查經-2012

2012的上半年, 查經的主題是夫妻關係. 我一直沒想懂, Adam在伊甸園好像過得還不錯, 為什麼神會說: "那人獨居不好, 我要為他造一個配偶幫助他." 這回非弄個水落石出不可.

網路上曾經有姊妹分享對男人的看法: "男人哪, 就好比一個洋蔥. 想要看他的心, 需要一層一層的去剝, 在剝的過程中, 妳會不斷的流淚, 剝到最後, 妳才知道洋蔥根本沒有心." 這麼悲情? 天哪! 太可怕了.

雖然看了涼颼颼的, 還是故作輕鬆, 把它當作笑話在Blog分享. 有人看了傳簡訊來問: "你需要偷看老婆的日記才有資料寫啊?" 非常幽默. 我老婆是沒有寫日記的習慣, 感謝主, 她沒有耐心. 若有需要, 她會一刀把洋蔥切成兩半, 看看心在哪裡. 男子漢大丈夫, 圖的不就是個痛快? 要殺要剮, 都行! 一層一層的剝皮? 天哪! 太可怕了.

開玩笑歸開玩笑, 願這回查經後, 能更明白神的心意.

Chicken and Duck Talk

We have been praying for our daughter, wishing her get closer to God again. It took long time. Finally, God answered our prayers and led her back to church. Thanks God! We appreciate it so much. We never thought that God would make it happen in Taiwan though (she's teaching English there).

A few days ago, my daughter talked to her mom over the phone in American-Chinese. As parents of ABC’s, you and I know how it goes. It really won’t surprise us if we see chicken and duck talk to each other. She told her mom that she needed to 受訓 (I thought she said 休息). My wife was so amazed at God's work. Wow! that fast?! She thought my daughter was going to 受洗. When chicken said: "十個千." Duck needed time to respond: "Oh? ...一萬!"

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Elder Yeung of ACC (Arlington Chinese Church) had a great preaching in NLGC today. He preached Philippians 4: 1-18 to encourage us be gentle to everyone on everything. The testimony he brought up for Philippians 4: 6-7 touched me the most. It was about a sister who found no way to handle a kid in her Sunday school class. Then, she turned her headache to God and prayed for a solution. Later, she was surprised that God didn't do a thing for what she prayed and expected. Instead, God completely cooled her down and made her no anger when the kid did a bad thing again in her class. It turned out to be the kid was surprised by her different reaction and started behavior much better... It's easy to share messages, but difficult to duplicate the touched feeling. That's why we need attend Sunday worship to take messages by ourselves.

Philippians 4: 6-7:

6. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

應當一無掛慮, 只要凡事藉著禱告,祈求,和感謝, 將你們所要的告訴神.

7. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

神所賜出人意外的平安, 必在基督耶穌裡保守你們的心懷意念.

Pregnancy

01/21/2012, I went to a trade show and bumped into an old friend there. We were laughing at each other about how we could get so out-of-shape. He was screaming in the crowd: “Hey! How did Carol make you pregnant?” Everyone passed-by looked at me and laughed. Oh, it hurt bad. I sent Carol a text message to tell her what he said. Carol replied: “Yes, you are pregnant. Let him know you have twins.” Oh, that hurt worse.