I found this Hong Kong Chinese Song in my folder. 葡萄成熟時, Eason 陳奕迅.The lyric appears meaningful to me when I relook into it. It is interesting while I relate it to my lover.
問到何時葡萄先熟透, 你要靜候 再靜候, 就算失收 始終要守
This as when I question when is the timing the grapes are mellow and can be harvest to brew wine. I have to learn to wait patiently with faith, even there is risk of lost harvesting to me but still I have to keep watching for with all my might.
These verses mean to me while I am on the way to be made matured in Christ. I have a fear in me that If one day I fall because my pride or sloth, or one day my strength is exhausted with not remain in the vine of Jesus, like a branch of Him who dries up, with no more bear fruits, (JOHN chapter 15:5-8). I am not sure how long I can remain to make the grapes mellow to brew wine. As the bible tells us so, not all the branches can bear fruits, there are some will dried up and will be gathered up and thrown into the fire at the end of the day.
日後 盡量別教今天的淚白流, 留低擊傷你的石頭 從錯誤里吸收, 也許 豐收月份尚未到你也得接受
Ya, the verse is right. What I can do is the efforts that I can put myself to remain in Him by remain His words in me. I have to do my best to make my tears & sweats to flow significantly as on the way in planting the grapes and waiting for mellow; take the lesson of failures in mind as the impact of pain that I feel when the stone hit my head; and this way will make harvest of my grapes even at time that is not harvesting season.
或者要到你將愛釀成醇酒, 時機先至熟透
Or I have to use love to brew the wine, and so the maturity of my grapes will comes. The heart of love is the ingredient of maturity. Brewing wine with love will make maturity of my mind, in harvesting my faith and patience.
想想天的一邊 亦有個某某在等候, 一心只等葡萄熟透 嘗杯酒
Ya, God is waiting us at a corner in this universal, is waiting to taste the grape wine of us.
別讓寂寞害你傷得一夜白頭, 仍得不需要的自由 和最耀眼傷口, 我知日後路上或沒有更美的邂逅
Don’t make loneliness hurts us. There is some worldly freedom and dazzle wound that actually we find needless. We are looking for neurotic freedom from fears and emptiness while we are expecting there would be no good life of encounter in future. There would be dead scar in us while we have no hope, pessimistic of our future life. Only God’s grace can overcome the powerful surge of emptiness and solitude in us. We will find hope & rest in Him.
但當你智慧都蘊釀成紅酒, 仍可一醉自救, 誰都心酸過 那個沒有
Ya, when the time your wisdom is used to brew the wine, you can save yourself while make all your previous pains and disappointments unconscious with this alcohol. This alcohol is not temporary effects, but is medicine that forever eases your pains.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
回想当年在黑暗的我, 其实怕光
都怪自己不够润滑, 没有温柔的爱,一气之下僵硬的爱, 出现反弹的局面了. 我没有做到上帝孩子的本分, 促进和平,天父阿爸,请原谅我.
上帝叫我爱身边的人. 当我越爱越深, 爱她们的灵魂时, 迫切的攻击了她们的文化背景和信仰, 被吐苦水话说我是霸道和藐视他人,不尊重他人. 都怪 我没有温柔的分享, 才会导致如此.
或许是自己不够说服力, 没有活出见证说服他们. 我没有忍耐力, 冷静的去体谅他人的不完全,用着话语去挑战而导致人性攻击.
主呀, 你明白我心里的深处, 也看透我的软弱, 请您怜悯我的不足,没有办法维持和平的过错. 你叫我爱人要爱到长远, 所以我爱他们的灵魂, 因为我知道主耶稣是唯一的真理, 道路和生命. 你的道路是狭窄的, 是要实行您旨意才能找上的道路.经历了 你的真实才肯定了我. 当我看懂你的真理, 我也看明白我以前的过错, 那以前自我观点为重点的自己.
我生气以前的我, 所以我也会生气不肯顺服去寻找上帝的人, 行动去更加认识及实行您旨意的人. 我明白到, 耶稣的真理, 是不能用着知识去明白而已, 而是在教会里行动的实现, 所以我很想促进他们的行动力. 因为我的出发点有生气, 所以反弹力也是强烈的. 上帝用温柔的气量原谅我, 我为何也不用温柔气量的体谅他人? 我该温柔的爱我的朋友们.
