傷有不同階段
2.悲痛須時間治療
3.與哀哭者同哭吧
4.不硬回答為甚麼
5.讓問為甚麼發出
6.想我們是初熟果
7.平罪惡感得安息
8.主動介入解苦難
9.提供永恆的盼望
10.今天難處今天恩
11.助人認識愛的神
12.為苦難者禱告神
保持神相容性 (Compatibilism)
1. 二者皆真、並行不悖、不相對立
2. 神以不等的方式位居善與惡背後
3. 著重人的道德責任
人的自由無法有與神對抗的絕對能力
人的自由不可能不考慮到人的墜落
4. 張力真正核心在於神在聖經中自我啟示
5. 與神屬性有重要結連
相容性的辯謢
1, 先入為主強行定義 Basingers,Bruce Reichenbach
2. 盛行相互廢止論 Howard Marshall,Grant Osborne
3. 過早建立思想模型 Terence Fretheim ,the universalists
2011年4月19日 星期二
十架七言
一 饒恕之言
二 應許之言
三 親情之言
四 被棄之言
五 我渴了！
六 成了！
七 信託之言
當下耶穌說：「父啊！赦免他們，因為他們所作的，他們不曉得。」（路二十三33～34）
「我實在告訴你，今日你要同我在樂園裏了。」 （路加二十三39～43）
耶穌見母親和祂所愛的那門徒站在旁邊，就對祂母親說：「母親，看你的兒子！」又對那門徒說：「看你的母親！」從此那門徒就接她到自己家裏去了。（約翰福音十九25～27）
從午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。申初的時候，耶穌大聲喊著說：「以羅伊！以羅伊！拉馬撒巴各大尼。」（翻出來的話就是：我的神！我的神！為什麼離棄我？） （馬可福音十五33～34）
這事以後，耶穌知道各樣的事已經成了，為要經上的話應驗，就說：『我渴了。』有一個器皿盛滿了醋，放在那裏；他們就拿海絨蘸滿了醋，綁在牛膝草上，送到祂口。 （約翰十九28～29）
耶穌嘗了那醋，就說：「成了！」便低下頭，將靈魂交付神了。 （約翰十九30）
那時約有午正，遍地都黑暗了，直到申初，日頭變黑了；殿裏的幔子從當中裂為兩半。耶穌大聲喊著說：「父啊！我將我的靈魂交在你手裏。」說了這話，氣就斷了。（路加二十三44～46）
二 應許之言
三 親情之言
四 被棄之言
五 我渴了！
六 成了！
七 信託之言
當下耶穌說：「父啊！赦免他們，因為他們所作的，他們不曉得。」（路二十三33～34）
「我實在告訴你，今日你要同我在樂園裏了。」 （路加二十三39～43）
耶穌見母親和祂所愛的那門徒站在旁邊，就對祂母親說：「母親，看你的兒子！」又對那門徒說：「看你的母親！」從此那門徒就接她到自己家裏去了。（約翰福音十九25～27）
從午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。申初的時候，耶穌大聲喊著說：「以羅伊！以羅伊！拉馬撒巴各大尼。」（翻出來的話就是：我的神！我的神！為什麼離棄我？） （馬可福音十五33～34）
這事以後，耶穌知道各樣的事已經成了，為要經上的話應驗，就說：『我渴了。』有一個器皿盛滿了醋，放在那裏；他們就拿海絨蘸滿了醋，綁在牛膝草上，送到祂口。 （約翰十九28～29）
耶穌嘗了那醋，就說：「成了！」便低下頭，將靈魂交付神了。 （約翰十九30）
那時約有午正，遍地都黑暗了，直到申初，日頭變黑了；殿裏的幔子從當中裂為兩半。耶穌大聲喊著說：「父啊！我將我的靈魂交在你手裏。」說了這話，氣就斷了。（路加二十三44～46）
2011年4月1日 星期五
Magnify the Lord !
The Easter is coming !
