腓立比今年營會主題為gOd’scar (God/Gospel + Oscar)，以電影主題作藍本引身福音。可讓新朋友以他們熟識的渠道入手，思想人生，引入福音，同時亦幫助弟兄姊妹怎樣看電影之餘也能從中發掘信仰與人生。
除了之前看過「生日快樂」之後隨意的寫了一點什麼，我是很少寫電影的。適逢這營會的主題也不妨寫一寫吧！
經過差不多三個星期的適應、忙碌及停不了的會議，昨晚終於可以停下來。在打下一場仗之前養精蓄銳，安歇一下，決定要罷煮晚餐一晚，輕輕鬆鬆看齣戲。叫了Pizza，坐下來休息休息。是楊千嬅和陳奕迅的電影「每當變幻時」。
女主角，啊妙，年近三十、單身、因好賭的父親欠下一身債。被迫淪落街市賣魚為生，晚上把賣剩的魚作粥搵外快。故事背景「富貴墟」，其實是一個小型街市。每一個人也在幹自己的活，目的就是要活下去。啊妙卻不然，她二十七歲，目的是要在三十歲前還清欠債，離開街市，找一個值得嫁的人。那幾年她有目標地奮力工作，也不怕吃苦，原本與她作對的魚佬對她由憐生愛。魚佬從中幫了她不少忙，她不是沒有感動，而是還未到三十歲她相信她仍有本錢和機會。她是不會選擇街市佬的。豬肉佬、餅佬和魚佬，啊妙都沒有選擇。她心目中的「他」是一個猶似她獨愛的銀包一樣，是一個Prada和 Gucci的混合體。時間過去了，爸爸亦死去，錢也還清了，街市也拆了，富貴墟的舊街坊各散東西。啊妙過了三十歲，找到了自己的事業卻失去了愛她的魚佬。人與事往往都是失去了才覺珍貴。再見到魚佬時，選擇權不知那時已從她手中溜走了。魚佬已有了自己的家庭。
啊妙三十歲前活得有計劃、有目標、有理想，三十歲後的她卻很迷失。一切的理想與執著都在時代的巨輪下給輾碎了。後來她開了一間名為「Miss」的化妝店。Miss解作：迷失、遺漏、小姐與掛念。這是她三十歲後的人生。
三十歲後的女人沒什麼可悲，不一定要用「Miss」來形容。未到三十歲時的確是有點可怕，但過了之後卻覺得三十歲的自己更可愛，活得更有自信，更知道自己的定位，亦不會輕易為要擁有愛情或友情去迎合與改變自己。這些體會是必須經過年日才可學曉的呢。
人生要活得精彩不是如何去迎合變幻的人生，而是在變幻的人生中找住永恆，不會因為人生的不定而放棄目標與前行的動力。不論在三十歲前或三十歲後，在每一個段落也能抓緊生命的鑰匙。起點不一定是在三十歲前，在永恆國度中，任何時候也可以是起點。因為永恆的事情不乎那個是起點，只在乎掌管永恆的上帝。在瞬間即逝的世界中看到永恆就是能在「每當變幻時」站得住腳的要缺。
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
閃電、閃電...隆...隆...!
一陣雷聲中驚醒，小菲抓門要人陪，可憐的菲菲給行雷嚇怕了，整個身體也在擅斗，心跳不停。
一連的閃電、雷轟、暴雨、及救護車聲，這個晚上非常熱鬧，希望沒有什麼不好的事發生。小菲敏銳的耳朵早已知道這晚有異，一晚心緒不靈。現在大家陪牠，無覺好瞓。
這刻很想念爸媽，每次行雷都有他們安慰菲菲又安慰我這個膽小的女兒。這回只好充當媽媽安慰小狗。心裡禱告主耶穌，讓主耶穌安慰我。記得那個小孩在閃電、雷轟時仰望天空微笑說，其實是上帝給我們拍照。嘩！天父的相機真的非常犀利，好大聲呢！
一切又平靜下來，只有零星的救護車聲。菲菲又回到自己的地方安睡。
求主保守週末腓立比有好天氣，舉行gOd’scar Camp.
一連的閃電、雷轟、暴雨、及救護車聲，這個晚上非常熱鬧，希望沒有什麼不好的事發生。小菲敏銳的耳朵早已知道這晚有異，一晚心緒不靈。現在大家陪牠，無覺好瞓。
這刻很想念爸媽，每次行雷都有他們安慰菲菲又安慰我這個膽小的女兒。這回只好充當媽媽安慰小狗。心裡禱告主耶穌，讓主耶穌安慰我。記得那個小孩在閃電、雷轟時仰望天空微笑說，其實是上帝給我們拍照。嘩！天父的相機真的非常犀利，好大聲呢！
一切又平靜下來，只有零星的救護車聲。菲菲又回到自己的地方安睡。
求主保守週末腓立比有好天氣，舉行gOd’scar Camp.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
人的怒氣 vs. 神的怒氣
「因為人的怒氣、並不成就神的義。」 雅1:20
「我的怒氣漲溢、頃刻之間向你掩面、卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你．這是耶和華你的救贖主說的。」賽54:8
一想到神永遠的慈愛，怒氣全消。
「我的怒氣漲溢、頃刻之間向你掩面、卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你．這是耶和華你的救贖主說的。」賽54:8
一想到神永遠的慈愛，怒氣全消。
Sunday, August 26, 2007
麥子與稗子一同成長
「及至人睡覺的時候、有仇敵來、將稗子撒在麥子裡、就走了。到長苗吐穗的時候、稗子也顯出來。田主的僕人來告訴他說、主阿、你不是撒好種在田裡麼、從那裡來的稗子呢。人說、不必、恐怕薅稗子、連麥子也拔出來。容這兩樣一齊長、等著收割．當收割的時候、我要對收割的人說、先將稗子薅出來、捆成捆、留著燒；惟有麥子、要收在倉裡。」
麥子與稗子正在同時生長，而耶穌告訴門徒，不要在意稗子 ─ 那是衪的事，只要專心去栽培麥子。
麥子與稗子正在同時生長，而耶穌告訴門徒，不要在意稗子 ─ 那是衪的事，只要專心去栽培麥子。
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Topics to be told in the Future...