我回想我的过去, 我曾经如何不喜欢风光的基督徒. 上帝在他们身上的荣耀其实与 不完全的我划了一条距离, 让不完全的我更加害怕的去接近散发上帝荣耀的他们. 不完全的我因为没有完美的信心, 在自卑之际, 我选择与上帝的荣耀分隔两个世界,以保护自己的自尊. 我选择把错误都放在他人的身上, 是他们没有体谅我, 是他们没有爱我, 他们在看不起我. 在那个时候的我,我 根本无法明白爱灵魂的道理, 因为我还没有完全的领受上帝爱的奥秘. 高层级的教会就成了冰冷的地方, 让人觉得是一个层次分明, 瞧不起贫乏人的地方. 回想当年在黑暗的我, 其实怕光, 为保自己的尊严, 因为没有完美的信心.
今天我并没有风光, 但我却有盼望. 因为我的信心在上帝里面得安慰, 不用在责怪他人而保护自己的尊严. 其实这一切都在我懂得谦备的时候开始, 在我懂得不要面子的开始.
上帝, 我越来越矛盾, 无奈, 不知如何才爱的真确. 您的荣耀原来是令不完全的我们逃避. 所以当人不注重尊严的人, 会很有福气, 因为他知道他是软弱的. 当不介意人家如何评估自己, 自己也纯朴的评估他人.
原来谦备是敢敢放下尊严的道理. 基督徒该做生命的盐, 而不是追求世界的尊严.
上帝叫我爱身边的人. 当我越爱越深, 爱她们的灵魂时, 迫切的攻击了她们的文化背景和信仰, 被吐苦水话说我是霸道和藐视他人,不尊重他人. 都怪 我没有温柔的分享, 才会导致如此.
或许是自己不够说服力, 没有活出见证说服他们. 我没有忍耐力, 冷静的去体谅他人的不完全,用着话语去挑战而导致人性攻击.
主呀, 你明白我心里的深处, 也看透我的软弱, 请您怜悯我的不足,没有办法维持和平的过错. 你叫我爱人要爱到长远, 所以我爱他们的灵魂, 因为我知道主耶稣是唯一的真理, 道路和生命. 你的道路是狭窄的, 是要实行您旨意才能找上的道路.经历了 你的真实才肯定了我. 当我看懂你的真理, 我也看明白我以前的过错, 那以前自我观点为重点的自己.
我生气以前的我, 所以我也会生气不肯顺服去寻找上帝的人, 行动去更加认识及实行您旨意的人. 我明白到, 耶稣的真理, 是不能用着知识去明白而已, 而是在教会里行动的实现, 所以我很想促进他们的行动力. 因为我的出发点有生气, 所以反弹力也是强烈的. 上帝用温柔的气量原谅我, 我为何也不用温柔气量的体谅他人? 我该温柔的爱我的朋友们.
我回想我的过去, 我曾经如何不喜欢风光的基督徒. 上帝在他们身上的荣耀其实与 不完全的我划了一条距离, 让不完全的我更加害怕的去接近散发上帝荣耀的他们. 不完全的我因为没有完美的信心, 在自卑之际, 我选择与上帝的荣耀分隔两个世界,以保护自己的自尊. 我选择把错误都放在他人的身上, 是他们没有体谅我, 是他们没有爱我, 他们在看不起我. 在那个时候的我,我 根本无法明白爱灵魂的道理, 因为我还没有完全的领受上帝爱的奥秘. 高层级的教会就成了冰冷的地方, 让人觉得是一个层次分明, 瞧不起贫乏人的地方. 回想当年在黑暗的我, 其实怕光, 为保自己的尊严, 因为没有完美的信心.
今天我并没有风光, 但我却有盼望. 因为我的信心在上帝里面得安慰, 不用在责怪他人而保护自己的尊严. 其实这一切都在我懂得谦备的时候开始, 在我懂得不要面子的开始.
上帝, 我越来越矛盾, 无奈, 不知如何才爱的真确. 您的荣耀原来是令不完全的我们逃避. 所以当人不注重尊严的人, 会很有福气, 因为他知道他是软弱的. 当不介意人家如何评估自己, 自己也纯朴的评估他人.
原来谦备是敢敢放下尊严的道理. 基督徒该做生命的盐, 而不是追求世界的尊严.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
小敏和耶华公公的故事
小敏是一个不讨人喜爱的孩子. 她喜欢发白日梦, 所以无法把事情做好. 她上课不专心, 写字不端正, 作文不对题, 常被老师责备. 小敏没有很多的朋友, 因为她爱活在自己的梦境, 不喜欢与小朋友一起玩耍.
小敏知道, 自己不中用, 爸爸妈妈是最难过的. 她尝试要把字写好,可是专心对小敏是一件很吃苦的事情, 把力量都集中在一笔一画中, 她要比其他小朋友都还要加倍努力. . 她尝试切题回答作文, 可是她无法规律性的思考作文的范围. 文章没有让人明白的定律, 小敏的作文很底分.
