| 我還是非常苦悶 |
| 送交者: 網友討論 2004年02月18日08:28:47 於 [彩虹之約] 發送悄悄話 |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 我想起我的一個長輩校友,對我的評價:你這人呢,並不是事業上性格上很強的女人,可是一直也沒有人照顧你,關愛你;你渴望愛,可是表面上對異性又很冷漠;是嚴肅的基督徒,可是心裡又充滿主不喜悅的思想。所以你整個人就是這樣矛盾。。。。他對我的建議,還是重點落在怎樣改善經濟狀況上。他說其他的事情相對次要拉,先經濟上穩定下來,其他事情可能都有突破了。。。我看他和其他很多人的生活,他們沒有神,可是他們的生活有目標,一步一步走,逐漸都實現了自己的夢想,也有豐富的生活。可我有什麼?我的一生好像都在錯過,錯過受寵愛的童年,錯過熱情浪漫的青少年,總是在強迫自己,讀不喜歡讀的書,作不喜歡作的事,直到現在。每天去上班,就渴望快點下班。神知道我是怎樣一個充滿奔放的激情,熱烈浪漫的女子!可是我每天必須作什麼呀!都是無聊的事情,唯一的用處是換來幾個小錢,苟延殘喘下去。這算什麼呀! 我一直覺得我一切不快樂的根源,是沒有找到在社會上的位置,沒有一個自己喜歡的事情可做。也不知道人生的目標是什麼,方向在哪裡。而怎樣去找到這個位置,發揮自己的才能,聖經裡面好像並沒有教導。很多不信神的人,也有清晰的人生目標,人家也很好。。道理我當然懂了,屬世界的成功是不完全的,沒有神的拯救我們還生活在罪里。可是的可是,天上的寶座也好,榮耀也罷,都是以後的事情,我現在還沒死,我不想去想那些。未知生,焉知死?活都不知道怎麼活得充實,死後的榮耀於我何干?神說我們要行公義,好憐憫。可是我看周圍的人,也沒有多少人比我還難的了。憐憫誰呀? 我現在心裡煩亂得很。我在想,是否我在職業上要來一個劇烈的改變方向,讓生活重新開始。我想我就是作一個狗仔隊記者每天寫八卦新聞我也會開心得多。。。我想向神求給我一個收入高一些的工作,也不知道是否是妄求。很多很多時候,我感覺我就是在主耶穌的家裡,也就和在我自己家裡一樣,名義上我是這家的兒女,可是永遠是被冷落的。如果向主要什麼,他和我自己的父親一樣,雖然他什麼都有,可是什麼也不會給我。 說到婚姻大事,我對男人已經很難有相信。如果我今天有錢,我明天就可以出嫁。因為不是這樣,才有許多麻煩。有一個老婆能掙錢,能辦綠卡,幫着PAY MORGAGE,就是一般男人的嚮往呀。至於我的種種好處,我心思綿密,纏綿敏感,熱烈奔放,這些有誰懂又有誰在乎?每每想到這些,我都痛苦得不行。喜樂,喜樂什麼呀? 我多次問過弟兄姐妹,聖經和一般的屬世智慧,關係是什麼。富蘭克林就很有屬世智慧,而沒有多少基督徒的氣息。而這裡有不少貌似屬靈的基督徒,自己的生活一塌糊塗不說,鬧出多少笑話羞辱主名!;理論上說,屬世智慧是包括在聖經真理裡面的。可是我怎麼讀經就找不到我問題的答案,怎麼回事情? 而苦難的來源有下刊數種: 1. 不知來源,無以名之的苦。苦難是犯罪世間中人看不清的奧秘,一切想要解釋苦難的努力,往往在世間種種的苦難前,束手無策啞口無言。先把此點列下,好象創造論中的時溝論(Gap Theory),把所有年代問題往溝中一丟了事。 2. 為罪受苦。彼得說:你們中間卻不可有人因為殺人、偷竊、作惡、好管閒事而受苦。順着肉體撒種,自然收敗壞。問題是罪的苦果外包着罪中之樂的糖衣,使人留連忘返。至終遭受罪的咒詛,在死的毒鈎上失去盼望。 3. 為己受苦。這是雖然已經信主,心存世界價值觀的「半吊子基督徒」之苦。身在曹營心在漢,心中嚮往耶和華所命定之福,卻還忘不了日光之下的短暫虛空之福樂。問題是人心不足蛇吞象,物質情慾的滿足總是片刻之間。你我心中己的無底洞是物質世界、有限的人填不滿的!請看看哪一個丈夫能讓妻子滿足的?撒瑪利亞婦人五個丈夫就喜樂了嗎? 4. 為義受苦。是耶穌說的為義受逼迫的人有福了!因為天國是他們的。也是彼得說的因行善而受苦。別人作弊你不作弊,別人貪污的腦滿腸肥,你卻兩袖清風喝西北風。被惡人告狀踩在腳底,你還傻乎乎地自得其樂。 5. 為主受苦。是耶穌說的:人若因我辱罵你們,逼迫你們,捏造各樣壞話毀謗你們,你們就有福了!也是彼得說的:你們若是為基督的名受辱罵,便是有福的;因為神榮耀的靈常住在你們身上。為主受苦者才能靠主喜樂!(約翰福音 16:20-22我實實在在地告訴你們,你們將要痛哭、哀號,世人倒要喜樂;你們將要憂愁,然而你們的憂愁要變為喜樂。婦人生產的時候就憂愁,因為她的時候到了;既生了孩子,就不再記念那苦楚,因為歡喜世上生了一個人。你們現在也是憂愁,但我要再見你們,你們的心就喜樂了;這喜樂也沒有人能奪去。) “讀經,禱告,聚會,奉獻,傳福音,我都在做,可是我還是非常苦悶。” 你需要的是健康的思想!在沒有健康的思想之前,你的生活即使改變了,仍然會有新的憂慮出來攪擾你,這樣你將會永遠活在憂慮中。不要生活在憂慮的漩渦中,對你的身心健康沒有好處。上帝要給你好東西,只是你自己不走出自己的憂慮,這好東西你也拿不到,即使你拿到了,沒過多久在你看來它也不是好的了!你有很多好東西,上帝已經給了你,你忘記了嗎?回頭好好數算數算。至於,男孩子會不會喜歡你,要看你有沒有健康的心態,不是能不能賺錢。你應該改名,叫“喜樂”,使自己快樂起來!!! 女人是上帝用男人的肋骨做的,專門侍候男人的。可是,這肋骨不僅不侍候男人,反而教唆男人偷禁果。結果使男人被趕出伊甸園,必須每天辛苦才可得食。同時,為了懲罰女人的原罪,上帝命女人必須每月流血,生孩子必須承受痛苦。 今天,這個肋骨要和男人爭平等。要爬到男人頭上。上帝一定會對女人施加更多的懲罰,每日用利劍穿女人的心,讓她們每日痛不欲生。這就是上帝的公義。 Maybe you should give praise to Lord. That he did not answer your pray and let you marry, since you are not ready yet.Why not enjoy it, a lot of people actually missed their single days. I remember in serman , a paster said before he got married, he could eat whatever he wanted freely, but now he had to ask his wife's opinion. he said it's ok to be single, but not good to be alone. single life should be enjoyed: you have more freedom and can join your friends whenever you want. 記得Joshua好象說過:與神和好,你可以找他那個貼出來看看。其實,就是對自己所有和所沒有的寬容,接受,乃至滿意,對別人所有和所缺的慢慢少些挑剔,多些憐憫,少些比較,多些同情------。把眼光盯在哪怕只有50%的豐富上(健康,有熱水澡洗,有溫暖的床睡,不用擠前心貼後背的某些國內交通,有乾淨可身的衣服就因該算〉53.6%了),享受! 