感謝主

 

認罪容易悔改難

今天讀約翰一書1:8~10時, 想起件事:

有天, Carol去老人中心的Zumba class時, 我在廚房的櫃子裡找東西, 無意間翻到一包只吃過幾顆的M&M, 看起來已放了段日子. 根據過去的經驗, Carol肯定已經忘了有它. 我當下就收進口袋, 任憑己意的偷吃了兩天, 真是歲月靜好. 没想到一個月後, 她突然來問我有没有看到那包M&M, 天哪! 她竟然想起來了! 還好我腦筋清楚: "吃零食是權利, 講實話是義務." 死胖子就死胖子, 還能怎樣? 當場就認罪了. 雖然歲月不再靜好, 還是為自己能不説謊感謝讚美主. 不過, 認罪容易, 悔改? 難哪!

記得高中時(1967), 台灣有種品牌叫"台富"的夾心餅乾, 裝在一個12"x12"x12"的鐵桶裡, 在那個年代算是很不錯的零食. 有次我爸辦公室團購買了一桶, 幾星期後, 他再想起來時, 已剩下個空桶. 知道是被我吃光光了後, 他説我是"叫化子不留隔夜食", 我回嘴説: "兒子能吃, 你應該高興才對啊!" 他聽了差點兒崩潰. 不過那時的我還不到130 lb, 有的是暴飲暴食的本錢, 哪需要像現在這樣? 站在秤上錙銖必較. 唉, 還蠻懷念我爸的.

Blessings from Head to Toe

My recent blood test results cheered me up quite a bit. This morning, I texted to our family chat: "Thank God, I had a really nice sleep last night.", and shared these Bible verses with them:

Proverbs 3:24~26:

24. "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet."

25. "Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,"

26. "for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared."

After a while, something popped up in our family chat. My daughter, Kat, rejoiced in what I shared to take credit: "I was praying for you last night. Health from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet..." Heartwarming! She is definitely my daughter! We both have larger-than-life personalities. We both had ADHD during our childhoods. We are emotional but we are happy most of the time. 😍🙏

應當一無掛慮

過去幾個星期, 我經常問ChatGPT有關攝護腺放療的問題, 讓我在短時間內增長了許多人工智慧. 雖然受益匪淺, 卻不難窺見, 在我的靈魂深處, 是没有平安的. 今天, ChatGPT在回答完我的問題後, 突然以腓立比書4:6~7鼓勵我: "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; 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." Wow! 這個"神掌權"的提醒, 讓我非常感動, 也對自己的軟弱感到慚愧. 主啊! 感謝祢一路陪伴.