小敏很难过, 她觉得自己很没用, 她定论自己是笨小孩. 生活上的一切让小敏难过, 小敏因此更陶醉自己的梦境.
小敏的梦里面的世界很美丽. 公园有着灿烂的花朵, 新鲜的空气. 小敏喜笑颜开,哼着轻快的歌儿, 很快乐的在公园里漫步. 突然, 她看见一位公公在树下看书. 小敏在梦里面没有朋友, 很寂寞, 看到公公很开心, 所以跑前去跟公公打招呼.
公公看到小敏, 微笑, 慈祥的问小敏为什么一个人在梦里, 不回去学校上课. 小敏说功课做不好, 学校没有喜欢自己的人. 世界的定律让小敏痛苦, 她跟不上定律的标准, 心里因此挣扎着要脱轨这个定律, 他要去一个让自己微笑, 不要哭泣的世界.
公公摸一摸小敏的头,说要给小敏一个能击败世界定律的礼物.
这位公公名叫耶华. 他很疼爱小敏, 他不责怪小敏的字写不好, 作文不切题. 耶华公公安慰小敏说, 小敏不专心是因为多心, 作文不对题是因为小敏的思想范围跟随着小敏的多心, 范围过阔而超越了作文范围应有的定律. 耶华公公告诉小敏, 世界的定律其实是不完美的, 但小敏却要学习这定律的步骤, 才能明白什么是完美的定律. 小敏得到公公的鼓励很安慰,意志决定要追求那完美的定律. 因此耶华公公教导小敏如何捉摸世界的定律, 掌握及活在其范围里. 小敏终于掌握了组织及分析能力, 因此小敏的功课进步了, 也念到大学及毕业了.
多少时候, 小敏因为世界的定律, 让小敏烦躁, 灰心及想放弃对耶华公公的承诺. 小敏曾经对耶华公公承诺, 要学习耶华公公的定律, 因为耶华公公对小敏的爱, 小敏非常肯定耶华公公的定律是最完美的. 但要学习这完美的定律, 一点都不容易.,却要先懂世界的定律.小敏曾经无数想要脱离这个现实的世界, 想在梦里的公园和耶华公公一同住,永远不要出来. 耶华公公却叫小敏勇敢的回去现实的世界, 他三番五次的肯定小敏说, 他会给小敏一个能击败世界定律的礼物.
小敏的故事会是如何? 小敏能击败世界定律吗? 小敏能不让耶华公公失望, 掌握耶华公公的定律吗?
Friday, December 26, 2008
Praying for discernment, to look for a balance
These days I was in mentally trouble while was rejected by people about sharing gospel and witnessed there are varies of value and belief in Christianity. Well, I know I am not yet find the complete answer. To master the truth is cost of life-timing instead of one day. Well, I have initiated myself of some writing here and share out to help articulate my thought.
A sharing: Pride; Sloth And Loneliness
Sources: MinistryHealth: Support and Resources For Pastors and Christian Ministry Professionals "Pride, Sloth and Loneliness" Thomas F. Fischer Number 293, Available at: http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/8492.htm
2 sins that can set us apart from God, make people reject Gospel & decision to take up the cross (the cost of physically & mentally discomfort) and following Jesus Christ.
PRIDE:
1.) Failure of trust God. A driver to a hideous refusal to accept the natural limits of our creaturely condition, seeking freedom from God's control by wresting that control for one's self. A general inability to let God be in control.
2.) St. Augustine characterized Satan's sin as pride: "He refused to be subject to his creator, and in his arrogance supposed that he wielded power as his own private possession and rejoiced in that power." (Meilaender, p. 60). Satan's greatest mistake, Augustine concluded, was that "he has refused to accept reality." (Meilaender, p. 60). They distort the reality/truth, and undermine others with angers and jealousy, in order to boost the esteem of themselves.
SLOTH:
1.) Alienation from God, seeks this same freedom by isolating oneself from the influence of God.
2.) The sloth may appear disinterested, apathetic, unkempt, and unmotivated. Their sluggish disinclination to action and their seeming outright laziness seems to be anything, but this is slipped in the component of pride as well, a control behavior simply chooses to avoid altogether, include the truth and calling of God. They find is reasonable to be in their comfort zone.