Roy Lessin gives us the following poem to meditate on the beauty of the Lord
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 KJV
Self-righteousness, self-justification and self-sufficiency do not magnify the Lord’s sacrifice, redemption, and atonement for us on the cross.
It is only through brokenness, humility, and repentance that we can fully magnify who the Lord is and what He has done in our lives.
For it is out of our poverty that we magnify His riches;
it is out of our smallness that we magnify His greatness;
it is out of our frailty that we magnify His power;
it is out of our need that we magnify His fullness;
it is out of our flaws that we magnify His perfection;
it is out of our deficiency that we magnify His abundance;
it is out of our unworthiness that we magnify His mercies;
it is out of our imperfection that we magnify His beauty;
it is out of our weakness that we magnify His strength;
it is out of our insufficiency that we magnify His grace.
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV
Roy Lessin gives us the following poem to meditate on the beauty of the Lord
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 KJV
Self-righteousness, self-justification and self-sufficiency do not magnify the Lord’s sacrifice, redemption, and atonement for us on the cross.
It is only through brokenness, humility, and repentance that we can fully magnify who the Lord is and what He has done in our lives.
For it is out of our poverty that we magnify His riches;
it is out of our smallness that we magnify His greatness;
it is out of our frailty that we magnify His power;
it is out of our need that we magnify His fullness;
it is out of our flaws that we magnify His perfection;
it is out of our deficiency that we magnify His abundance;
it is out of our unworthiness that we magnify His mercies;
it is out of our imperfection that we magnify His beauty;
it is out of our weakness that we magnify His strength;
it is out of our insufficiency that we magnify His grace.
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV
Magnify the Lord !
The Easter is coming !
Roy Lessin gives us the following poem to meditate on the beauty of the Lord
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 KJV
Self-righteousness, self-justification and self-sufficiency do not magnify the Lord’s sacrifice, redemption, and atonement for us on the cross.
It is only through brokenness, humility, and repentance that we can fully magnify who the Lord is and what He has done in our lives.
For it is out of our poverty that we magnify His riches;
it is out of our smallness that we magnify His greatness;
it is out of our frailty that we magnify His power;
it is out of our need that we magnify His fullness;
it is out of our flaws that we magnify His perfection;
it is out of our deficiency that we magnify His abundance;
it is out of our unworthiness that we magnify His mercies;
it is out of our imperfection that we magnify His beauty;
it is out of our weakness that we magnify His strength;
it is out of our insufficiency that we magnify His grace.
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV
Roy Lessin gives us the following poem to meditate on the beauty of the Lord
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 KJV
Self-righteousness, self-justification and self-sufficiency do not magnify the Lord’s sacrifice, redemption, and atonement for us on the cross.
It is only through brokenness, humility, and repentance that we can fully magnify who the Lord is and what He has done in our lives.
For it is out of our poverty that we magnify His riches;
it is out of our smallness that we magnify His greatness;
it is out of our frailty that we magnify His power;
it is out of our need that we magnify His fullness;
it is out of our flaws that we magnify His perfection;
it is out of our deficiency that we magnify His abundance;
it is out of our unworthiness that we magnify His mercies;
it is out of our imperfection that we magnify His beauty;
it is out of our weakness that we magnify His strength;
it is out of our insufficiency that we magnify His grace.
God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV
2011年3月28日 星期一
From Roy Lessin 1 Corinthians 15:10 NLT
Jesus,
Use my voice to speak as You;
Use my ears to listen as You;
Use my hands to give as You;
Use my feet to walk as You;
Use my life to serve as You;
Use my heart to love as You.
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out His special favor on me…it was not I but God who was working through me by His grace.
Use my voice to speak as You;
Use my ears to listen as You;
Use my hands to give as You;
Use my feet to walk as You;
Use my life to serve as You;
Use my heart to love as You.
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out His special favor on me…it was not I but God who was working through me by His grace.
