More Than This World - Don Moen

More Than This World
More Precious Than Silver

Lord You Are more Precious Than Silver
Lord You Are more Costly Than Gold
Lord You Are more Beautiful Than Diamonds
and Nothing I Desire Compares With you.. x 2

You are

*You are the Love of my life
You are the Hope that I cling to
You mean More than this World to me
I wouldn't trade You for silver or gold
I wouldn't trade You for riches untold You are,
You are my EVERYTHING

**I woudn't take one step without You
I could never go on
I couldn't live one day without You
I don't have strength to make it on my own

***Until the world stops turning
Until the stars fad from the sky
Until the sun stops rising
I need You in my life
and here's the reason why...

****You are the Love of my life
You are the Hope that I cling to
You mean More than this World to me
I wouldn't trade You for silver or gold
I wouldn't trade You for riches untold
You are, You are my EVERYTHING
I couldn't live one day without You Lord ,
You are, You are my EVERYTHING
Jesus You are, You are, You are my EVERYTHING
You are my EVERYTHING

善者無「僵」

香港的朋友Robert題名讓我參與ALS的善舉。所以說，善者無疆，不限地域，不限疆界。謝！

想不到一桶冰喚起了大家對ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) 的關注，我也是因為這個Ice-Bucket Challenge才對此病症略有所知。因為大腦上下神經元停止傳送訊息到肌肉，肌肉在不能運作的情況下，逐漸衰弱、萎縮、僵硬。 最後，大腦便會完全喪失控制肌肉的能力。在網上看過了幾個病者家屬的分享、患者的圖片、這項善事的始原，病症恐怖，患者眼裡的懼怕，像被活生生地被提早臥在墳墓裡。

善者無疆，我們的能力雖小，但總可以在個人的能力範圍內做一點甚麼。雖然我沒有接受冰桶挑戰(加州在乾旱節約用水中)，卻希望用這個平台來延續行善。

款，已捐了。希望一點的愛心可以延續。不單只是ALS，我相信在我們不遠的周遭總可以找到行善的渠道，一個可以身體力行的地方。

最近我報名參加了教會的Church in the Park，希望在附近的社區關注流浪者，希望他們可以飽餐一頓熱騰騰的早餐，填飽他們的肚腹之餘也可以餵養他們心靈的需要。

「你心若向飢餓的人發憐憫，使困苦的人得滿足，你的光就必在黑暗中發現；你的幽暗必變如正午。」以賽亞書58:10 

聖經中有一個癱子，被四個朋友抬去見耶穌，希望耶穌可以醫治他們的朋友。圍著耶穌的地方人太多，他們拆了屋頂用繩連人帶褥把患者縋進房子內。因為朋友的信心，耶穌醫治了癱子，雖然法利賽人心裡不懷好意地議論，眾人也希奇所見之事。做好事，各出奇謀，儘管各有心態，希望人的身心靈得到醫治，歸榮耀給神。「我們今日看見不尋常的事了!」(路5:17-26) 

但願愛心不滅，善者無「僵」。更希望我們不用因為被挑戰才去行善，求主攪動我們的慈心，常備一杯涼水，給予有需要的人。

ALS Association: www.alsa.org

Weak but Strong

We are weak, yet… stronger when connected.

It was a usual Friday, I heard LOVE being said non-verbally.

She’s on the bed, hair shaved, lying weakly, not even having the strength to turn her own body or sit up. I see her holding her mom, probably like how she was once being embraced in her arms when she was still a baby. I hear her sing hymns while massaging her feet, probably like how she was being cradled in care when she was a little kid. I guess we will not know how to love and serve unless first being loved and served. Love inherits and endures.

It was a mother and daughter moment, filled with love.

We chat briefly, sing softly and pray peacefully.
It’s wonderful to watch her slumber with a sweet snore.

For a very long time, we got involved in each other’s lives. We laughed and cried. There was a time, when we were in college, we used to hang out at that little ice-cream coffee shop they owned. It’s a memorable carefree time. Years had gone by and our relationship just grew deeper and deeper in the Lord.

Family, are people being wired together and so don’t want to be disconnected, especially when life is harsh at times. There were storms, whether it’s sweet like ice-cream or bitter as coffee, weathering together is how we want it through.

Though it’s bitter, the aroma is rich, as LOVE!

God Bless this Family!