Interestingly, the article touches about the denial of reality is a motivating component of pride to transcend reality. According to Thomas F. , whether the vision is from God or of human origin, the nature of vision-driven leadership is to direct energies toward the creation of that which is "unreality" in the present. This has implicated the meaning of faith. But dangerously, the more the vision needs to be kept in control, the greater the potential for pride to slip in and place us into the same mistake Satan made. He refused to accept the reality of who is really in control.
I am trembling to touch about the picture of faith here, where faith is the right relationship with God (Roman Chapter 4:13), the component that counted righteous in eye of God (Roman Chapter 4:3). As I know I am not good in master the whole word of God now, as true faith is by the real foundation in the whole (the complete picture) of word of God. But I am so sure that faith is revealed by the behavior of servant heart, with humbly& simply trusts God by knowing the will, power and glory of Him. We can know God through words of God in bible, but holding a servant heart is not easy till we can put down our pride and sloth.
As per Luke chapter 7: The faith of Roman Officer in asking Jesus to heal his servant. Luke 7:9: Jesus said “ I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Isreal” . Jesus was amazed by the humble and the simple trust of this Roman Officer. Roman officer said: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed”.
The optimistic resilience of a gentile woman in Mark 7:27 in answering Jesus’ challenge while Jesus Christ was describing gentiles as parable of dog. This gentile woman responded Jesus Christ in humble (accept the parable of dog) and knowing the power of God in control. Jesus: “First, I should feed the children, it isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs. She answered: “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.” Jesus said: “Good answer”. And just this, the demon was left the daughter of this gentile woman by her faithfulness.
This reminds me the faithfulness of charismatic movement:
Bodies of charismatic followers of Christ have access to the Holy Spirit; come together with others to worship, study, and serve. They truly love Jesus, the Scriptures and are sincere. They believe in the authority of the Word of God, the deity of Jesus Christ, His sacrificial death, His physical resurrection, salvation by faith and not works, the need to live a life of obedience, and to proclaim their faith.
But , that is a "dangerous deception" and very much need of discerning power about the movement and seek out the true move of God, in order not get caught up in the emotional flood of signs and wonders, and be fooled while deeply captivated by visions, dreams and miracles performing. As per Romans 10:2,"For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge."
I don’t have abundance experience of exercising spiritual movement, I unable to speak in tongue and many times hardly to pray fervently. This is because I allow my analysis conscious as controlling behaviors to stop Holy Spirit flowing in control of my thought and tongue. Analysis and research can make knowledge, reasons, theories and law, and I was led by interest and pride to do so. Thus, I have to always need to remind myself, Christians are saved by faith, not by law. With humble and children heart (simple trust), I only able to get closer to God through spirit. And through Spirit, I only able to understand the secret of God words, and set free by the grace of Lord.
Corinthians chapter 2:3 had saved my life, by knowing the spiritual movement is the core of Christianity. While Paul said this: “I came to you in weakness-timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit”.
Well, as today I was writing this passage, I hope to understand the weight balance of spiritual movement and intellectual discernment. As I know they are churches are not encourage charismatic movement as they are avoiding of the deception of evil spirits. Well, if intellectual reasons take full control of Christianity practice, will cease the zealous and passion in Christ and lead to the boosting of human pride by intellectual achievement. But if practice of Christianity takes only passion of spiritual leading, potentially their tongue is praising the Lord and reading the bible verses still, but just taken partially of the bible meaning which are found impressive to lift up their strength and vision of their life instead of vision of God.
The world is dangerous, even the journey to pursue the real God is exposed to risk as well. No doubt, spiritually movement is must for Christian, while praying & worshipping, in whole hearted of submission and trust, first intention to love God. Well, exercising intellectual understanding and analysis is needed to test the spirit of leading us all the times too. Thus we are always needed to pray for God for wisdom and discernment.
There are fruits of Holy Spirits obvious to be found as I read. Such as Love (understandingly and forgiving), Joy (smile and delight behavior), Peace (no anger, jealousy and bad tempered), patient (words of encouragements and gentleness), Kindness (compassionate and caring), faithfulness (truth worthy and strong determination), hope (positive thinking and no blaming), Self-control (resists temptations) and so on. The complete picture of the image of Christ is the standard of us to check ourselves whether is holding a right spirit in transforming us.
As I learned, the very first understanding about Christianity should go about God‘s love, mercy and grace through Holy Spirit in Jesus name, forgiving human sins and transform people life to the image of Christ. We have to know we are sinners; only can go into character building by repentance, which is the intrinsic value of blessing and the most influencing power in lifting up the truth of God. Extrinsic value of blessing such as materially is playing as testimonial of God power and glory, as the reward and promise to the obedience and faithfulness of children of God. But, there are not all the materially blessings are come from God, keep watch and discern. Material provision by evils spirit can fool the world and attract human greedy nature and keep accelerate their sins.