2011年3月9日 星期三
2011年3月8日 星期二
使食人族改變過來的能力
「神給予我們事奉的最大能力是禱告，最小我知道：禱告比作工更難；但是擴張神的國度的動力是禱告。」--Mary Slessor--
Mary Slessor 是在十九世紀到非州宣教女宣教士，她的事奉使食人族改變過來歸信基督。
Mary Slessor 是在十九世紀到非州宣教女宣教士，她的事奉使食人族改變過來歸信基督。
2011年3月7日 星期一
Great Quotes on Prayer
From Roy Lessin today I post the following great quotes for our prayers
The Ministry of Prayer
“Prayer should be
the breath of our breathing,
the thought of our thinking,
the soul of our feeling, and
the life of our living,
the sound of our hearing,
the growth of our growing.”
Prayer in its magnitude is
length without end,
width without bounds,
height without top, and
depth without bottom.
Illimitable in its breadth, exhaustless in height,
fathomless in depths and infinite in extension. —HOMER W. HODGE
The Promises and Prayer
Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request: “Do as Thou hast said.”
The Creator will not cheat His creature who depends upon His truth; and, far more, the Heavenly Father will not break His word to His own child.
“Remember the word unto Thy servant, on which Thou hast caused me to hope,” is most prevalent pleading. It is a double argument: It is Thy Word, wilt Thou not keep it? Why hast Thou spoken of it if Thou wilt not make it good? Thou hast caused me to hope in it; wilt Thou disappoint the hope which Thou hast Thyself begotten in me?—C. H. SPURGEON
The Ministry of Prayer
“Prayer should be
the breath of our breathing,
the thought of our thinking,
the soul of our feeling, and
the life of our living,
the sound of our hearing,
the growth of our growing.”
Prayer in its magnitude is
length without end,
width without bounds,
height without top, and
depth without bottom.
Illimitable in its breadth, exhaustless in height,
fathomless in depths and infinite in extension. —HOMER W. HODGE
The Promises and Prayer
Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request: “Do as Thou hast said.”
The Creator will not cheat His creature who depends upon His truth; and, far more, the Heavenly Father will not break His word to His own child.
“Remember the word unto Thy servant, on which Thou hast caused me to hope,” is most prevalent pleading. It is a double argument: It is Thy Word, wilt Thou not keep it? Why hast Thou spoken of it if Thou wilt not make it good? Thou hast caused me to hope in it; wilt Thou disappoint the hope which Thou hast Thyself begotten in me?—C. H. SPURGEON
2011年3月1日 星期二
The 7 benefits of humour