那剩下的47%的冷落,求神要麼給你智慧和力量對付,要麼讓你能做到忽視有等到的耐心,要麼幫你解決,要麼就容許你用自己的力量去破釜沉舟---- Joy is at the heart of God’s plan for human beings. Joy is at the heart of God himself. We will never understand the significance of joy in human life until we understand its importance to God. We will not understand God until we understand this about Him: God is the happiest being in the universe. God also knows sorrow. Jesus is remembered, among other things, as “a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.” But the sorrow of God, like the anger of God, is His temporary response to a fallen world. That sorrow will be banished forever from His heart on the day the world is set right. Joy is God’s basic character. Joy is His eternal destiny. God is the happiest universe in the universe. There is a being in this universe who wants you to live in sorrow, but it is not God. God’s intent was that His creation would mirror his joy. As products of God’s creation, creatures made in His image, we are to reflect God’s fierce joy in life. To miss out on joy is to miss out on the reason for your existence. We are invited to rejoice in every moment of life because every moment of life is a gift. We don’t earn the life, cannot control it, and cannot take a moment of it for granted. Every tick of the clock is a gift from God. Joy is a command. Joylessness is a serious sin. It may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church. It is rarely the object of church discipline. “This day is a holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep… Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our LORD; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Joy is strength. Its absence will create weakness. Failure to attain a deeply satisfying life always has the effect of making sinful actions seem good. Normally, our success in overcoming temptation will be easier if we are basically happy in our lives. You can become a joyful person. With God’s help, it really is possible. But joyfulness is a learned skill. You must take responsibility for your joy. Not your friend, not your parent, not your spouse, not your kids, not your boss—your joy is your responsibility. The first step for pursuing joy is simply to begin now. The psalmist says, “This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” This is God’s day. It is the day God made, a day that Christ’s death has redeemed. If we are going to know joy, it must be in this day—today. We all live with the illusion that joy will come someday when conditions change. But this is not true. If we don’t rejoice today, we will not rejoice at all. If we wait until conditions are perfect, we will still be waiting when we die. If we are going to rejoice, it must be in this day. This is the day that the LORD has made. God cannot endure that unfestive, mirthless attitude of ours in which we eat our bread in sorrow, with pretentious, busy haste, or even with shame. Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day. Just as love, joy is an essential part of the kingdom of God. Joy is the serious business of heaven. The joy that is in store for God’s people is so great that the only image that can do it justice is the joy between a lover and his beloved, the wedding. Then God will dance with His people. Then joy will reign undiminished and uninterrupted. Anything impossible begins with something possible. Let us rejoice now. 看完後再問我們自己一個問題:Am I a Kingdom seeker? Or am I very much a pagan in heart but under spiritual disguise?
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