I like the logic of salvation and learning to articulate briefly here. Sinful nature is magnetic attracting to sinful spirit and set us apart from God. God is faithfulness and mercy, He bring us salvation through Jesus Christ. Is not by the efforts to make holy ourselves by doing good deeds in order to magnetic attracting the Holy Spirit to bless us, but is through the name of Jesus Christ come the Holy Spirit , take times to make us to be the image of Christ, the holy being.
Ephesians chapter 2:9-10: Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the goods things he planned for us long ago.
Here the discoveries and enlightens of these half year of my growing. Most of the Christian knew these for long already, but I just found out this year though I was Christian for four years. Well, God timing in taking control, as the time I learn to humble and put down my analysis interest, I know more than before. Praise the Lord.
A sharing: Pride; Sloth And Loneliness
Sources: MinistryHealth: Support and Resources For Pastors and Christian Ministry Professionals "Pride, Sloth and Loneliness" Thomas F. Fischer Number 293, Available at: http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/8492.htm
2 sins that can set us apart from God, make people reject Gospel & decision to take up the cross (the cost of physically & mentally discomfort) and following Jesus Christ.
PRIDE:
1.) Failure of trust God. A driver to a hideous refusal to accept the natural limits of our creaturely condition, seeking freedom from God's control by wresting that control for one's self. A general inability to let God be in control.
2.) St. Augustine characterized Satan's sin as pride: "He refused to be subject to his creator, and in his arrogance supposed that he wielded power as his own private possession and rejoiced in that power." (Meilaender, p. 60). Satan's greatest mistake, Augustine concluded, was that "he has refused to accept reality." (Meilaender, p. 60). They distort the reality/truth, and undermine others with angers and jealousy, in order to boost the esteem of themselves.
SLOTH:
1.) Alienation from God, seeks this same freedom by isolating oneself from the influence of God.
2.) The sloth may appear disinterested, apathetic, unkempt, and unmotivated. Their sluggish disinclination to action and their seeming outright laziness seems to be anything, but this is slipped in the component of pride as well, a control behavior simply chooses to avoid altogether, include the truth and calling of God. They find is reasonable to be in their comfort zone.
Interestingly, the article touches about the denial of reality is a motivating component of pride to transcend reality. According to Thomas F. , whether the vision is from God or of human origin, the nature of vision-driven leadership is to direct energies toward the creation of that which is "unreality" in the present. This has implicated the meaning of faith. But dangerously, the more the vision needs to be kept in control, the greater the potential for pride to slip in and place us into the same mistake Satan made. He refused to accept the reality of who is really in control.
I am trembling to touch about the picture of faith here, where faith is the right relationship with God (Roman Chapter 4:13), the component that counted righteous in eye of God (Roman Chapter 4:3). As I know I am not good in master the whole word of God now, as true faith is by the real foundation in the whole (the complete picture) of word of God. But I am so sure that faith is revealed by the behavior of servant heart, with humbly& simply trusts God by knowing the will, power and glory of Him. We can know God through words of God in bible, but holding a servant heart is not easy till we can put down our pride and sloth.
As per Luke chapter 7: The faith of Roman Officer in asking Jesus to heal his servant. Luke 7:9: Jesus said “ I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Isreal” . Jesus was amazed by the humble and the simple trust of this Roman Officer. Roman officer said: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed”.
The optimistic resilience of a gentile woman in Mark 7:27 in answering Jesus’ challenge while Jesus Christ was describing gentiles as parable of dog. This gentile woman responded Jesus Christ in humble (accept the parable of dog) and knowing the power of God in control. Jesus: “First, I should feed the children, it isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs. She answered: “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.” Jesus said: “Good answer”. And just this, the demon was left the daughter of this gentile woman by her faithfulness.
This reminds me the faithfulness of charismatic movement:
Bodies of charismatic followers of Christ have access to the Holy Spirit; come together with others to worship, study, and serve. They truly love Jesus, the Scriptures and are sincere. They believe in the authority of the Word of God, the deity of Jesus Christ, His sacrificial death, His physical resurrection, salvation by faith and not works, the need to live a life of obedience, and to proclaim their faith.
But , that is a "dangerous deception" and very much need of discerning power about the movement and seek out the true move of God, in order not get caught up in the emotional flood of signs and wonders, and be fooled while deeply captivated by visions, dreams and miracles performing. As per Romans 10:2,"For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge."
