大提琴的獨白


“我就求神把他的眼睛放在我里面,让我用神的眼睛来看待我的孩子, 那
神真的做了。”

“德弗乍克的第九新世界,还有那个贝托芬的命运, 甚至贝托芬的第九,那个快乐颂,整个后面,你会觉得很震撼。但是却在进到教会这几年,才这几年当中,会让你流眼泪,那个音乐真深直到你心里面,却是在诗歌。我可以很直接讲说,在这诗歌里面,真的是有生命。”

大提琴的獨白
(他的见证)
"一對郎才女貌的音樂家夫婦、人人稱羨的富裕生活,林照程、蕭雅雯兩人從小時候開始乃至結婚,身邊總是充滿了許多人的稱許聲,幸運之神也似乎總是眷顧著他們。原以為兩個優秀音樂家的結合能培育出最出色的子女,然而隨著大女兒的出生,一切的美夢都開始破碎了……

  大提琴家林照程及鋼琴家蕭雅雯同樣畢業於台灣師大音樂系,兩人是學校的風雲人物,亦是出了名的金童玉女。結婚後,兩人成功地經營了自己的音樂事業,婚後不久,就住進豪宅,成為別人眼中欽羨的對象。
  但大女兒的出生,打亂了他們原定的計劃,生活、事業都面對重大的考驗。大女兒詠晶出生四個多月後,蕭雅雯發現她的各項成長發展似乎都不及一般同齡的孩子,醫生檢查結果證實詠晶是個遲緩兒,將一輩子需要別人打理生活,這樣的惡耗讓兩人當場崩潰。

  為了能夠改善大女兒詠晶的情況,他們用盡所有心力找最好的醫療復健機構,甚至不惜放棄在台南經營的事業北上,只為了台北更為充足的醫療資源。在這個時候,蕭雅雯發現又懷了二女兒,有了第一次的經驗,夫婦兩人找遍所有相關的權威醫師做產檢,所有醫師都向他們保證二女兒一定健康,兩人才安心的生下二女兒逸華。但沒想到在萬般保證下,二女兒居然還是遲緩兒。

  由於醫學無法解釋他們生下遲緩兒的原因,林照程、蕭雅雯於是開始相信神鬼之說,四處求神問卜,甚至有人告訴他們,兩個孩子之所以如此是因為他們從事音樂事業而引起。為了孩子,夫婦倆決心轉業投資直銷事業,結果孩子不僅毫無起色,生意的失敗也使夫婦倆的生活一落千丈,甚至背負八百萬元港幣的債務。

  一面照顧兩個遲緩兒,一面償還龐大的債務,四處借錢的結果讓林照程失去所有的朋友。萬念俱灰之下,林照程開始心生帶著孩子自殺的念頭,就在走投無路時,林照程向師大的老師聶中興及師母賴念華開口借錢,而兩個老師為了幫助他們,遂以借錢為交換條件,邀請他們到教會。只懷著借錢心態的他,走進教會,聽到信徒唱詩歌,就非常羡慕。牧師說,「天父愛你」,他不為所動。當信徒唱出「將憂愁卸給祂,祂顧念你」的詩歌時,他很自然地閉上眼睛,投入音樂的旋律中。突然,他聽見一個聲音說:「孩子,我等了你很久。」他立即睜開眼,但四周不見有人,他再閉上眼睛,等了一會,他再次聽見這個聲音。這次他想起小時候曾舉手決志信耶穌的情形;他雖忘記這事,但上帝卻沒有忘記,現在祂再發出呼喚,是愛的呼喚。回想這幾年來為了女兒,不停地疲於奔命,用盡了所有的方法也醫不好女兒,自己感到已經再走不下去了……就這樣,他將一切憂愁卸了給上帝,當他這樣回應上帝時,他突感全身輕鬆,一向堅強的他竟當場在眾人面前哭了起來,哭是因為他有了倚靠。

  投入教會一年多後,在婦產科醫師告知蕭雅雯子宮嚴重後傾,很難再度懷孕的多重限制下,林家居然又有了第三個女兒,是完全健康的,「這是神蹟」雅雯指著眾前的小寶寶,臉上綻開歡顏。

  有了信仰的力量及教友的協助,他倆夫婦逐漸走出陰霾,坦然面對兩個孩子的缺陷,現在他們希望將自己的經驗與他人分享,所以成立「天使心家族」,要與所有遲緩兒的家庭一起攜手共度。"

The greatest love song ever!



Another beautiful chinese song... indeed, how amazing is our Lord's love for us.
This is the greatest love song I've heard. Nothing, nothing, indeed nothing! can be compared to God's love for us. Dear friends, what are you waiting for... come and know this God, He loves you and is able to satisfy your deepest desire with His love.

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. "I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:35,37-39


恩典之路


What a beautiful song... ...

你是我的主.引我走正義路.
高山或低谷.都是你在保護.
永遠不變的應許.這一生都是
萬人中唯獨.你愛我認識我.
永遠不變的應許.這一生都是祝福.
一步又一步.這是恩典之路.
你愛.你手.將我緊緊抓住.
一步又一步.這是盼望之路.
你愛.你手.牽引我走這人生路

DUOLOS





Doulos was purchased in 1977 by GBA Ships e.V. (previously known as Good Books for All), a private, non-profit, charitable organisation registered in Germany.Over 20 million visitors have been welcomed on board for tours, programmes and visits to the floating book fair. With stops in over 500 ports of call, this unique ship has visited more than 100 countries in including Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and many island nations.Doulos is recognised in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest active ocean-going passenger ship.

The Doulos community lives and works together on board as a practical outworking of their service for God. Each individual has a personal, living faith in God, stemming from a restored relationship with Him, bringing hope, meaning and focus to his or her life. The ship community desires to share this message of hope in a restored relationship with God in the ports visited. This is done with greatest respect for and sensitivity towards the culture of the community hosting the ship.

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My parents and I were honored to have visited Duolos, The World’s Oldest Ocean Going Passenger Ship. It is currently parked at VivoCity, The Promenade, from 8 – 12 Oct 2009, 10am – 10pm. Here is their official website: http://www.doulos.org/

And I bought a lot of books! (don't know when I'll finish reading them :/), but I believe they'll be useful to me. =) Ps Bill shared today that, in order to lead a celebrated life, we'll first need to feed our spiritual being. Yesh! I'm now prepared to be fed! And if any of you wants some books to read, do ask me :)

I smell GOOD ~ ~ ~



Isn't he adorable?