“天姥连天向天横,势拔五岳掩赤城。天台四万八千丈,对此欲倒东南倾。”
“列缺霹雳,丘峦崩摧。洞天石扇,訇然中开。青冥浩荡不见底,日月照耀金银台。霓为衣兮风为马,云之君兮纷纷而来下。虎鼓瑟兮鸾回车,仙之人兮列如麻。”
李白 《梦游天姥吟留别》
引言:
李白在梦中来到一座高山前,看见了一个极美的异象。约翰在灵中也来到一座高山:“我在灵里,天使带我到一座高大的山,将那由神那里从天而降的圣城耶路撒冷指给我看。”(启21:10)
列缺霹雳,丘峦崩摧:“天就挪移,好像书卷被卷起来;一切山岭海岛都被挪移离开本位。”(启6:14)“各海岛都逃避了,众山也不见了。”(启16:20)
洞天石扇,訇然中开:“这些事以后,我观看,看哪,天上有门开了。”(启示录4:1)
青冥浩荡不见底: ”宝座前好像一个玻璃海,如同水晶。”(启示录4:6)“城的光辉如同极贵的宝石,好像碧玉,明如水晶。”(启示录21:11)
日月照耀:“不再有黑夜,他们也不需要灯光日光,因为主神要光照他们;他们要作王,直到永永远远。”(启22:5)那城内不需要日月光照,因有神的荣耀光照,又有羔羊为城的灯。(启21:23)
金银台:“既转过来,就看见七个金灯台”(启示录1:12)“【金银台】郭璞《游仙诗》“神仙排云出,但见金银台”
霓为衣兮风为马,云之君兮纷纷而来下,虎鼓瑟兮鸾回车:“耶和华在诸水中立楼阁的栋梁,用云彩为车辇,藉着风的翅膀而行。祂以风为使者,以火焰为仆役。” (诗篇104:3-4)
仙之人兮列如麻:”这些事以后,我观看,看哪,有大批的群众,没有人能数得过来,是从各邦国、各支派、各民族、各方言来的,站在宝座前和羔羊面前,身穿白袍,手拿棕树枝”(启7:9)“我又看见,且听见,宝座与活物并长老的周围,有许多天使的声音;他们的数目有千千万万。”(启示录5:11)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
每日一得:“美好的托付”和“无伪的信心”
提摩太后书是一封激励人的信,也是保罗的遗书。两千年过去了,我们仍然能感觉到保罗澎湃的圣灵和他对主坚定绝对的心。
“你要藉着那住在我们里面的圣灵,保守那美好的托付”(提摩太后书1章14节)
主对我们有一份美好的托付(deposit),这托付要联与圣灵才能得保守。我们常常感觉软弱或无助,却忘记了我们有这样一位主,有这样美好的托付。主为我预备的远超我能认识到的。我们每一个人的潜力或有不同,却毫无例外地被我们低估,被我们忽视。只有藉着那 “能力,爱,并清明自守的灵”,我们才能做一个无愧的工人,一个劳力的农夫,一个忠诚的士兵。我们这一生才有价值。
“记得你里面无伪的信心,就是先在你外祖母罗以,和你母亲友尼基里面的,我深信也在你里面。为这缘故,我题醒你,将那藉我按手,在你里面神的恩赐,再如火挑旺起来。”
圣经是一本信心的宣言,是让人与神和好的书。没有这份对神的信心,主的话就解不开,就发不出祂的光来。只是我们常常需要提醒,需要记得,Remeber Jesus Christ:我们里面神的恩赐何其的大,我们活出来的又是何其的小。我们可不可以在每天的祷告中说:“求主增加我們的信心”(路17:5)
主来的时候, 曾经感叹说:“人子來的時候,在地上找得到信心麼?”主再来的时候,我何等希望祂不仅从我身上找到信心,也能从地上的我们身上找到信心。我们就能在那日“找着怜悯”。
“你要藉着那住在我们里面的圣灵,保守那美好的托付”(提摩太后书1章14节)
主对我们有一份美好的托付(deposit),这托付要联与圣灵才能得保守。我们常常感觉软弱或无助,却忘记了我们有这样一位主,有这样美好的托付。主为我预备的远超我能认识到的。我们每一个人的潜力或有不同,却毫无例外地被我们低估,被我们忽视。只有藉着那 “能力,爱,并清明自守的灵”,我们才能做一个无愧的工人,一个劳力的农夫,一个忠诚的士兵。我们这一生才有价值。
“记得你里面无伪的信心,就是先在你外祖母罗以,和你母亲友尼基里面的,我深信也在你里面。为这缘故,我题醒你,将那藉我按手,在你里面神的恩赐,再如火挑旺起来。”
圣经是一本信心的宣言,是让人与神和好的书。没有这份对神的信心,主的话就解不开,就发不出祂的光来。只是我们常常需要提醒,需要记得,Remeber Jesus Christ:我们里面神的恩赐何其的大,我们活出来的又是何其的小。我们可不可以在每天的祷告中说:“求主增加我們的信心”(路17:5)
主来的时候, 曾经感叹说:“人子來的時候,在地上找得到信心麼?”主再来的时候,我何等希望祂不仅从我身上找到信心,也能从地上的我们身上找到信心。我们就能在那日“找着怜悯”。
Monday, June 9, 2008
每日一得:“我是好牧人”
主说: “我是好牧人,好牧人为羊舍命”
“我是好牧人,我认识我的羊,我的羊也认识我”
“雇工逃走,因他是雇工,并不顾念羊”(约翰福音10:11-15)
1. 要做到好牧人,有两个条件:好牧人主观上要愿为羊舍命,客观上我的羊也认识我。我们的主从来都愿为我们舍命的,问题出在我们不认识祂,常常跟错了人。
2. 好牧人和雇工的区别在于:好牧人有一种托付,他关心爱护他的羊。他与他的羊有一种生机生命的连接。雇工只是为钱做事,羊只是他谋生或挣钱的工具而已。 什么时候我们在工作生活中没有了托付,我们就成为一个雇工,就是在浪费时间,做没有价值的事。主是一个好牧人,祂也希望我们成为像他一样的好牧人。
“我是好牧人,我认识我的羊,我的羊也认识我”
“雇工逃走,因他是雇工,并不顾念羊”(约翰福音10:11-15)
1. 要做到好牧人,有两个条件:好牧人主观上要愿为羊舍命,客观上我的羊也认识我。我们的主从来都愿为我们舍命的,问题出在我们不认识祂,常常跟错了人。
