昨天和一位很年轻的朋友聊天，说的他的学费都由他父母出，不过要记在账上，加上3%的利息。 我正想问你打算多久还清，他又告诉我他已经开始还了，是用他投资在他父母的工厂的收益还。 我很好奇，就问：“你投资的本金又出哪里来呢？”
“我的压岁钱呀。”
我从来没有留过压岁钱，每次收到都把“赃款”自动上缴，因为客人都是当着爸妈的面给的。 可我们每一个人每一天又都在收“压岁钱”，这可不是工资或工价，完全是我们并不配得的，是一种从神来的“grace” （恩典）。正如没有一个孩子的压岁钱是和他们一年的行为完全相关，若你姓希尔顿“Hilton”，又在巴黎出生，一次的压岁钱就相当于我们大家一辈子的积蓄。 只是我们常常忘记我们的天分，或者我们的健康，以及我们的家庭，都是神给我们的压岁钱。 祂给我们不是我们当得，而是如同父母先爱了我们，祂也是这样先爱了我们。
我们得了这么多，也就要给的多，使我们的行事为人与这样的爱相配。“她许多的罪都赦免了，因为她爱得多；但那赦免少的，他爱得就少。” （路加福音7：47） 因为“诸天的国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了自己的奴仆来，把他的家业交给他们按照各人的才干，个别的给了一个五他连得银子，一个二他连得，一个一他连得，就往外国去了。... 就当把我的银子放给兑换银钱的人，到我来的时候，可以连本带利收回” (马太福音25章）
因着我们所得的压岁钱并不是我们当得的，我们也要活着如同一个“欠债的人” （罗马书1：14），也知道如同主常常赦免我们的罪，我们也当学会赦免我们的弟兄 （因你央求我，我就把你一切所欠的都免了；你岂不应当怜悯和你同作奴仆的，像我怜悯你么。”（马太福音18：33）
在这个压岁钱的原则里，我们就不再自夸，因为都是神的怜悯，“使你与人不同的是谁？你有什么不是领受的？若真是领受的，你为什么夸口，仿佛不是领受的？” （哥林多前书4：6）。 也能够学会怜悯别人，不再自义如法利赛人，因为他们虽献上足够的祭物，“那正义和爱神的事却忽略了。” （路加福音11：42）
愿我们既做那恩典的承受者，也做一个精明的仆人，能把从主领受的加倍偿还给身边需要的人。
Monday, January 24, 2011
新单词 Sycophant
sycophant: A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential
people.
趋炎附势者
people.
趋炎附势者
Saturday, November 27, 2010
读经亮光：神迹还是信心？
“这世代是个邪恶的世代。它寻求神迹，除了约拿的神迹以外，再没有神迹给它” （路加福音11：29）
1. 十二篮：主为什么在五饼二鱼食饱5千人以后留12篮？我们都知道是给他的12个门徒留的。若只是如此，主耶稣就仅仅展示了祂的丰富。但主永远不会只是为着神迹而行神迹，是要叫他们知道，主是有预备的，12篮是要加添他们的信心。 “你们要给人，就必有给你们的，用十足的量器，连摇带按，上尖下流的倒在你们怀里。” （路加福音6：38）
2. ”你不可告诉人” 与“你的信心救了你”： 在福音书里，当主耶稣医治人以后，常常会说这两句话。仔细读过我们就会发现，凡不是出于信心的医治都是主“动了慈心”，但主“知道人里面的是什么”，所以祂不需要神迹的见证，而是信心的见证。当我们为主为真理做见证的时候，“若不是出于信心的就要切记“不可告诉人”，因为我们的见证还在罪中。主实在不希望我们眼中只看到一个又一个的神迹奇事，而是认识到祂是谁，认识到“这是主”（It is the Lord)。 正如约翰福音所记：“当耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节的时候，有许多人看见祂所行的神迹，就信入祂的名。耶稣却不将自己信托他们，因为祂知道每一个人。也用不着谁见证人怎样，因祂知道在人里面的是什么。”（约翰福音2：23-25）
不是出于信心的神迹：
（1）睚鲁的女儿：“耶稣嘱咐他们，不要把所发生的事告诉人。” 因为“他们明知她已经死了，就嗤笑耶稣。” 他们把主耶稣当作一个医生而已，医生可以救还没死的人，救不了已经死了的。
（2）满身患痲疯的人：主医治他的麻风病是因为他面伏于地，求主说，”主阿，你若肯，必能叫我洁净了。” 他还没有信心主肯不肯，主对他的医治就只是洁净他的疾病而已，“你不可告诉人”。
（3）毕士大的瘫子：瘫痪了38年得医治，却不是因为有信心，而是主的怜悯。“看哪，你已经痊愈了，不要再犯罪，恐怕你遭遇的更加厉害。”
出于信心和认识主是神的儿子的神迹
（1）相比之下，患12年血漏的女人，凭着信心摸主的衣坠就得了医治，主还专门从拥挤的人群中把她找出来，说“女儿，你的信救了你，平平安安的走罢！”
（2）对另一位两次被主赶出鬼的，因为他认识主是谁，主耶稣甚至说：“你回家去，述说神为你作了何等大的事。”，因为这位被鬼附过身的喊过“至高神的儿子耶稣，我与你何干？求你不要叫我受苦。”
1. 十二篮：主为什么在五饼二鱼食饱5千人以后留12篮？我们都知道是给他的12个门徒留的。若只是如此，主耶稣就仅仅展示了祂的丰富。但主永远不会只是为着神迹而行神迹，是要叫他们知道，主是有预备的，12篮是要加添他们的信心。 “你们要给人，就必有给你们的，用十足的量器，连摇带按，上尖下流的倒在你们怀里。” （路加福音6：38）
