THE BLESSINGS OF GIVING!
W. L. Douglas, the shoe manufacturer, is nationally known. From his early struggling years comes this story. He had been unemployed so long that he was down to his last dollar. Nevertheless, he put half of it–fifty cents–in the collection basket of his church. Next morning he heard of a job...
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隨給予而來的福份
皮 鞋製造商W.L.道格拉斯(Douglas)是全國知名的。在他早年的奮鬥期間,曾有以下的事發生︰他失業了一段時間,以致他身上只剩下一美元。然而,他 把一半的錢,即五毛錢,投進他教會的捐獻籃中。隔日早晨,他聽見在鄰近的鎮上有一份工作可做。到那鎮去的火車費用是一美元。從每個角度來看,他若不曾給與 那五毛錢就會是更明智的。然而,他用剩下的五毛錢買票,到了他想要去的地方之一半路程時,他下了火車,並開始朝他的目的地前進。
走了沒多遠,他就聽到他正身處的鎮上有一家工廠正在雇人。在三十分鐘內,他得到一份工作,每週的薪水比他若到另一個鎮去做的工作之薪水,多了五美元。
我原本要花我的什一稅的一部份去買一雙皮鞋,因我心想,在月底前我可把所用了的什一稅補回去。但後來我想︰「那是上主的錢。它甚至不是我的。我必須以後再買鞋了。」因此我繼續往前走,在經過鞋店和一排屋子後,我在路上檢到一筆相等於三十美元的錢,那足夠讓我買鞋和付這筆錢的什一稅*。服從是值得的。(*納什一稅–把收入的十分一奉獻給上帝的工作。)
對我們的財政的一個很好的分析,不是在於在我把我的錢給了上帝多少,而是我把多少上帝的錢留下來給自己。
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在 1985 年 10 月 9 日, RaNelle 華萊士和她的丈夫嘗試用單引擎的飛機穿越猶他州中部的暴風雪。在飛行的過程中他們迷失了方向,結果飛機向一座山側撞去,導致這架小飛機溫度極度升高,然後 開始燃燒起來。RaNelle的身體有 75%的燒傷,身體幾乎被燒焦了,受傷非常嚴重。忍著劇烈的疼痛,她掙扎著爬過參差不齊的危險的山坡,希望能尋求到 幫助。當急救人員對她說,「你不用再努力了,我們會為你作該作的一切。」時,她終於放開了她的生命,事實上她已經作到了能讓她的生命得以挽救的所能作的一切。RaNelle 華萊士就在那個時候離開了人世 – 在飛機墜毀後六小時她死了。接下來她經歷了在超越這個生命之外的一段非常奇妙的旅行。她的這個經歷牽動了成千上萬人的心。她瀕臨死亡的經歷是非同尋常非常驚奇的。
以下是 從 她的書「燃烧的心」摘錄的片段, 她描述了她神奇的瀕死經歷。
她的人生回顧
就 在那一刻我被吸進了一個狹窄的管道,我開始沿著管道飛起來。這個管道非常小,讓我十分懼怕,因為我的身體好象被徹底吸進去了。我的速度非常快,簡直難以描 述。 在地球上沒有任何東西可以飛得如此快,沒有任何東西。就好象我旋離經過了銀河系,但是顏色和光線在我的正右方,差不多擦到我,我感到更加害怕起來。
忽 然我聽見有聲音,就好象有人在同我一同飛行一樣,雖然這裡幾乎沒有空間再容納其它人。然後我意識到有一個人離我很近,他是獨自一人沒有說話。我看不見任何 人。我知道這個人在那裡。聲音停下來了,簡短的景象在我面前一閃而過。一系列的圖片,話語,思想,理解。它們正是我人生的寫照。它以驚人的速度在我面前閃 現,我能完全的理解它,並 能從中明白他的意義是什麼。另一個景象接踵而至,一個又一個的,我看到了我的整個人生,我人生中的每一秒。我不僅僅是了解這些事情,我又重新經歷這一切。 我再次成為自己,對著我的母親做著那些事情,或者對我的父親或兄弟姐妹們說著一些話語,並且我能第一次了解為什麼我這麼做或這麼說。這次回顧的完整性絕對 不能隻用「全面」來描述。它包含了在這世界上所有的書本都沒有辦法包含的關於對我自己所有的了解。我理解了我人生中所做的每一件事的原因。我同時也理解了我對其他人的影響。
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We can blame it on Thaksin and the red shirts. Or we can blame it on the international financial vultures and their New World Order. We can blame it on the rich and Capitalism. We can blame it on the poor and their lack of concern for life and property. We can blame it...
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“There is none righteous. No not one. Because all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Rom. 3:10,23)
I have a new friend from Korea, and she mentioned to me how she knows some Christians that are so very righteous and good. One is always so perfect and gets up...
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Our attractive young travel agent started off by saying how sick she was and how she got this medicine to try to cure it. But then I told her how I didn’t have much confidence in medicine and had more faith in keeping God’s health laws, the rules of health.
We described the rules: proper...
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The original article is written by a Swiss anthropologist David Signer) For Chinese version click this link: 台灣的愛與寂寞
How is Taiwan? There is no country in the world where the people work as many working hours as in Taiwan – 2282 hours a year. Over 30% of the people work more then 62 hours a...
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介紹:和去年(2006)一樣,是在完全出乎意料之外的情況下接到他的電話– David Signer,蘇黎世Weltwoche週報國際版的編輯。不同的是,這次不再需要我提供採訪名單及有關台灣的訊息,而是傳來一份中文譯稿,希望我能代發。
Signer去春在台北採訪後,寫了篇報導刊登在瑞士德語區,有67年歷史,政治立場傾右的高品質讀物「世界週刊」上。約一個月後,該文即被譯為荷蘭文。
我曾寫了篇文字對這份報導做重點介紹。半年後的現在,終於有了中譯文的出現,而中譯的原委,請看下面譯者自己的說明。
David Signer給我德文原稿的篇名是「Taiwan」,發表時,「Leben im roten Bereich生活於警戒之境」是週刊主編所下的標題,到了荷蘭則成了「Love and Loneliness in Taiwan台灣的愛與寂寞」。有趣的是,瑞、荷兩地不同的標題,顯示這兩份媒體對同一篇文章的不同閱讀角度,卻對於報導內容有了提綱挈領、畫龍點睛之 效。
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You are a Christian. Maybe you go to church. Maybe not. At least you have probably received Jesus as your Saviour once in your life time, and have some general faith that He will be there for you when you leave this life. And He will! He always keeps His promises. “He that believes...
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I have travelled the world over. That doesn't satisfy either. I have firged girls, laid on beaches, danced dances, ate all kinds of food, watched endless TV programs that bore me to tears, watched endless Hollywood trash, and heard millions of songs. I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT. It doesn't carry me over. It is...
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Dear Honorable Mr. Les (of Smoking Mirrors)
— An answer to a violent comment reaction —
Yes! Oh yes! The honorable Mr. Keyth is right when he says, “you are not going to lead people out of darkness by telling them how stupid they are.”
Because as the One speaking through Paul said, “Though we speak...
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