Ephesus
What would you do if someone told you that they can give you the secret to success? How about an offer to be free of disease? I think most of us would jump at the opportunity!
Sunday, March 20, 2011
想愛又怕受傷害 Vulnerability
小米 Naomi | Translation: Linda Yang
有些人想愛，
又怕受到傷害
於是裹足不前……
可是真的愛上了一個人
就不怕了嗎？
又或者，
怕得要命
就不受到傷害了嗎？
怕有什麼用？
我們不怕
是因爲相信萬事主掌權
而神為信他的人所預備的
都是美的、是好的……
我們不怕
不僅是不怕受到傷害
是受了傷害也不怕
也要繼續愛……
Some people want love
But fear getting hurt
So they don’t love at all…
Does that mean when you do love
You’ll never fear again?
Or
If you live in fear,
You’ll never be hurt?
What’s the use in being afraid?
We do not fear
Because we believe the Lord is Sovereign
And He prepares all that is good and wonderful
For those who believe Him.
We do not fear
Not just because we do not fear getting hurt
But when we get hurt, we do not fear
Rather we continue to love…
有些人想愛，
又怕受到傷害
於是裹足不前……
可是真的愛上了一個人
就不怕了嗎？
又或者，
怕得要命
就不受到傷害了嗎？
怕有什麼用？
我們不怕
是因爲相信萬事主掌權
而神為信他的人所預備的
都是美的、是好的……
我們不怕
不僅是不怕受到傷害
是受了傷害也不怕
也要繼續愛……
Some people want love
But fear getting hurt
So they don’t love at all…
Does that mean when you do love
You’ll never fear again?
Or
If you live in fear,
You’ll never be hurt?
What’s the use in being afraid?
We do not fear
Because we believe the Lord is Sovereign
And He prepares all that is good and wonderful
For those who believe Him.
We do not fear
Not just because we do not fear getting hurt
But when we get hurt, we do not fear
Rather we continue to love…
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Diagnosis of Leukemia Marked My Relationship with God
Esther Wong
I grew up in a Christian family. Going to church on Sundays is part of my life ever since I was born. God has been gracious to me. Everything in my life went smoothly. I went through different stages of life like everyone else did. Having been grown up in a Christian family, I always believed in Jesus died on the cross for me. When I was 8 years old, I made the commitment to follow Jesus. Nothing unusual or special happened that made me turn to Christ. Looking back, my life does not have much change after I made the commitment. I continue to go to church on Sundays with my family and everything else in life went by smoothly as usual.
I grew up in a Christian family. Going to church on Sundays is part of my life ever since I was born. God has been gracious to me. Everything in my life went smoothly. I went through different stages of life like everyone else did. Having been grown up in a Christian family, I always believed in Jesus died on the cross for me. When I was 8 years old, I made the commitment to follow Jesus. Nothing unusual or special happened that made me turn to Christ. Looking back, my life does not have much change after I made the commitment. I continue to go to church on Sundays with my family and everything else in life went by smoothly as usual.
血癌展開我與神的關係
黃惠慈
我生長在一個基督教的家庭，每個主日返教會是我自出生以來生活的一部份，神一直很恩待我，一切都很平順，沒有特別的經歷，面對的都是一般人年青人成長必經的階段。在基督教的家庭長大，自少都相信耶穌為我的罪死在十字架上。八歲那年決志跟隨主，我的決定是沒有特別或不平常的事情發生。信主後，生命沒有多大分別，都是恆常返教會，生活一切如常。回想我的成長，我一直相信神及聖經教導有關神的事情，但沒有真正經歷神及與祂有密切的關係。
我生長在一個基督教的家庭，每個主日返教會是我自出生以來生活的一部份，神一直很恩待我，一切都很平順，沒有特別的經歷，面對的都是一般人年青人成長必經的階段。在基督教的家庭長大，自少都相信耶穌為我的罪死在十字架上。八歲那年決志跟隨主，我的決定是沒有特別或不平常的事情發生。信主後，生命沒有多大分別，都是恆常返教會，生活一切如常。回想我的成長，我一直相信神及聖經教導有關神的事情，但沒有真正經歷神及與祂有密切的關係。
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Power of Love
Liangren | English translation: Linda Yang
When Anne was two years old, she suffered from a severe case of trachoma. Left untreated due to her family’s poverty, her eyesight worsened, and so did her temper. Anne was eight years old when her mother died of tuberculosis. Her alcoholic father abandoned Anne, her brother Jimmie, and her sister Mary. Soon after ten-year-old Anne and seven-year-old Jimmie were admitted into an almshouse, living with more than 900 other people. Three months later, Jimmie died of a tubercular hip, with which he had been born. For a number of years, there was no one left in the world to assuage Anne’s sorrow and loneliness…
When Anne was two years old, she suffered from a severe case of trachoma. Left untreated due to her family’s poverty, her eyesight worsened, and so did her temper. Anne was eight years old when her mother died of tuberculosis. Her alcoholic father abandoned Anne, her brother Jimmie, and her sister Mary. Soon after ten-year-old Anne and seven-year-old Jimmie were admitted into an almshouse, living with more than 900 other people. Three months later, Jimmie died of a tubercular hip, with which he had been born. For a number of years, there was no one left in the world to assuage Anne’s sorrow and loneliness…
愛的力量
良人
安妮兩歲多的時候，罹患了很嚴重的沙眼。貧窮耽誤了治療，安妮的視力惡化，脾氣也因此變得較為暴戾。安妮八歲時，母親因肺結核去世；酗酒的父親狠心的拋棄了她和弟弟吉米、妹妹瑪麗。不久，十歲的安妮和七歲的弟弟吉米被送進了離家千里的貧民救濟院（一所容納了900多位老弱病殘人士的大雜院)。三個月後，弟弟吉米因先天帶來的臀部結核瘤病在救濟院離開人世。相當長的一段時間裡，這個世界沒有幾個人關心小安妮的悲傷和孤單……
安妮兩歲多的時候，罹患了很嚴重的沙眼。貧窮耽誤了治療，安妮的視力惡化，脾氣也因此變得較為暴戾。安妮八歲時，母親因肺結核去世；酗酒的父親狠心的拋棄了她和弟弟吉米、妹妹瑪麗。不久，十歲的安妮和七歲的弟弟吉米被送進了離家千里的貧民救濟院（一所容納了900多位老弱病殘人士的大雜院)。三個月後，弟弟吉米因先天帶來的臀部結核瘤病在救濟院離開人世。相當長的一段時間裡，這個世界沒有幾個人關心小安妮的悲傷和孤單……
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Gift
Naomi | English Translation: Linda Yang
At 14, I realized for the first time that I was my own person, that I needed my own space, privacy.
Then, I found that the secrets I wrote in my journal often became topics of conversation with my mother.
So, like a frightened little bird, I hid the journal at the bottom of my backpack and took it with me everywhere.
But a classmate found it and pass it around in class.
That was the start of the nightmare.
At 14, I realized for the first time that I was my own person, that I needed my own space, privacy.
Then, I found that the secrets I wrote in my journal often became topics of conversation with my mother.
So, like a frightened little bird, I hid the journal at the bottom of my backpack and took it with me everywhere.
But a classmate found it and pass it around in class.
That was the start of the nightmare.