Be not too serious about life and our own
Make like link up our family together
Help relieve our stress
Construct our memory
Bring vision for the future
Make us more human
A kind of healing
Make like link up our family together
Help relieve our stress
Construct our memory
Bring vision for the future
Make us more human
A kind of healing
Parenting Skills
I read a good book on parenting recently by Timothy Smith,The Danger of Raising Nice Kids : Preparing our children to change their world, 2006. It put forth nine skills for parents to act and make changes for raising their kids
Vision
Integrity
Listening
Empathy
Compassion
Discernment
Boundary
Contentment
Passion to love
Vision
Integrity
Listening
Empathy
Compassion
Discernment
Boundary
Contentment
Passion to love
2011年2月20日 星期日
人生中的主角與配角
有內地聽眾在留言板上作下面提問:
古人說木有幾十種木，人有幾十等人。又有說有人是主角，有人是配角。請問這符合聖經真理嗎？
我對此提問作出下列回覆 :
植物界有不同種類樹木是不錯的，動物界有不同種動物也是明顯不過的，因此動植物學者能把之分門別類。但說到人類界，持具不同種人之說，就須小心作出思考，也不可隨便分門別類，且予以高低之分作評估。
按聖經所載，原先上帝造人有男有女，至少是有二性別之分，但那是同中有異，異中有同。因女原是從男骨頭中取出，此後男亦是從女腹中而產。二者彼此相屬，本沒高低之分，只有先後或是互助從屬的角色。
人生有不同劇場，會有以主角、配角分別，但那屬戲中戲編配的需要，屬角色的不一。人現實生活家庭中有父母子女，但誰是主角配角 ? 在公司中有上司下屬之別，但誰該是主角配角? 有時不易說明之，我看也沒需要作太多分別及說明。
人天生就有智愚之別且貧富懸殊。申命記十五11指出：「原來那地上的窮人永不斷絕……」主耶穌也曾說：「因為常有窮人與你們同在，只是你們不常有我。」（太二十六11）因此最好如箴言所說 : 求主叫我們既不貧窮也不富足啊 ! (箴卅7-9)
有所謂「智者治人、愚者治於人」，因此也就出現了社會階層甚或形成階級。不少歧視、差別接著而來，且因人的罪性表現無遺，產生了人的惡與社會極大的痛苦。
聖經中耶穌十二門徒中又有主角、配角之分嗎 ? 似乎最多說話的彼得像是主角，但結果他卻犯大錯三次不認主。主耶穌行事有偏心嗎 ? 祂常帶著彼得、雅各及約翰在旁，其他門徒卻像隱藏似的。那麼上述三位門徒更是主角嗎 ? 我不太肯定。
就算聖經中的人真有主角、配角之分，那又如何? 我們大抵同屬作主的僕人，有一天得要向祂交賬，而所要求我們作其管家的是要有忠心。
若我們自認屬主角者更應小心，因為出鏡多 (像恩賜給予多者)，主要向其多要啊 !
與其花時間反思人有沒主角、配角，或比較誰才是主角配角，倒不如多努力按主所予以的作祂的工，有天蒙祂稱作是良善、忠信僕人更好吧 !
xx 盼天父賜你明慧的心看透人生 ! 且能享受作主兒女有的自由。新春蒙恩 !
古人說木有幾十種木，人有幾十等人。又有說有人是主角，有人是配角。請問這符合聖經真理嗎？
我對此提問作出下列回覆 :
植物界有不同種類樹木是不錯的，動物界有不同種動物也是明顯不過的，因此動植物學者能把之分門別類。但說到人類界，持具不同種人之說，就須小心作出思考，也不可隨便分門別類，且予以高低之分作評估。
按聖經所載，原先上帝造人有男有女，至少是有二性別之分，但那是同中有異，異中有同。因女原是從男骨頭中取出，此後男亦是從女腹中而產。二者彼此相屬，本沒高低之分，只有先後或是互助從屬的角色。
人生有不同劇場，會有以主角、配角分別，但那屬戲中戲編配的需要，屬角色的不一。人現實生活家庭中有父母子女，但誰是主角配角 ? 在公司中有上司下屬之別，但誰該是主角配角? 有時不易說明之，我看也沒需要作太多分別及說明。
人天生就有智愚之別且貧富懸殊。申命記十五11指出：「原來那地上的窮人永不斷絕……」主耶穌也曾說：「因為常有窮人與你們同在，只是你們不常有我。」（太二十六11）因此最好如箴言所說 : 求主叫我們既不貧窮也不富足啊 ! (箴卅7-9)
有所謂「智者治人、愚者治於人」，因此也就出現了社會階層甚或形成階級。不少歧視、差別接著而來，且因人的罪性表現無遺，產生了人的惡與社會極大的痛苦。
聖經中耶穌十二門徒中又有主角、配角之分嗎 ? 似乎最多說話的彼得像是主角，但結果他卻犯大錯三次不認主。主耶穌行事有偏心嗎 ? 祂常帶著彼得、雅各及約翰在旁，其他門徒卻像隱藏似的。那麼上述三位門徒更是主角嗎 ? 我不太肯定。
就算聖經中的人真有主角、配角之分，那又如何? 我們大抵同屬作主的僕人，有一天得要向祂交賬，而所要求我們作其管家的是要有忠心。
若我們自認屬主角者更應小心，因為出鏡多 (像恩賜給予多者)，主要向其多要啊 !
