In our lives, there are thousands of time saying hi and goodbye.

I said hi to many strangers here. After several years, some of them
became dear friends to me. We talked on IM and even met offline,
in America and China. Recently I met a rainbow netfriend who has
known each other for 8 years but never got chance to see the real
person. We are like old friends, sharing a lot of common topics but
for the first time we said hi! Isn't that wierd?

Only a few hours between hi and goodbye. Then we departed, for
different cities and life goals.

For not-so-intimate relationship, it's always easy to say H&G. We
won't feel too sad and we can joyfully expect the next meeting at
life's turning point, in one city or just at a street corner.

Last year I met with an old friend at a street corner. We shouldn't
have met there, since we haven't seen each other for 5 years and
lost contact number. There was no way we could meet again at any
place( except in Christian conference, haha!). But it's a small world.
We seem to be doomed to meet! I didn't plan to buy a water-melon
at the fruit-market but that evening one sister desperately wanted a
water-melon so I was driven to satisfy her request! I walked down
the street and started to pick one melon. While I was fixing eyes on
melons, suddenly I realized there was one person standing beside me
and that person looked so familiar. That was not a dream.

It sounds more like a story. Anyway, usually it's very exciting to say hi
than saying goodbye.

Recently one of my friends is extremely anxious and nervous to say
good-bye. According to counselors' opinion. my friend was badly hurt
in intimate relationship with parents or lover. If not knowing that root
reason, I might feel a little frustrated to see my freind being irritated
by smiling good-byes.

Without confirmed re-union, we may all find it hard to bear and wait.
Goodbyes from friend or lover without next hi would cause a lot of
heartbrokenness and tears.

But good news is, the days while I can't access rainbow forum are
not too long. See? In mainland it's exhausting to use proxy server since
the connection is often broken. While in Honkong I can happily access
and read your posts. It's so exciting to see the familiar names here!

One best news is that we have a friend in Jesus. He tenderly said hi
to the world 2000 years ago and joyfully said goodbyes to his desciples,
with promise of his second-coming, which means he would definitely
say hi to all of us again!

Our heartbrokeness would be completely healed while he comes to
say hi to us and even better, he would never say goodbye to us in the
heaven!

So let's rejoice, in His covenant of rainbow and New Covenant of blood.

God bless you and your family. May we see all the loved one in heaven!

Your sister, Dove
 In HK Central Liabrary,
August 5, 2009