星期日, 12月 06, 2009
星期六, 12月 05, 2009
再對焦
幾次搖動過後，焦點模糊了，
不要緊，只要重新再對焦就是了。
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賽 58:1-7
神說，你們的敬拜就是這樣，它要求不高，不會對你的生活方式產生甚麼壓力，它不會對人造成永久的印象。一旦走出教會大門，你立即就直立起來隨世界潮流而走。
今天我們慶祝聖誕節，我們敬拜方便、舒適和容忍的神。我們最大的壓力來自商場，想要再買一份完美的禮物。聖誕節充滿了節目和吃得過飽的大餐，聖誕晚會必須要有天使和小聖嬰耶穌、聖誕詩歌和蠟燭。人們的惟一要要，是確保都穿上最好的新衣服，而聚會必須於倒數節目開始之前結束。
改篇自《宣教日引》2009年12月5日
不要緊，只要重新再對焦就是了。
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賽 58:1-7
你要大聲喊叫，不可止息；揚起聲來，好像吹角。向我百姓說明他們的過犯；向雅各家說明他們的罪惡。他們天天尋求我，樂意明白我的道，好像行義的國民，不離棄他們神的典章，向我求問公義的判語，喜悅親近神。他們說：我們禁食，你為何不看見呢？我們刻苦己心，你為何不理會呢？看哪，你們禁食的日子仍求利益，勒逼人為你們作苦工。你們禁食，卻互相爭競，以凶惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁食，不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。這樣禁食豈是我所揀選、使人刻苦己心的日子麼？豈是叫人垂頭像葦子，用麻布和爐灰鋪在他以下麼？你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子麼？我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開凶惡的繩，解下軛上的索，使被欺壓的得自由，折斷一切的軛麼？不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人，將飄流的窮人接到你家中，見赤身的給他衣服遮體，顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏麼？
神說，你們的敬拜就是這樣，它要求不高，不會對你的生活方式產生甚麼壓力，它不會對人造成永久的印象。一旦走出教會大門，你立即就直立起來隨世界潮流而走。
今天我們慶祝聖誕節，我們敬拜方便、舒適和容忍的神。我們最大的壓力來自商場，想要再買一份完美的禮物。聖誕節充滿了節目和吃得過飽的大餐，聖誕晚會必須要有天使和小聖嬰耶穌、聖誕詩歌和蠟燭。人們的惟一要要，是確保都穿上最好的新衣服，而聚會必須於倒數節目開始之前結束。
改篇自《宣教日引》2009年12月5日
星期二, 12月 01, 2009
Waiting with Patience
by Henri Nouwen from Bread for the Journey
"How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find there the signs of the One we are waiting for.
"The word patience comes from the Latin verb patior, which means "to suffer". Waiting patiently is suffering through the present moment, tasting it to the full, and letting the seeds that are sown in the ground on which we stand grow into strong plants. Waiting patiently always means paying attention to what is happening right before our eyes and seeing there the first rays of God's glorious coming."
"How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in which we live the present moment to the full in order to find there the signs of the One we are waiting for.
"The word patience comes from the Latin verb patior, which means "to suffer". Waiting patiently is suffering through the present moment, tasting it to the full, and letting the seeds that are sown in the ground on which we stand grow into strong plants. Waiting patiently always means paying attention to what is happening right before our eyes and seeing there the first rays of God's glorious coming."
星期日, 11月 15, 2009
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