There are a lot to tell about my family...
All the interesting stories told over and over again by my mother about our childhood. The days when we lived at the narrow dead end street called the "Mouse Tail" of the "Green Bean Area" in Macau. How my brothers threw water bomb from the 5th floor after we moved in a building. How eight of us all fit in my dad's first sedan. The day when Patrick went 'po po' under a tree and chased after by the bees. The bloody scary cut on Lawrence's as he stood on top of the glass table and broke the glass. How Ivan has been called "the Lazy Ghost" because he refused to take the bread to the old lady next door by giving an excuse that he doesn't have energy to do so. How mom punished the wrong person because James and Patrick look so much alike. How dad treated Thomas 滕條燜豬肉 when he put his 鼻屎 on the wall. The day we got our first pet and she "pee" and "po' on our carpet and we stepped on it. The night when I am on high fever and mom carried me and ran a long way for a taxi in the middle of the night, waited till dawn and no taxi can hire, my fever was gone and mom is so exhausted, we then walk home together without going to the hospital.
And the next generation… they are creating topics to be told over and over again in the future...
The kids new toy... they started to feed Jacob chocolate ice-cream. Jacob thinks that he can eat them all...
All the interesting stories told over and over again by my mother about our childhood. The days when we lived at the narrow dead end street called the "Mouse Tail" of the "Green Bean Area" in Macau. How my brothers threw water bomb from the 5th floor after we moved in a building. How eight of us all fit in my dad's first sedan. The day when Patrick went 'po po' under a tree and chased after by the bees. The bloody scary cut on Lawrence's as he stood on top of the glass table and broke the glass. How Ivan has been called "the Lazy Ghost" because he refused to take the bread to the old lady next door by giving an excuse that he doesn't have energy to do so. How mom punished the wrong person because James and Patrick look so much alike. How dad treated Thomas 滕條燜豬肉 when he put his 鼻屎 on the wall. The day we got our first pet and she "pee" and "po' on our carpet and we stepped on it. The night when I am on high fever and mom carried me and ran a long way for a taxi in the middle of the night, waited till dawn and no taxi can hire, my fever was gone and mom is so exhausted, we then walk home together without going to the hospital.
And the next generation… they are creating topics to be told over and over again in the future...
The kids new toy... they started to feed Jacob chocolate ice-cream. Jacob thinks that he can eat them all...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
罪雖可怕, 但...
耶和華是我的光
每一次我謙卑來到祢面前
承認過犯 求祢寬恕
祢是信實公義
一次再一次 赦免我又潔淨我靈
可是我像依舊坐在黑暗裡
不相信已被完全潔淨
但祢有憐憫心腸
叫日光臨到我
帶我走出這死蔭幽谷
副歌
我雖跌倒 卻要起來
我雖坐在黑暗裡
耶和華卻作我的光
我在那裡跌倒
就從那裡再站起來
我不在黑暗死蔭裡
因祂的光引我到平安的路上
縱使我像依舊坐在黑暗裡
我相信已被完全潔淨
因祢有憐憫心腸
叫日光臨到我
帶我走出這死蔭幽谷
神就是如此真實，罪人因信得生是千真萬確的事實。信徒跌倒時只需自卑、後悔回轉，在跌倒處再站起來，上帝必伸手扶助。在人生的任何時間都可成為另一個起點，重新活過。
HE Works In Ways We Can Not See
It is never my good work, it's God's.
An email from Rongxian. It is not my intention to get any praise or word of gratitude for what is done in China. One of my student emailed me. I am very pleased and touched. I am not a person good at spoken word, somehow God used my weaknesses for His glory. I don't even remember I said such thing, but God composed it to be sound of music in her ears. She said when I said that her tears filled her eyes and her teaching won't be the same again. When I read her email, tears filled my mine. The God of good work, works in ways we can not see.
When I saw them Thursday, I am speechless and emotionally shut down, I don't feel a thing for the entire week. After the restoration, my feet walk toward them, I am still speechless, however, somehow my two arms put around her, I feel something, it's LOVE. Love is not a spoken language, it is God's work, works in ways we can not see.
An email from Rongxian. It is not my intention to get any praise or word of gratitude for what is done in China. One of my student emailed me. I am very pleased and touched. I am not a person good at spoken word, somehow God used my weaknesses for His glory. I don't even remember I said such thing, but God composed it to be sound of music in her ears. She said when I said that her tears filled her eyes and her teaching won't be the same again. When I read her email, tears filled my mine. The God of good work, works in ways we can not see.
When I saw them Thursday, I am speechless and emotionally shut down, I don't feel a thing for the entire week. After the restoration, my feet walk toward them, I am still speechless, however, somehow my two arms put around her, I feel something, it's LOVE. Love is not a spoken language, it is God's work, works in ways we can not see.
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