與其花時間反思人有沒主角、配角，或比較誰才是主角配角，倒不如多努力按主所予以的作祂的工，有天蒙祂稱作是良善、忠信僕人更好吧 !
xx 盼天父賜你明慧的心看透人生 ! 且能享受作主兒女有的自由。新春蒙恩 !
2011年2月16日 星期三
從馬可福音看作主門徒
一. 門徒的意義 --- 跟從主者 (可一16-20)
二. 門徒的紀律 --- 優先順序 (可三13-14)
三. 門徒的家庭 --- 生活平衡 (可三31-35)
四. 門徒的關係 --- 服從人意 (可六30-36)
五. 門徒的代價 --- 不怕受苦 (可八30-38)
六. 門徒的謙卑 --- 服事真義 (可九30-37)
七. 門徒的委身 --- 結出果子 (可十一12-14)
八. 門徒的奉獻 --- 一件美事 (可十四3-9)
九. 門徒的使命 --- 接受差派 (可十六14-18)
二. 門徒的紀律 --- 優先順序 (可三13-14)
三. 門徒的家庭 --- 生活平衡 (可三31-35)
四. 門徒的關係 --- 服從人意 (可六30-36)
五. 門徒的代價 --- 不怕受苦 (可八30-38)
六. 門徒的謙卑 --- 服事真義 (可九30-37)
七. 門徒的委身 --- 結出果子 (可十一12-14)
八. 門徒的奉獻 --- 一件美事 (可十四3-9)
九. 門徒的使命 --- 接受差派 (可十六14-18)
Studies on Psalm 119
Law / Testimonies / Precepts / Statutes / Commandments /Ordinances / Word / Promise
蒙福 (1-8) The undivided Heart
聖潔 (9-16) Stored Treasure
主語 (17-24) Solace in Loneliness
不敗 (25-32) Revive Me
終局 (33-40) Teach me
談話 (41-48) Word For Others
記念 (49-56) Steadying Words
所需 (57-64) With All My Heart
良善 (65-72) Hard lessons Learnt
閱讀 (73-80) The Glorified God in Me
忍耐 (81-88) The Brink of Ruin
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不變 (89-96) The Great Certainties
超越 (97-104) Heavenly Wisdom
信實 (105-112) Not Losing the Way
仇敵 (113-120) No Renegade
確據 (121-128) Pressure from the godless
反應 (129-136) The Light shines in the darkness
信靠 (137-144) Everlasting Righteousness
禱告 (145-152) Hope deferred
有力 (153-160) Precious Life
平衡 (161-168) The Place of Peace
垂聽 (169-176) Teach me, help me, seek me
蒙福 (1-8) The undivided Heart
聖潔 (9-16) Stored Treasure
主語 (17-24) Solace in Loneliness
不敗 (25-32) Revive Me
終局 (33-40) Teach me
談話 (41-48) Word For Others
記念 (49-56) Steadying Words
所需 (57-64) With All My Heart
良善 (65-72) Hard lessons Learnt
閱讀 (73-80) The Glorified God in Me
忍耐 (81-88) The Brink of Ruin
****************************************************************
不變 (89-96) The Great Certainties
超越 (97-104) Heavenly Wisdom
信實 (105-112) Not Losing the Way
仇敵 (113-120) No Renegade
確據 (121-128) Pressure from the godless
反應 (129-136) The Light shines in the darkness
信靠 (137-144) Everlasting Righteousness
禱告 (145-152) Hope deferred
有力 (153-160) Precious Life
平衡 (161-168) The Place of Peace
垂聽 (169-176) Teach me, help me, seek me
2011年2月15日 星期二
2011年2月13日 星期日
Moments
This morning I shared during our devotion meeting reflections of love on Valentine Day. I took the moment reflections by Roy Lessin on the web and three colleagues asked for it afterwards and so I just picked up again from the powerpoints as follows :
In the Happy moments — Praise Him.
In the Difficult moments— Seek Him.
In the Prayerful moments— Ask Him.
In the Decision moments — Follow Him.
In the Quiet moments — See Him.
In the Lonely moments — Know Him.
In the Listening moments— Hear Him.
