Monday, April 28, 2008
UPSIZE!

Monday, April 14, 2008
friendship

Emotionally healthy people are comfortable spending time alone. They don’t need constant companionship. Bottom line, they enjoy their own company. Granted, some need more time alone than others, but folks that are in good psychological shape regularly escape from the crowds and noise to be alone (Matthew 14:23).
Solitude is valuable, but so is connection with others. After all that God had created and called good, there was one thing He said was not good: that man was alone. Animal and plant life simply weren’t enough to sustain Adam’s need for relationship. So He created Eve for Adam (Genesis 2:18).
We also know that the apostle Paul had many friends (Romans 16:5, 9, 12; Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:1). He loved them deeply and felt rejuvenated by his friendships (1 Corinthians 10:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 12:19; Philippians 2:12; 4:1). It’s clear that friendship can be good for the soul (Proverbs 27:9; Ecclesiastes 4:10).
The number of friends we have or the amount of time we spend alone are unique for each of us. We weren’t all created with the same cravings. Like Paul, some prefer lots of friends while others are content with very few, if any, close relationships. Instead of forcing everyone to fit into a specific “community” of believers, we can embrace this diversity as a part of God’s perfect plan for His body (1 Corinthians 12:13-27). We each bring necessary and significant gifts to the body of Christ.
The key is finding the balance between friendship and solitude. Either without the other may mean that a person is running from problems, personal growth, and insight.

http://www.rbc.org/questionsDetail.aspx?id=45982&Topic=608

Monday, April 7, 2008
你是我藏身处。

不确定你们还有留意这个布鲁格吗？哈哈。。。 我也来发篇文章。

"祢是我藏身之處, 祢必保佑我脫離苦難,
以得救的樂歌, 四面環繞我。"
詩篇32篇7節、

你是我藏身处， 这是我们华文部青少年诗班四月要献上的歌而我当然就要把它的PowerPoint打出来。
当我在Google收寻这歌的各词的时候看到了这个网页，所以我就来和大家分享一下咯！^^

Credits
Extracted from: http://blog.udn.com/peng2wang/1082345

这是我第一次參加北加慕主先鋒教會的特會. 之前總是覺得自己沒辦法進入他們的敬拜和信息中而興趣缺缺, 覺得我這麼樣和　上帝也挺好的 ....

神真的很奇妙, 竟然是藉著我先生的口鼓勵我去 (他也沒參加過, 但他知道我的需要) 臨時才決定, 卻在姐妹愛心的安排下住進了會場所在的五星旅店, 不需往來奔走, 得以充份休息. (她自己反而住在走路要二十分鐘的另家旅館, 真心感謝她! )

本來和安排和我同寢室的姐妹最後一星期決定不去了, 使我可以邀請另外一位較熟悉的姐妹來參加. 我們倆有很多心底話可以分享, 一樣有需要, 一起尋求, 她也很會照顧我. 所以　神也為我們安排了最好的聚會同伴和室友.

第一堂聚會的敬拜詩歌是"主賜的福如春雨" 正是我出發前星期一的小聚會中選的敬拜詩歌. 　之後就不斷在淚水中了.... 　 主深知道我.

特會中, 七月七日2007年的特別日子, 也是我們再次與神立約的日子.

回家的路上, 心裡不免又害怕起來.... 突然想到這首詩歌 - 祢是我藏身處.

"祂對我說, 我的恩典够你用的, 因為我的能力, 是在人的軟弱上顯得完全."
(哥林多後書12章9節)

所以如果上帝给与我们任何一样的工作，他一定会给我们作这事情的勇气，也会为这事开道路。
所以我们可以放胆的去要请朋友来到教会，六月的福音营是个很好的机会！^^
可能我们的朋友已开始会興趣缺缺但是要相信上帝会保守！

Cheers!
MeL

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