I don’t have abundance experience of exercising spiritual movement, I unable to speak in tongue and many times hardly to pray fervently. This is because I allow my analysis conscious as controlling behaviors to stop Holy Spirit flowing in control of my thought and tongue. Analysis and research can make knowledge, reasons, theories and law, and I was led by interest and pride to do so. Thus, I have to always need to remind myself, Christians are saved by faith, not by law. With humble and children heart (simple trust), I only able to get closer to God through spirit. And through Spirit, I only able to understand the secret of God words, and set free by the grace of Lord.
Corinthians chapter 2:3 had saved my life, by knowing the spiritual movement is the core of Christianity. While Paul said this: “I came to you in weakness-timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit”.
Well, as today I was writing this passage, I hope to understand the weight balance of spiritual movement and intellectual discernment. As I know they are churches are not encourage charismatic movement as they are avoiding of the deception of evil spirits. Well, if intellectual reasons take full control of Christianity practice, will cease the zealous and passion in Christ and lead to the boosting of human pride by intellectual achievement. But if practice of Christianity takes only passion of spiritual leading, potentially their tongue is praising the Lord and reading the bible verses still, but just taken partially of the bible meaning which are found impressive to lift up their strength and vision of their life instead of vision of God.
The world is dangerous, even the journey to pursue the real God is exposed to risk as well. No doubt, spiritually movement is must for Christian, while praying & worshipping, in whole hearted of submission and trust, first intention to love God. Well, exercising intellectual understanding and analysis is needed to test the spirit of leading us all the times too. Thus we are always needed to pray for God for wisdom and discernment.
There are fruits of Holy Spirits obvious to be found as I read. Such as Love (understandingly and forgiving), Joy (smile and delight behavior), Peace (no anger, jealousy and bad tempered), patient (words of encouragements and gentleness), Kindness (compassionate and caring), faithfulness (truth worthy and strong determination), hope (positive thinking and no blaming), Self-control (resists temptations) and so on. The complete picture of the image of Christ is the standard of us to check ourselves whether is holding a right spirit in transforming us.
As I learned, the very first understanding about Christianity should go about God‘s love, mercy and grace through Holy Spirit in Jesus name, forgiving human sins and transform people life to the image of Christ. We have to know we are sinners; only can go into character building by repentance, which is the intrinsic value of blessing and the most influencing power in lifting up the truth of God. Extrinsic value of blessing such as materially is playing as testimonial of God power and glory, as the reward and promise to the obedience and faithfulness of children of God. But, there are not all the materially blessings are come from God, keep watch and discern. Material provision by evils spirit can fool the world and attract human greedy nature and keep accelerate their sins.
I like the logic of salvation and learning to articulate briefly here. Sinful nature is magnetic attracting to sinful spirit and set us apart from God. God is faithfulness and mercy, He bring us salvation through Jesus Christ. Is not by the efforts to make holy ourselves by doing good deeds in order to magnetic attracting the Holy Spirit to bless us, but is through the name of Jesus Christ come the Holy Spirit , take times to make us to be the image of Christ, the holy being.
Ephesians chapter 2:9-10: Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the goods things he planned for us long ago.
Here the discoveries and enlightens of these half year of my growing. Most of the Christian knew these for long already, but I just found out this year though I was Christian for four years. Well, God timing in taking control, as the time I learn to humble and put down my analysis interest, I know more than before. Praise the Lord.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
寻找真理
我连自己也不相信我会信主的一天.
我曾经是科学崇拜者, 超人类主义, 信靠人类是全能于创造文明,科技进步能让人们摆脱及解释一切的不可能. 而今天 我终于懂得谦备的说: “人类算得是什么?”
人类会为了自己的荣耀, 提升自我价值而变得自私自利, 愤怒,妒嫉而憎恨一切冲突他价值的人和事, 甚至于可以放弃人类的真情, 出卖良心, 为求胜利而不择手段.
自小我就希望能明白人生的真理. 以为看哲学, 研究佛理就能明白真理. 果真在读他人的智慧会懂得理论,技巧去分析复杂性的心理, 但是我依然没有平静及喜悦, 因为摆脱不了执着求知的心理. ,我越想靠自己的理智,却越无法摆脱情绪的波动及肉体的软弱, 因此更加迷失及失落.
四年纪, 外婆天主教仪式的葬礼, 我才发现葬礼可以这么简单, 白衣衫, 鲜花边, 简单明白的祷告话语, 说不出的平静. 后期, 我生活遇到困难, 我也开始学习祷告. 因为天主教的亲人影响, 我都是向着基督祷告. 其实我那时并不知道上帝有什么旨意, 什么用意, 只知道他是慈祥的.