In the Unsure moments — Believe Him.
In the Active moments — Serve Him.
In the Waiting moments — Trust Him.
In the Hurting moments — Touch Him.
In the Lovely moments — Adore Him.
For in All your moments,
He is there in goodness, in kindness, in love.
In the Happy moments — Praise Him.
In the Difficult moments— Seek Him.
In the Prayerful moments— Ask Him.
In the Decision moments — Follow Him.
In the Quiet moments — See Him.
In the Lonely moments — Know Him.
In the Listening moments— Hear Him.
In the Unsure moments — Believe Him.
In the Active moments — Serve Him.
In the Waiting moments — Trust Him.
In the Hurting moments — Touch Him.
In the Lovely moments — Adore Him.
For in All your moments,
He is there in goodness, in kindness, in love.
2011年2月10日 星期四
2011年2月9日 星期三
2011年2月7日 星期一
Worthy Purpose
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
- Helen Keller
- Helen Keller
2011年1月26日 星期三
3 Ps
I read an essay from a book for the well-known coach John Wooden and got the following sights.
It's said that nowadays many just talked of performances and so pressure arises.
But what's more important and really matter is our having patience.
So the three Ps are more of Patience first rather than Performances under Pressures.
Then I just think of the following three questions,how can we coordinate well for these three ?
Do we lose patience with poor performance under pressure ?
Do we get better performance without pressure with more patience ?
Can we pressure ourselves for better performances together with patience ?
It's said that nowadays many just talked of performances and so pressure arises.
But what's more important and really matter is our having patience.
So the three Ps are more of Patience first rather than Performances under Pressures.
Then I just think of the following three questions,how can we coordinate well for these three ?
Do we lose patience with poor performance under pressure ?
Do we get better performance without pressure with more patience ?
Can we pressure ourselves for better performances together with patience ?
2011年1月20日 星期四
EPA in Numbers 9-10
I read Raymond Brown's book on Numbers of the BST series this morning.
I happened to find his exposition of ch 9-10 with the title of Three Dimensional Grace.
What he emphasized as the key words shown are Encouragement(E)from the past,Priorities (P)in the present and Assurances(A)for the future.
This is not Economics and Public Affairs (EPA) as we learnt in High school years BUT God's abundant provisons for His chosen people in the past as well as in we Churches these days.
Do we have encouragements in our past walk with the Spirit,
Experiencing His disciplined prirorities in our daily lives now and have
Loving assurances from our Heavenly Father as we face up tomorrow ?
It's really important to have these EPAs to be our new perspective.
I happened to find his exposition of ch 9-10 with the title of Three Dimensional Grace.
What he emphasized as the key words shown are Encouragement(E)from the past,Priorities (P)in the present and Assurances(A)for the future.
This is not Economics and Public Affairs (EPA) as we learnt in High school years BUT God's abundant provisons for His chosen people in the past as well as in we Churches these days.
Do we have encouragements in our past walk with the Spirit,
Experiencing His disciplined prirorities in our daily lives now and have
Loving assurances from our Heavenly Father as we face up tomorrow ?
It's really important to have these EPAs to be our new perspective.
2011年1月17日 星期一
2011年1月12日 星期三
On the 3 Es
The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC) is John Stott's invention.
This morning I received a recent note from their news.One is about their student ministry as follows:
Big Weekend: Equipping and Envisioning the Student Generation of the Church in the UK (11-13 Feb 2011)
I happened to take note of the key words in the title mentioned : equipping,envisioning and myself at once to add on a more conspicuous word empowering as used often these days everywhere. And so I got finally these 3 E s, i.e. Equipping, Envisioning and Empowering.
Are these three also what's mostly needed in our church nourishing and discipling ministries ?
This morning I received a recent note from their news.One is about their student ministry as follows:
Big Weekend: Equipping and Envisioning the Student Generation of the Church in the UK (11-13 Feb 2011)
I happened to take note of the key words in the title mentioned : equipping,envisioning and myself at once to add on a more conspicuous word empowering as used often these days everywhere. And so I got finally these 3 E s, i.e. Equipping, Envisioning and Empowering.