2. 好牧人和雇工的区别在于:好牧人有一种托付,他关心爱护他的羊。他与他的羊有一种生机生命的连接。雇工只是为钱做事,羊只是他谋生或挣钱的工具而已。 什么时候我们在工作生活中没有了托付,我们就成为一个雇工,就是在浪费时间,做没有价值的事。主是一个好牧人,祂也希望我们成为像他一样的好牧人。
Monday, April 7, 2008
"You don't have to do this" No Country for Old Men
This is a gruesome movie to watch, bloody and thrilling. This movie makes you think hard about life and death, about what you believe and what you don't, what you need as essential to your life and what you desire but eventually could get you killed. "No Country for Old Men" is not your typical Hollywood movie, and it reveals the powerlessness of human being in front of a true evil. The word "danger" loses its sense in this movie, it does not get dangerous over time, "danger" just never leave the audience.
There is one sentence hovering over my head after I watched the movie. "You don't have to do this" was a plea given by the wife of Llewyn before Chigurh killed her. It seems that Chigurh really don't have to kill her as she got no money and never saw Chigurh before to report anything. By the same token, the sheriff doesn't have to find Chigurh before his retirement and he did not. Llewyn doesn't have to fetch the water for the Mexican drug dealer but he did, which cause him grave danger.
Whether you do something beyond reasoning, depends on whether you have a rule in your life. All three main characters have principles in their lives, the difference is that Llewyn has some but not much (not when 2 million is at stake), the Sheriff used to have it but lost it (when his life is at danger), only Chigurh never bend his rules and always sticked to his so-called "fairness".
The author wanted to remind us that you live and die by principles. Things make no sense at all actually can either save or kill you (like a coin toss), so it only makes sense when you hold on to a principle. Your true color is tested when something grave is presented and you just can't survive without principle(s) any longer.
There is one sentence hovering over my head after I watched the movie. "You don't have to do this" was a plea given by the wife of Llewyn before Chigurh killed her. It seems that Chigurh really don't have to kill her as she got no money and never saw Chigurh before to report anything. By the same token, the sheriff doesn't have to find Chigurh before his retirement and he did not. Llewyn doesn't have to fetch the water for the Mexican drug dealer but he did, which cause him grave danger.