2. ”你不可告诉人” 与“你的信心救了你”： 在福音书里，当主耶稣医治人以后，常常会说这两句话。仔细读过我们就会发现，凡不是出于信心的医治都是主“动了慈心”，但主“知道人里面的是什么”，所以祂不需要神迹的见证，而是信心的见证。当我们为主为真理做见证的时候，“若不是出于信心的就要切记“不可告诉人”，因为我们的见证还在罪中。主实在不希望我们眼中只看到一个又一个的神迹奇事，而是认识到祂是谁，认识到“这是主”（It is the Lord)。 正如约翰福音所记：“当耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节的时候，有许多人看见祂所行的神迹，就信入祂的名。耶稣却不将自己信托他们，因为祂知道每一个人。也用不着谁见证人怎样，因祂知道在人里面的是什么。”（约翰福音2：23-25）
不是出于信心的神迹：
（1）睚鲁的女儿：“耶稣嘱咐他们，不要把所发生的事告诉人。” 因为“他们明知她已经死了，就嗤笑耶稣。” 他们把主耶稣当作一个医生而已，医生可以救还没死的人，救不了已经死了的。
（2）满身患痲疯的人：主医治他的麻风病是因为他面伏于地，求主说，”主阿，你若肯，必能叫我洁净了。” 他还没有信心主肯不肯，主对他的医治就只是洁净他的疾病而已，“你不可告诉人”。
（3）毕士大的瘫子：瘫痪了38年得医治，却不是因为有信心，而是主的怜悯。“看哪，你已经痊愈了，不要再犯罪，恐怕你遭遇的更加厉害。”
出于信心和认识主是神的儿子的神迹
（1）相比之下，患12年血漏的女人，凭着信心摸主的衣坠就得了医治，主还专门从拥挤的人群中把她找出来，说“女儿，你的信救了你，平平安安的走罢！”
（2）对另一位两次被主赶出鬼的，因为他认识主是谁，主耶稣甚至说：“你回家去，述说神为你作了何等大的事。”，因为这位被鬼附过身的喊过“至高神的儿子耶稣，我与你何干？求你不要叫我受苦。”
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Homer Simpson's Quotes
Operator! Give me the number for 911!
Bart, with $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like...love!
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'
Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a woman. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons.
Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get.
I'm going to the back seat of my car, with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes!
[Meeting Aliens] Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!
What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.
I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.
I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
[Looking at a globe map...country being Uruguay]
Hee hee! Look at this country! 'You-are-gay.'
Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!
'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
Bart, with $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like...love!
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'
Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a woman. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons.
Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get.
I'm going to the back seat of my car, with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes!
[Meeting Aliens] Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!
What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.
I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.
I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
[Looking at a globe map...country being Uruguay]
Hee hee! Look at this country! 'You-are-gay.'
Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!
