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不被困住,不至失望

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7:44 a.m. 早上喜見短暫晨光,六分鐘後再探視,光芒收歛了。 7:50 a.m. 晨曦原本受密雲圍堵, 却突然露出一片光, 照在幽暗的海面上; 此情此景,令我想起保羅所說 : 『我們四面受敵,却不被困住;心裏作難,却不至失望; 遭逼迫,却不被丟棄;打倒了,却不至死亡。 身上常帶著耶穌的死,使耶穌的生,也顯明在我們身上。』 哥林多後書四章 8-10 節 光照在海面時,船隻畫過水面, 所排開的水波,所泛起的漣漪, 名符其實是「浪花」 - 由浪造成的「花」, 一圈一圈, 如萬花筒, 不斷擴散,目不暇給; 然而每當遇到障礙物,卻又反彈迴盪, 波紋互相交織下,泛起更多不同圖案。 有時多朵「浪花」同時綻放, 像一個個煙花彈。 當衝擊過了一段時間, 海面漸趨平靜,回復波平如鏡。 可惜如此景緻, 只有在晨光斜照下清晰可見。 當太陽被雲收起時, 便黯然失色,表演落幕。 雲,予人受困之境; 光,予人希望之感。 海,令我想起人心。 烏雲蔽日的日子, 卻多了用不同角度看海。 後記: 近年始留意到, 原來晨光照耀海面的範圍, 四季不同, 遊走於一個範圍的左右兩邊; 春分過後,晨光又回到這段繁忙航道上; 如果天晴, 每早只有一段時間呈現明亮如鏡的波光, 蕩漾海面上, 因為船身形成障礙,加上船來船往, 水波不停碰撞才會 在船隻之間迴盪。 形成吸引眼球的「萬花筒」圖案,變化莫測。 人生面對衝擊時, 每每激起內心情緒, 自然一時難以平復, 但隨著時日過去, 思想沉澱、人漸成長。 困難的日子, 靠著從上而來的光(神的話)光照引導, 以真理的角度看清處境, 經歷『不被困住、不至失望』是怎麼一回事。 *

拆毁與重建 ... Tear down, and then rebuild

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(English at the bottom) 半年前的照片,鈎起這十年來種種拆毀與重建的經歷...... 去年十月中,時已初秋, 有天黃昏前,在街上抬頭仰天, 蔚藍天色之中,見優雅素描畫作。 那是九月颶風災後一個月, 樹木雖經歷浩劫,但時已踏入初秋, 為了製造食物儲糧過冬,唯有趕快催生, 重新開枝散葉,在冬天來臨前作最後準備吧? 在藍天背景下,照片背光而攝, 成為一幅幅大自然的單色素描畫。 為了盡量吸收陽光,枝葉互不重疊, 所以生長形態疏落有序,清晰可見; 加上枝條柔軟,形態更顯優雅。 重生令人想起重建。早前聽道內容提及以色列人重建耶路撒冷城牆;但沒有拆毀,豈有重建?城牆因遭人拆毀,後有重建。人的重生,也是要先「拆毀」老我,才能建立新的屬靈生命。 正如今天讀到哥林多後書,使徒保羅如此寫:『所以我們不喪膽;外體雖然毁壞,內心却一天新似一天。 (4:16)...... 我們原知道,我們這地上的帳棚若拆毀了,必得神所造,不是人手所造,在天上永存的房屋。 (5:1)...... 若有人在基督裏,他就是新造的人;舊事已過,都變成新的了。 (5:17) 』 下星期復活節將臨,也是先有主基督的死,才有我們的重生。地上的帳棚,需要先被拆毁,才有重建。 Tear down, and then rebuild Photos taken half a year ago have reminded me of the tearing down and rebuilding processes that I have been undergoing in the last decade.  Last mid-October, I saw these sights when I looked up at the sky before sunset. It was a month after the hurricane almost tore down all the trees along this road. As it was stepping into Autumn then, the trees grew branches ...

'Diamonds' on the sea 海上星輝

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(中文在下半部分  Translation function available at the side bar) Stars in the sea The gloomy skies in March had eventually past and a glittering sea was finally seen in the sunny morning on 3 April. The angle of the sun was ever changing, and the glittering sea had resided near the bank after an hour. This has reminded me of a verse in the Bible: “We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.” (1 Chronicles 29:15). Today is the day for the Chinese people to pay tribute to their ancestors. It might also be a good time to rethink the meaning of life. If our days are like a shadow, what is the meaning of this trip on earth? The Ecclesiastes in the Bible has also analyzed the meaningless and meaning of life, which is worth reading, such as Ecclesiastes 6: 6-7 and 12:  “…Do not all go to the same place? Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied….For who knows what is good for a ...