給親愛的女兒

                            剛與女兒說完一席話，心中非常納悶，滿肚子苦惱，無奈淚水也湧到眼腔，卻無法解放心中的苦痛！我想只有已經身為人母的才會了解我的心情！

              神啊，為何我如此拙口笨舌，為何我總是不懂得表達自己，每次的談話也是無可奈何的結束。究竟是什麼時候我和女兒的溝通出了問題？

              親愛的女兒，知否我最怕見到的是什麼？ 而我最想見到的又是什麼？我最怕見到的是我們之間的關係疏離，而我最想見到的也就是你每天興高釆烈的告訴我你當日發生的鎖綷事，我的要求不過份吧？

               馬可褔音 10：51 記載主耶穌問瞎眼的巴底買：＂你要我為你做什麼？＂巴底買呀，巴底買，你知道你是多麽的有福呀！憑著信，你來到主的跟前，又憑著信，從前你是瞎眼的，現在你能看見，我多渴望主耶穌也問我同樣的問題，我要主耶穌為我做什麼？

               主啊！今天我也憑著信，謙卑來到你面前，你是萬有的神，你無所不知，無處不在，沒有東西能令你愛我多一些，也沒有東西能令你愛我少一點！因為你就是愛！兒女是神你所賜的，我只是受托人去照顧飬育他們，我並不擁有他們，我不要金，也不要銀，我只要我的女兒每天開開心心的生活，一生活在主愛中，豐豐富富，無憂無慮！盼望他日我在你面前交帳的時候，你能拍拍我的肩膞，說：你這又良善又忠心的好母親，你已盡了你做母親的責任了！

              主啊！你的稱讚才是我一生所求啊！

母親

Loneliness

Loneliness…  

by Jane

Much intrigued by Irene’s sharing of “loneliness”, I felt compelled to find answers from the Bible, the way that Albert strongly recommended all these years in Bible studies.

Much to my surprise, the word “loneliness” was never mentioned in the entire Bible (NIV).

Instead, I discovered In Genesis:

• · Our Creator is a triune God (three in one Godhead). 
• · We are created in God’s own image. 
• · After Adam, God also created Eve, as his helper and companion. 
• · Animal Kingdom, birds and fishes are created “according to their kinds” in different species. 
• · Noah’s ark…. Animals two by two entered the ark and survived the flood. 

Could this imply that loneliness was never part of God’s creation, but simply a breakdown in our relationships with each other and our Father in heaven?

In the New Testament, Jesus was found in lonely places, only by choice:

• Mark 1:45

Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.

• Luke 5:16

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.· 

Jesus was alone, purposely;

•  Mark 6:47

Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.

• ·Matthew 14:23

After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,

• Luke 9:36

When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.

Yet Jesus was never lonely:

• John 8:16

But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.

• ·John 16:32

“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

In fact, Jesus gave us the wonderful promise: 

• Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Does this not also apply to the broken hearted, discouraged, depressed (although that is another word not found in the Bible), the wounded, the lonely and the lost? 

Let us not forget…. 

• · Malachi 3:7

Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.

• · Hebrews 13:5 

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

那些年間我們一起走過的日子 若詩

       

       是一個下着毛毛細雨的早晨, 我一邊聽著柔和的詩歌……，如若你 …能看見藍 …天……一邊漫步在只有我一個人的路上，小雨點輕輕的散在路旁含包待放的小花朶，灑在我的瞼龐，落到我的鼻尖，好像天鵝絨一般溫柔, 細膩 ，感覺很浪漫，難怪詩人常用毛毛來形容細雨，很美，美得令人落淚！      
       小時候常獨個兒隔著窗看雨，看著小雨滴滴答答的敲着窗，然後輕輕的滑下，像眼淚，淒美，感性，扣人心絃，扣出能令人幻想無窮無盡的交響樂，詩一般的意境，憧憬着將來我會如何…如何…………神就是在我那少年不識愁滋味的曰子，開我的心眼，讓我能看見……… 讓我能看見神恩典的奇妙！        
………… 神賜給我一班親愛的弟兄姊妹，團契有如在地若天，巴不得每一天都是星期天，牧者的帶領，導師的關懷，每一次聚會，每一個退修會，刻骨銘心，永遠難忘！對神更許下諾言，盡心盡性盡意愛神愛人愛教會！我們用單純做橋樑，用真誠去溝通，用主的愛去關懷，用歡笑，用淚水，一同擁抱著我們的夢想。………

         時移世易，弟兄姊妹們各散東西，連同我們的夢想也一同帶走了……帶走了何止千萬里，是越過太平洋，跨過大西洋，剩下的就只有一串串的回憶！

          如若你…能看見…詩歌然猶在耳，為何我只緬懷過去天堂般的團契生活，卻忘記了對神的承諾……我眼睛能看見監天，卻看不見週邊的人的需要, 而只顅自己的感受！ 我耳能聼到滴滴答答的雨聲，卻聼不見神一次又一次的呼喚提醒我，起初的愛心往那裡去了？愛人的心也硬化變得冰冷了嗎？

          然而，神啊，不是我缺乏愛心，而是很多時是心有餘而力不足呀！年紀大了，經歷多了，思想就愈發變得複雜，對自己就愈發重重保護，對人多了一份猜疑防備，那些年間推心置腹的友誼，促膝 談心的知己，已是尋覓無門，是無可奈何，痛苦可悲的發現呀！

                        少年不識愁滋味，愛上層樓，喋喋不休，為賦新詞强說愁。          

                        而今識盡愁滋味，千言萬語，欲說還休。卻道天涼好個秋！

           那些年間我們一起走過的日子，就讓它藏在我們心坎裡咀嚼回味吧了！

Too Good Not to Share

Too Good Not to Share
Genesis 2:21-22

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;
and while he was sleeping,
he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man,
and he brought her to the man.

“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam;
not made out of his head to rule over him,
nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him,
but out of his side to be equal with him,
under his arm to be protected,
and near his heart to be loved.” 
(Matthew Henry Commentary)

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

"God creates situations so that we might trust Him...
Any lack in our lives is an opportunity for us to grow in our relationship with God,
and an opportunity for us to grow in our abilities
and in our faith ....."      (Charles Stanley Day by Day)


         Happy Moments       Praise God
         Difficult Moments     Seek God
         Busy Moments         Believe God
         Quiet Moments        Worship God
         Waiting Moments     Trust God
         Painful Moments       Pray God
         Lovely Moments       Thank God    (123Greetings.com)