Whether you do something beyond reasoning, depends on whether you have a rule in your life. All three main characters have principles in their lives, the difference is that Llewyn has some but not much (not when 2 million is at stake), the Sheriff used to have it but lost it (when his life is at danger), only Chigurh never bend his rules and always sticked to his so-called "fairness".
The author wanted to remind us that you live and die by principles. Things make no sense at all actually can either save or kill you (like a coin toss), so it only makes sense when you hold on to a principle. Your true color is tested when something grave is presented and you just can't survive without principle(s) any longer.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
A Christian of Choice 1
I used to be an athesist, and I firmly believed that God does not exist. I never quite realized that I was not an athesist of choice: I was told to be an athesist, for the sake of someone else's benefit. There was a reason for them to do it. They wanted us to believe a man named Mao as God himself.
Like fruits of a tree, I was a product of an educational system. This is not just another school that teaches you math and arts. This system serves a government that sacrificed millions of peasants' life for one man's "glory", a government that lied about history, statistics, and anything else to make sure they are in power, a government that is now corrupted to its bone and is polluting the very home of its citizens...
If I am not dubious about what I have to believe, I am just a fool. Then I have no one to blame but myself.
Like fruits of a tree, I was a product of an educational system. This is not just another school that teaches you math and arts. This system serves a government that sacrificed millions of peasants' life for one man's "glory", a government that lied about history, statistics, and anything else to make sure they are in power, a government that is now corrupted to its bone and is polluting the very home of its citizens...
If I am not dubious about what I have to believe, I am just a fool. Then I have no one to blame but myself.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
君子坦荡荡,小人长戚戚
“戚”: 忧愁,悲哀 (戚戚,憂貌。又惱也)
小人忧者,或其内外不合,或其所是与所欲不符。凡表里如一者,有自知之明者,莫不为人坦荡,盖因其无所以为惧。世人烦恼者,多有婚姻之事。恋爱之男女多不可信,常强为己所不是;而婚姻日久天长,待察觉二者之不配,晚矣!
小人忧者,或其内外不合,或其所是与所欲不符。凡表里如一者,有自知之明者,莫不为人坦荡,盖因其无所以为惧。世人烦恼者,多有婚姻之事。恋爱之男女多不可信,常强为己所不是;而婚姻日久天长,待察觉二者之不配,晚矣!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
新闻一则
今天读到一篇新闻,一位才华横溢的高中橄榄球员被斯坦福大学录取后,在回家的路上被黑帮无故枪杀。
1. 乱邦不居,危邦不入。有时候洁身自好也不能离开危险。
2. 他的父亲说:我告诉他远离毒品和暴力,我答应他如果你能为考大学牺牲几年时间的话,我会和你一同牺牲这几年的时间来奋斗。虽然这位父亲没能保护他的儿子,我却非常赞同他的教育方法。 中国人有句古话:“有其父必有其子”,“养不教,父之过”,很少有人问为什么。其实榜样的力量是无穷的。“You lead by example!"
侄儿成绩不好(嫂子常打麻将),表弟一事无成(姑父每天跳舞,出门前总是一句话:“好好看书!”)。 我至今记得高考前父亲建议我们不看电影三个月,他自己也同样做到。没有什么比“说一套,做一套”更让人看不起,孩子虽小,并不傻:你这个样子,有什么资格教训我?
1. 乱邦不居,危邦不入。有时候洁身自好也不能离开危险。
2. 他的父亲说:我告诉他远离毒品和暴力,我答应他如果你能为考大学牺牲几年时间的话,我会和你一同牺牲这几年的时间来奋斗。虽然这位父亲没能保护他的儿子,我却非常赞同他的教育方法。 中国人有句古话:“有其父必有其子”,“养不教,父之过”,很少有人问为什么。其实榜样的力量是无穷的。“You lead by example!"
侄儿成绩不好(嫂子常打麻将),表弟一事无成(姑父每天跳舞,出门前总是一句话:“好好看书!”)。 我至今记得高考前父亲建议我们不看电影三个月,他自己也同样做到。没有什么比“说一套,做一套”更让人看不起,孩子虽小,并不傻:你这个样子,有什么资格教训我?
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