我要變強!

天父啊! 我要變強!
我要倚靠你變得強!
我知我軟弱，但我要變強!
我知我能力有限，但我要變強!
我知我快要倒退，但我要變強!
我知我已筋疲力竭，但我要變強!



天父對我說:

孩子，
Bit by bit, one step at a time,
不要太勉強自己。
我的恩典夠你用，
因為我的能力是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。

"Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen.
I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.
Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become."
~ the Message 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

旭日

在漫長的車程裡，
反覆思想了很多片，
仍有重擔壓在心頭，
一點點的內疚...
一點點的憂慮...
一點點的牽掛...

經過一夜的休息，
晨曦初露，
仍舊打開聖經親近阿爸父，
讀畢第四段經文，
感覺到臉兒是暖暖的，
才發現太陽漸漸從東方升起，
陽光透過酒店的窗照進來，
正照耀着我。

阿爸父對我說:

忘記背後，努力面前，
經一事，長一智
你還有很長的路要走。
看，旭日的陽光，
就是代表一天新的開始，
不要再犯罪，
只管緊守我的誡命，
遵行我所吩咐的，
靠着我走下去。

~ 相片攝於Portland, Oregon

你配得

我還記得他用溫柔的聲音對我說：

女兒，我好愛你！
你是配得的...
你是配得我這樣愛你...
你是配得我賜這樣的恩賜給你...
你是配得用我給你的恩賜這樣侍奉我...
你是配得這樣與我同行...
你是配得這樣敬拜我...

你是配得穿上這白衣...

啟3:4-5
...他們要穿白衣與我同行，因為他們是配得過的。
凡得勝的必這樣穿白衣，我也必不從生命冊上塗抹他的名；
且要在我父面前，和我父眾使者面前，認他的名。

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禱告

2008年的結束，
沒有與大顆兒倒數，
卻與五位弟兄姊妹，
同心地以禱告為2008年劃上句號。

我也領受了上帝在2009年前對我的鼓勵：
女兒，當我吩咐妳去為別人禱告時，妳就去吧！
不要憂慮說甚麼，不要理會所說的是否合人心意。
女兒，當我吩咐妳去為別人禱告時，妳就去吧！

上帝呀，我感謝讚美你，
讓孩子以行動實現你對我的使命，
求主教我禱告！

Shine on me

從小時候開始，
上帝已在音樂上栽培我，
今天我已成為別人的音樂老師，
教授音樂已是我大半生的主要職業。
加上這兩年接任歌鄰的Music Director，
日程表已編排得滿滿，
雖然有別人徵求授課，
始終婉拒了...

上帝對我說：
你要數算你的日子和你的時間，
歌鄰的弟兄姊妹是你的priority。

我要感謝上帝賜予音樂的恩賜，
我就以信心走上，
將上帝所賜予的毫無保留地讓上帝使用。
Lord, Let Your Light shine on me.

~ 相片攝於法國巴黎

I Will Rise

一個寧靜的早上，
如常耐心地等候阿爸父的聲音，
他說：一切的都要變成過去，
一切纏繞你的重擔我要為你擔了，
不再有眼淚、不再有傷痛，我要給你痊愈，
因為我已戰勝一切權勢，我已經復活！
他說：我兒，你要起來如鷹展翅，
你就聽見天使在天上和渴慕我的人的歌聲，
他們要向我發出頌讚說，那羔羊是配得稱頌的！



I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin

There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes

And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"


後記：
每次聽到這首詩歌，
總是要停下來向上帝說出讚美，
尤其是Worthy is the Lamb那一段，
我好像與天使天軍一同敬拜阿爸父！

他能夠

孩子，
其實你不是小看自己的能力，
而是低估了我能夠在你身上所作的能力！
在我裡面豈有難成的事？
我兒，緊記著：在信的人，凡事都能。

~ 相片攝於梵以賽宮內的一幅油畫

His Words

I read this today, and His Words comfort me...
2 Corinthians Ch. 4 : 7- 18
from the Message

We've been surrounded and battered by troubles,
but we're not demoralized;
we're not sure what to do,
but we know that God knows what to do;
we've been spiritually terrorized,
but God hasn't left our side;
we've been thrown down,
but we haven't broken.

What they did to Jesus, they do to us
—trial and torture, mockery and murder;
what Jesus did among them, he does in us—he lives!
Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus' sake,
which makes Jesus' life all the more evident in us.
While we're going through the worst,
you're getting in on the best!

We're not keeping this quiet, not on your life.
Just like the psalmist who wrote,
"I believed it, so I said it," we say what we believe.
And what we believe is that the One who raised up
the Master Jesus will just as certainly raise us up with you, alive.
Every detail works to your advantage and to God's glory:
more and more grace, more and more people, more and more praise!

So we're not giving up. How could we!
Even though on the outside it often looks like things are
falling apart on us, on the inside,
where God is making new life,
not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.

These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times,
the lavish celebration prepared for us.
There's far more here than meets the eye.
The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow.
But the things we can't see now will last forever.

天父的話 一

人生就算有多少衝擊，
前路就算有多少迷惘，
生命仍要繼續走下去，
我兒，放心走下去吧！

愛你的天父