'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
Monday, October 4, 2010
婚姻的纳什均衡1
婚姻里面没有谁赢谁输，只有双赢或者双输。 （anonymous)
纳什均衡就是这样的一个点，博弈双方都会因为偏离该点而损失，最佳的选择是停留在这一点上。 这一点并不一定存在，特别是当信息不透明或者不平衡的时候。
因为婚姻的博弈不是一次性的，所以除了双方都要考虑下一次的结果。 而信息的透明或分享就能增加进入纳什均衡，减少博弈的双输可能性。
当然博弈的前提是博弈者是理性的，这个前提有可能无法实现，均衡就无从谈起。
纳什均衡就是这样的一个点，博弈双方都会因为偏离该点而损失，最佳的选择是停留在这一点上。 这一点并不一定存在，特别是当信息不透明或者不平衡的时候。
因为婚姻的博弈不是一次性的，所以除了双方都要考虑下一次的结果。 而信息的透明或分享就能增加进入纳什均衡，减少博弈的双输可能性。
当然博弈的前提是博弈者是理性的，这个前提有可能无法实现，均衡就无从谈起。
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
My favorite Lincoln's Quotes
God and Religion
1. Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
2. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
3. When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
4. Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
5. With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
6. There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.
7. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Life and Man
1. Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
2. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
3. I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
4. I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
5. I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
6. Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
7. It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
8. It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
9. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
10. People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
11. The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
12. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
13. We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
14. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
“与你何干” 和“这又何妨”
与你何干（what is that to you)
主耶稣在地上对彼得说的最后一句话：“我若要留他直到我来的时候，与你何干？你跟从我罢。”
我们的难处就是眼睛总是看着别人，象彼得一样问 “主啊，这人将来如何？”， 其实我们只要关心一件事就好，"You must follow me."
主的话很直接很难听，却是彼得需要的。彼得就像我们一样，除了三次说“主啊，我爱你”以外，还要加上一条潜在的台词，“我比你更爱主”，因为“即使众人因你绊跌，我总不绊跌." (马太26：33）。然而“神总是真实的，人都是虚谎的。” （罗3：4）若不能认识我们的局限性，我们就会在比来比去中失去神的真实，而被人的虚谎所蒙蔽。
这又何妨 （what does it matter?)
保罗的一生的喜乐有一个秘诀，就是“这又何妨”。 有没有不信主不爱主的，肯定有，只是福音本是“神的大能”，不是“出于人的意思”（加1：11）(from man)，也不是“借着人” （by man), “ 即便有不信的，这有何妨？难道他们的不信，就废掉神的信么？” （罗马书3：3）。
有没有借着主的名行不法之事的，当然有，只是轮不到我们去审判，“人哪，每一个审判人的！你是无法推诿的，你在什么事上审判人，就在什么事上定自己的罪。”（罗2：1）， 就算是出于假意，不是出于真诚，“这有何妨呢？无论怎样，基督究竟被传开了。” （腓利比1：18）
主耶稣在地上对彼得说的最后一句话：“我若要留他直到我来的时候，与你何干？你跟从我罢。”
我们的难处就是眼睛总是看着别人，象彼得一样问 “主啊，这人将来如何？”， 其实我们只要关心一件事就好，"You must follow me."
主的话很直接很难听，却是彼得需要的。彼得就像我们一样，除了三次说“主啊，我爱你”以外，还要加上一条潜在的台词，“我比你更爱主”，因为“即使众人因你绊跌，我总不绊跌." (马太26：33）。然而“神总是真实的，人都是虚谎的。” （罗3：4）若不能认识我们的局限性，我们就会在比来比去中失去神的真实，而被人的虚谎所蒙蔽。
这又何妨 （what does it matter?)
保罗的一生的喜乐有一个秘诀，就是“这又何妨”。 有没有不信主不爱主的，肯定有，只是福音本是“神的大能”，不是“出于人的意思”（加1：11）(from man)，也不是“借着人” （by man), “ 即便有不信的，这有何妨？难道他们的不信，就废掉神的信么？” （罗马书3：3）。
有没有借着主的名行不法之事的，当然有，只是轮不到我们去审判，“人哪，每一个审判人的！你是无法推诿的，你在什么事上审判人，就在什么事上定自己的罪。”（罗2：1）， 就算是出于假意，不是出于真诚，“这有何妨呢？无论怎样，基督究竟被传开了。” （腓利比1：18）
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