Are these three also what's mostly needed in our church nourishing and discipling ministries ?
2011年1月3日 星期一
From The Wisdom of Small Creatures -- New Year Wonder and Simplicity
The Wisdom of Small Creatures (Proverbs 30:24-28) By Haddon Robinson
Introduction
I. The Ant knows what Time it is 螞蟻
II. Coneys know where their Security lies 沙番
III Locusts know they must work in Community 蝗虫
IV The lizard illustrates the incongruity of Grace 守宮
Christians Must
Learn to value the times 把握時機
Recognize the source of their security 安穩之源
Prioritize community, and 融入社群
Adopt God's seemingly incongruous perspective. 收納奧妙
Conclusion
Simplicity and Wonder By Roy Lessin
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] positively shall not enter it at all. Mark 10:15
As we begin our walk with God in 2011 we need to guard our hearts against certain attitudes that will keep us far from His heart. These include the mind of the proud who wants to know it all; the opinion of the critic who wants to judge it all; the attitude of the narcissist who wants to be it all; the desire of the covetous who wants to have it all.
Instead, walk with God in 2011 as a child. Never lose the simplicity of trust and the world of wonder that a child lives in from day to day. Walk with your eyes on your Father
— happy in His presence, content in His care, awed by His greatness, delighted by His surprises, secure in His love.
Let your prayer be similar to one spoken by Vance Havner, “Lord, let me never get used to living. Keep afresh in my heart a childlike wonder. Above all, let me never get used to being a Christian. Let me walk with a constant sense of surprise and expectancy. Why should there be a dull moment in the life of a Christian when every hour is a fresh adventure in faith and love?”
The following quote became the signature of the life of Gypsy Smith, the well known evangelist who lived into his eighties, “I have never lost the wonder.” May you never lose the simplicity of trusting His love and the wonder of watching Him work in marvelous ways.
Introduction
I. The Ant knows what Time it is 螞蟻
II. Coneys know where their Security lies 沙番
III Locusts know they must work in Community 蝗虫
IV The lizard illustrates the incongruity of Grace 守宮
Christians Must
Learn to value the times 把握時機
Recognize the source of their security 安穩之源
Prioritize community, and 融入社群
Adopt God's seemingly incongruous perspective. 收納奧妙
Conclusion
Simplicity and Wonder By Roy Lessin
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] positively shall not enter it at all. Mark 10:15
As we begin our walk with God in 2011 we need to guard our hearts against certain attitudes that will keep us far from His heart. These include the mind of the proud who wants to know it all; the opinion of the critic who wants to judge it all; the attitude of the narcissist who wants to be it all; the desire of the covetous who wants to have it all.
Instead, walk with God in 2011 as a child. Never lose the simplicity of trust and the world of wonder that a child lives in from day to day. Walk with your eyes on your Father
— happy in His presence, content in His care, awed by His greatness, delighted by His surprises, secure in His love.
Let your prayer be similar to one spoken by Vance Havner, “Lord, let me never get used to living. Keep afresh in my heart a childlike wonder. Above all, let me never get used to being a Christian. Let me walk with a constant sense of surprise and expectancy. Why should there be a dull moment in the life of a Christian when every hour is a fresh adventure in faith and love?”
The following quote became the signature of the life of Gypsy Smith, the well known evangelist who lived into his eighties, “I have never lost the wonder.” May you never lose the simplicity of trusting His love and the wonder of watching Him work in marvelous ways.
