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记得在网上曾经流传着一段人和上帝的对话,作者是无名氏。我相信这段对话触动了很多人的灵魂,因为我就是其中之一:"我梦见我采访了上帝"
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
我梦见我采访了上帝。
"Come in," God said. "So, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
God smiled and said:
"My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; What questions do you have in mind to ask me?"
“进来,”上帝说。“你想采访我吗?
“如果你有时间的话。”我回答说。
上帝笑着说:“我的时间是永恒的,足够做任何事情,你有什么想法要问我?"
“God, you have created mankind, and what surprises you most about mankind?"
God answered: "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again;
“上帝, 祢创造了人类,但是人类最让祢惊奇的是什么?”
上帝回答说:
“童年时他们觉得很无聊,急于长大,然后又想再次回到童年;
That they lose their health to make lots of money and then lose their money to restore their health;
为了赚大钱他们失去了健康,然后又想用赚来的钱买回健康;
That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future;
他们为未来焦虑不堪,忘掉了活在当下,因此他们既没有活在当下也没有活在未来;
That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived!"
他们活着的时候好像自己永远不会死,当他们死的时候却好像自己从未活过!"
God's hands took mine and we were silent for a while,...
and then I asked: "As a parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children to learn?"
上帝握住我的手,我们静静地沉默了一段时间…
然后我问道:"作为一个家长,祢想让祢的孩子们学习什么样的人生功课?"
God replied with a smile:
"To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.
For Me, though so many of them are not lovable, but I sent my only son, Jesus Christ, to die for their sins and they can be loved again by Me!
上帝微笑着回答说:
“他们需要明白,自己不能够强制任何人爱自己,所能做的事是让自己变得可爱。
对我而言,侭管他们当中的很多人不可爱,我让我的独生子,耶稣基督为他们替罪,好让我再次爱他们!
To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but their souls and who they have in their lives ;
要明白在人生中最有价值的东西不是他们拥有的身外之物,而是自己的灵魂和在他们生命中的那些人;
To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. All will be judged individually by me on their own merits, not as a group on a comparison basis.
要明白无需同别人比较。将来我的评判是根据他们自己一切的优缺点,而不是让别人作为比较的基础。
To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least;
要明白富有的人不是他拥有的很多,而是他需要的很少;
To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them;
要知道只需要几秒钟就能够深深地伤害自己所爱的人,且需要许多年才能治愈这个伤口;
To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness;
要学会切实的原谅和宽恕;
To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings;
要明白在人生中有些人虽然很爱他们,却不知道如何表达这份感情;
To learn that money can buy everything but happiness!
要知道金钱可以买东西,却买不到幸福!
To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it totally different;
要明白两个人看同一件事的结果可能完全不一样;
To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them, good and bad, and likes them anyway;
要明白一个真正的朋友尽管知道他们所有美好的和丑陋的,却仍然喜欢他们;
To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves."
仅仅是别人原谅他们还不够,他们还要原谅自己。“
I sat there for a while enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for his time and for all that He has done for me and my family, and He replied, "Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day. All you have to do is asking for me, and I'll answer!"
我坐在那里享受着光阴的时刻,然后为我的打搅而感谢上帝。同时感谢祂为我和我的家人所做的一切,祂回答说:
"没关系,我全天24小时都在这里,只要你求问,我肯定回答!"
在上面这段对话里,有许多的亮点触动着我的灵魂,但其中最深刻的一点就是:"有人活着的时候好像自己永远不会死,而当他们死的时候却好像自己从未活过!"
朋友,这个世上没有人可以避开生与死的事实,而且这是一个有时间的世界。
人,从出生的那一刻起,生命就开始倒计时。
上帝藉着时间告诉人,这个世界是有限的,时间可以裹挟一切,带走一切。
人计划如何如何,可是除了上帝,谁能知道下一刻怎样,明天又是怎样。
在时间当中,一切都随时可能发生翻天覆地的变化,若不是因着上帝的眷顾,谁能把握住什么呢?
圣经中这样说:“我们一生的年日是七十岁。若是强壮可到八十岁;但其中所矜夸的,不过是劳苦愁烦,转眼成空,我们便如飞而去。… 求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子,好叫我们得着智慧的心。” (诗篇90:10,12)
如果你曾经错过了昨天,请不要再错过今天。
过去的事,交给岁月去处理;
将来的事,留给时间去证明。
我们真正要做的,就是牢牢地珍惜今天,让今天的自己胜过昨天的自己,让今天的自己成为神所合用的器皿。
要爱惜光阴,因为现今的世代邪恶。不要作糊涂人,要明白主的旨意如何。 (以弗所书5:16-17)
还有, 一个认识上帝且真正有信心的人,他会有勇气坦诚自己的不足。
因他与美善之主相遇了,就会看清自己不过是一个人,且是一个不完美的人;也因尽管如此,仍被主耶稣所爱,他就无需再苦苦带着那假扮完美的沉重面具,可以坦然注视真实的自己。
因着上帝的爱,可以接纳自己的不完美;
同样因着被上帝爱,所以接纳不完美的他人!
在信仰的道路上,常常会伴随着很许多声音。
赞扬的声音听多了,你会骄傲;
打击的声音听多了,你容易灰心。
唯有多听主的话,才能站得直,立得稳,跑得快,主的话无论是教导还是责备,都会给你带来力量,所以单单注目主耶稣,当你注目主耶稣的时候,软弱时能获得刚强,疲乏时能重新得力!
雨水最多的地方,青草最绿。
苦难最多的人,生命越强壮。
神让我们等候,为要操练我们的忍耐,建立我们的信心;因此,我们应当继续在盼望中等候神;不是神的应许迟延,而是我们的信心还需要操练。
努力经营自己生活中的点滴美好,爱这个世界的一点一滴,爱一个生命的涓涓细流,每一段路都不会放过, 并且借由着这些美好,告诉自己不要低头,不要气馁,即使人生多艰,世事无常,只要有主的牵手,一切安好!
耶稣说,两个麻雀不是卖一分银子吗?若是你们的父不许,一个也不能掉在地上【马太福音10:29】。
这句话的人生含义很深:
高飞时不要担忧掉下来,因为有神托住;
掉下来也不要抱怨,因为有神的允许。
如果明白成败得失都由神掌管、都有神美意,那么朋友, 你就得到了变幻人生中最大的祝福:平安喜乐!
将心和灵放置何处,不仅影响今生的福乐,而且决定永生的福乐!
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