困难时 叫喊了基督的名字, 得了帮助及解脱后又忘记了他, 我依然相信佛理是最好的, 因为他逻辑, 教人做好. 日子一天一天的过, 直到在祖母病痛上看到生命的脆弱及无助时, 我才恍然大悟, 我没有真正的明白真理. 因为人生不只于因果关系, 坦然接受命运的程式, 种善果而安排你这生或下生的福气.
我也不懂为什么, 我就是知道基督就是真理, 一直努力去寻找他. 因此接触基督徒, 相信的过程也很突然. 后来 即使没有朋友, 没有兄妹体贴入微的带领, 我还是知道基督是真理. 曾经时候, 我也想过放弃寻觅他,回去黑暗, 却上帝太好了, 在适当的时候圣灵在我生命动工鼓励我, 握紧我的手再成长. 直到今天, 我进步了. 被圣灵受洗及受教后, 我体验到真理的果子. 当谦备及用相信的心把一切都交托给上帝去主宰的时候, 平静,喜悦, 智慧及力量都回降于我们. 我的生命里因此有盼望, 和平仁爱. 当 凡事都忍耐的祷告, 变的更有力量及智慧, 行为节制温柔.
所以撒旦(魔鬼)总会千方百计让我们远离上帝, 叫我们放弃, 叫我们不要相信, 叫我们不要属灵, 不要祷告. 看到我们肉体(自我意识)的欲望导向我们人生, 对亲情疏忽, 思想情绪乱七八糟, 发脾气, 埋怨诅咒的话语在口中时, 他哈哈大笑. 撒旦就是不要我们温柔, 他要我们粗暴的发挥出我们的欲望及自尊心.
别以为基督徒就是个个和平仁爱, 各各亲切温柔. 撒旦最爱攻击属灵的基督徒们. 当基督徒没有紧靠圣灵的时候,大败仗了 , 基督徒也依然故我(自我意识,罪恶行径).
或许你会问, 到底圣灵怎样改变, 教育及帮助基督徒?真的很奇妙的, 你只要相信, 你就会明白.
基督的真理是很真实,很理智逻辑. 你勇敢的去寻觅, 你就会知道.
我曾经是科学崇拜者, 超人类主义, 信靠人类是全能于创造文明,科技进步能让人们摆脱及解释一切的不可能. 而今天 我终于懂得谦备的说: “人类算得是什么?”
人类会为了自己的荣耀, 提升自我价值而变得自私自利, 愤怒,妒嫉而憎恨一切冲突他价值的人和事, 甚至于可以放弃人类的真情, 出卖良心, 为求胜利而不择手段.
自小我就希望能明白人生的真理. 以为看哲学, 研究佛理就能明白真理. 果真在读他人的智慧会懂得理论,技巧去分析复杂性的心理, 但是我依然没有平静及喜悦, 因为摆脱不了执着求知的心理. ,我越想靠自己的理智,却越无法摆脱情绪的波动及肉体的软弱, 因此更加迷失及失落.
四年纪, 外婆天主教仪式的葬礼, 我才发现葬礼可以这么简单, 白衣衫, 鲜花边, 简单明白的祷告话语, 说不出的平静. 后期, 我生活遇到困难, 我也开始学习祷告. 因为天主教的亲人影响, 我都是向着基督祷告. 其实我那时并不知道上帝有什么旨意, 什么用意, 只知道他是慈祥的.
困难时 叫喊了基督的名字, 得了帮助及解脱后又忘记了他, 我依然相信佛理是最好的, 因为他逻辑, 教人做好. 日子一天一天的过, 直到在祖母病痛上看到生命的脆弱及无助时, 我才恍然大悟, 我没有真正的明白真理. 因为人生不只于因果关系, 坦然接受命运的程式, 种善果而安排你这生或下生的福气.
我也不懂为什么, 我就是知道基督就是真理, 一直努力去寻找他. 因此接触基督徒, 相信的过程也很突然. 后来 即使没有朋友, 没有兄妹体贴入微的带领, 我还是知道基督是真理. 曾经时候, 我也想过放弃寻觅他,回去黑暗, 却上帝太好了, 在适当的时候圣灵在我生命动工鼓励我, 握紧我的手再成长. 直到今天, 我进步了. 被圣灵受洗及受教后, 我体验到真理的果子. 当谦备及用相信的心把一切都交托给上帝去主宰的时候, 平静,喜悦, 智慧及力量都回降于我们. 我的生命里因此有盼望, 和平仁爱. 当 凡事都忍耐的祷告, 变的更有力量及智慧, 行为节制温柔.
