Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Shattered Dreams - Larry Crabb

More about Shattered Dreams 
I read this book way before I started blogging...so it never gets post here, but today, I will scribble a few lines because probably someone out there needed a shed of light, or truth for encouragement, as how this book has been, from time to time, lightened up my heart with the truth that -- God is still in control...

 "Shattered dreams are never random. They are always a piece in a larger puzzle, a chapter in a larger story. The Holy Spirit uses the pain of shattered dreams to help us discover our desire for God, to help us begin dreaming the highest dream. They are ordained opportunities for the Spirit to awaken, then to satisfy our highest dream."

 "God is always working to make His children aware of a dream that remains alive beneath the rubble of every shattered dream, a new dream that when realized will release a new song, sung with tears, till God wipes them away and we sing with nothing but joy in our hearts."       -- Larry Crabb

Sunday, May 8, 2016

接機

星期四下午在羅省國際機場,我在接機大堂等候從香港回家的爸媽。國際飛機大堂充斥著很多人,爸媽的飛機下午三點半已經安全降落,四點半還沒有步出海關的蹤影。我靠在欄杆的一端守候,四周都站著不同種族的人,有等待的家人,也有舉起牌子接機公司的工作人員。

在我遠方的對面有一位老太太,她雖然站在最遠處的位置,卻是最快可以看到乘客出口正面的地方,舉起一張不大不小綠色的牌,用簡體字寫著「女兒」。很不起眼的一張牌子,被接機的人一定要很費力才可以注視到名牌,而且…誰不是某某的女兒,某某的兒子?不過,太太的眼神堅定,她的姿態和目光告訴我,而且我們都知道,她一定不會攪錯。那個將會在轉角拐出來的「女兒」,也不會攪錯拿著「女兒」牌子要接女兒機的母親。

我站在哪兒,心想是不是也要寫一張「媽咪爹地」的牌子。不稍一會,我要接的人就在我眼前,眾裡尋他,有些人你是絕對不會攪錯的,縱然牌子寫上很不特別的名字,又或是沒有舉起任何的相認記號,關係獨特的人就是不會遺留,眼光總很快向目標投向。那個舉起寫著「女兒」牌子的媽媽,一定很快接到那個在她心中唯一的女兒。

祝天下母親,母親節快樂!