2011年1月2日 星期日
Quotes from Aspire by Kevin Hall
The masters in the art of living make little distinction between their work and their play, their labour and their leisure, their minds and their bodies, their information, their recreation, their love and their religion. They hardly know which is which; they simply pursue their vision of excellence at whatever they do, leaving others to decide whether they are working or playing. –James A. Michener-
11 words
Genshai
Never treat anyone small
Pathfinder
Leader
Namaste
Saluting the divine within
Passion
Suffering for what you love most
Sapere Vedere
Knowing how to see
Humility
Being coachable and teachable
Inspire
Breathing life into another
Empathy
Walking the path of another
Coach
Carrying another
Ollin
Moving forward with all your heart
Integrity
Whole and complete
11 Quotes
If I have no other qualities I can succeed with love alone. Without it I will fail though I possess all the knowledge and skills of the world. I will greet this day with love in my heart. –Og Mandino-
The moment one definitely commits oneself then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred…unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. –William Hutchinson Murray-
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else---means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight. –E.E. Cummings-
This is the core of human spirit… If we can find something to live for---If we can find something to put at the centre of our lives---even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable. –Viktor Frankl—
The eye is the window of the soul – Leonardo Da Vinci –
To keep the lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother Teresa—
In everyone’s life, at sometime, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. – Albert Schweitzer—
To be able to put oneself in another ‘s position,to be able to see and feel as another person does,that is the rare gift. – Mata Amritanandamayi—
Help thy brother’s boat across and lo ! Thine own has reached the shore. – Hindu Proverb –
It is not light that we need but fire;
It is not the gentle shower,but thunder.
We need the storm,the whirlwind,and the earthquake. –Frederick Douglas –
Living a life of integrity starts with making and keeping promises, until the whole human personality, the senses, the thinking, the feeling, the intuition, are ultimately integrated and harmonized. Stephen Covey-
11 words
Genshai
Never treat anyone small
Pathfinder
Leader
Namaste
Saluting the divine within
Passion
Suffering for what you love most
Sapere Vedere
Knowing how to see
Humility
Being coachable and teachable
Inspire
Breathing life into another
Empathy
Walking the path of another
Coach
Carrying another
Ollin
Moving forward with all your heart
Integrity
Whole and complete
11 Quotes
If I have no other qualities I can succeed with love alone. Without it I will fail though I possess all the knowledge and skills of the world. I will greet this day with love in my heart. –Og Mandino-
The moment one definitely commits oneself then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred…unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. –William Hutchinson Murray-
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else---means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight. –E.E. Cummings-
This is the core of human spirit… If we can find something to live for---If we can find something to put at the centre of our lives---even the worst kind of suffering becomes bearable. –Viktor Frankl—
The eye is the window of the soul – Leonardo Da Vinci –
To keep the lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. --Mother Teresa—
In everyone’s life, at sometime, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. – Albert Schweitzer—
To be able to put oneself in another ‘s position,to be able to see and feel as another person does,that is the rare gift. – Mata Amritanandamayi—
Help thy brother’s boat across and lo ! Thine own has reached the shore. – Hindu Proverb –
It is not light that we need but fire;
It is not the gentle shower,but thunder.
We need the storm,the whirlwind,and the earthquake. –Frederick Douglas –
Living a life of integrity starts with making and keeping promises, until the whole human personality, the senses, the thinking, the feeling, the intuition, are ultimately integrated and harmonized. Stephen Covey-
2011年1月1日 星期六
10 Bible Promises for the New Year !
1. He still loves you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
2. His blood still has power to cleanse from all sin. I John 1:7
3. He still blesses you with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3
4. He still provides. Philippians 4:19
5. He is still working out His plan. Ephesians 1:11
6. He is still faithful. Isaiah 49:7
7. His promises still are true. 2 Corinthians 1:20
8. His mercies still are present and new every morning. Lamentations 3:22
9. His grace still is abound. Romans 5:20
10. God still is on the throne.Psalm 47:8
2. His blood still has power to cleanse from all sin. I John 1:7
3. He still blesses you with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3
4. He still provides. Philippians 4:19
5. He is still working out His plan. Ephesians 1:11
6. He is still faithful. Isaiah 49:7
7. His promises still are true. 2 Corinthians 1:20
8. His mercies still are present and new every morning. Lamentations 3:22
9. His grace still is abound. Romans 5:20
10. God still is on the throne.Psalm 47:8
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