所以撒旦(魔鬼)总会千方百计让我们远离上帝, 叫我们放弃, 叫我们不要相信, 叫我们不要属灵, 不要祷告. 看到我们肉体(自我意识)的欲望导向我们人生, 对亲情疏忽, 思想情绪乱七八糟, 发脾气, 埋怨诅咒的话语在口中时, 他哈哈大笑. 撒旦就是不要我们温柔, 他要我们粗暴的发挥出我们的欲望及自尊心.
别以为基督徒就是个个和平仁爱, 各各亲切温柔. 撒旦最爱攻击属灵的基督徒们. 当基督徒没有紧靠圣灵的时候,大败仗了 , 基督徒也依然故我(自我意识,罪恶行径).
或许你会问, 到底圣灵怎样改变, 教育及帮助基督徒?真的很奇妙的, 你只要相信, 你就会明白.
基督的真理是很真实,很理智逻辑. 你勇敢的去寻觅, 你就会知道.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
爱(LOVE)--是因感情而喜爱, 而非因感觉而喜爱
Finally, I able to understand deeper the meaning of love by meditated Corinthians 13, with the power of Holy spirit guided my thought. Thanks for a forward email by Uncle Tony too to remind me the word of compassion and connection. Thanks Lord.
I asked God to give me an understanding of Love. As this is related to my blog’s title-> 情 (情consists meaning of: affection/feeling/love/passion), so I find a need to understand it clearly. Worry I would forgot what had been enlighten me, so I decide to write it down in blog to make clear of my title and share with others.
Love is a feeling of favor/adore (喜爱) through relationship or affection with spiritually connection with compassion, tolerance and understandingly (同情, 忍让和宽容). Love requires humility and kindness. Love happen within a long-term relationship with commitment.
As bible tells us, Love is eternal (Corinthians 13:8). And love is greatest among faith and hope (Corinthians 13:13).
In life, we are playing various role of commitment need to exercise love, such as role as daughter/son, mother/father, friends, sister/brother, and husband/wife, Child of God & within the family in Christ. And the theory of exercise love is just the same to every relationship.
As refer to Corinthians 13:4: Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up, and its faith, hope, patience never fail.
Corinthians 13:11-12
When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am an adult, I have no more use for childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror, and then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete-as complete as God’s knowledge of me.
I remember when I was little girl & teenager, I use to adore charming guys, fascinated by their brilliant appearance and cool outlook. My 17th years old, was having a trip with a gang of good friends in Genting , bumped into a group of Korean brilliant guys, we were crazily followed them behind in half of the journey. We enjoyed gossip about handsome boys in school. We admired handsome actors/singers, and kept their pictures of poster and magazine. We were so young, as bible tells, When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child. We were looking for INSTANT LOVE of feeling, the instance adoration by appearance attractiveness. We confuse of what is true love sometime. Parents’ rebuke was giving feeling of unhappy, thus misunderstood that this is not call love. A sweet talk with guys and friends will take as love irrationally.
Well, this is common to this materialistic world in spite of age group too. As per seen, the environment of promoting physical adoration in pub & disco, the increasing rate of one-night stand and divorce is a sign of people is not value long-term relationship, the refuse to carry out of commitment to walk into the complete picture of love.
This is natural that we carry our love with desire of physically adoration, due to we are physical conscious of being. Physical desire is selfish, self-centre with a heart of possession. Thanks God that the amazing grace through Jesus Christ in us, make a way for us to able to be promoted to be spiritual being, to engage the spiritual adoration, and this will bring everlasting love, which is the truth that God want us to uphold, a heart to give blessing to others.
Lastly, God ask us not to selfish our love only to brilliant lady or gentleman who has caught your heart, as He said: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR as yourself (Matthew 8:39). Impossible your neighbor is always your lover .. how’s your brothers sisters, friends, parents, grandpa grandma, aunt uncle? The world is big, not to narrow our world to few people only that you find worth. There are still many people around need our attention & love. :)
Monday, November 24, 2008
生命的話語 - Speak To Me,my Lord Jesus
主每一日對我說話
Speak to me, my Lord Jesus
生命的話語
I need Your words of life
顯明 心親愛聖靈
Reveal to me, Holy Spirit
教我生命之道
Teach me Your ways of life
開我眼使我看見
Touch my eyes so I can see
提昇我的靈使我歡唱
Lift my soul so I can sing again
的話使我能再次擁有新的生命
Say the words so I can live again just by Your words
我需要 我需要 生命的話語
Speak to me, speak to me, I need Your words of life
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