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父親節

昨天看到一個統計, 一些食肆負責人說父親節的訂座不及母親節. 我想並不是為人子女的不願意慶祝這個節日. 除因世界盃外, 單從自己慶祝父親節的次數, 我便認為是女性的壽命比較長. ceo 的麻麻婆婆健在, 每年5月開始, 我們便要吃4頓母親節晚餐. 父親節, 便簡單得多了, 5年前開始, 只須跟他的父親吃一次晚飯便行. 4:1, 母親節大比數勝出!

去年父親節前夕, 廖啟智接受了電台訪問, 談及為人父親的感受. 面對兒子患上絕症, 如何在困境中看見神的恩典. 一年後的今天, 他們夫婦二人再次接受訪問. 從他們的口中, 聽不到有半點怨言, 有的是感恩.
敏儀說, 那天晚上, 他們如常地帶小孩子遊車河, 途中突然發現諾諾發燒, 不久便睡著了. 他們立刻帶他到醫院, 半小時候, 諾諾便主懷安息. 整個過程, 夫婦二人一面拖著小兒的手, 帶著依依不捨的心情一面唱著詩歌. 她很感恩的說, 她看見有很多有這個病的小朋友, 在離世前一刻很痛苦, 相反, 諾諾是很平安, 咀角還帶著微笑. 在諾諾離流的半小時, 他們叫諾諾的二位哥哥也到醫院, 來看弟弟的最後一面. 可是, 二位哥哥來到醫院時, 弟弟已經安息. 二哥哥比較天真活潑, 用手指"篤"著弟弟的身軀, 說: 下, 唔郁既, 咁就死左架啦? 接著, 有位護士來替諾諾"打包", 那位護士是最痛錫諾諾的, 同樣, 也是諾諾最喜歡的護士姐姐. 敏儀很感謝天父的安排, 在諾諾離去的時候, 護士姐姐剛好當值. 這樣的"服務"是沒可能reserve 的. 第二天早上, 智叔終忍不住傷感, 在太太及兒子面子嚎哭. 二兒子又用手指"篤"著他說: 呢度呀, 最老係你, 一定係你最快上天堂見到諾諾, 咁你唔駛咁唔開心啦. 敏儀對他說: 幸好你生在這個家庭, 否則你一定會被嚴懲. 就是這樣, 二兒子在這些時候緩和不少氣氛.

他們詳細的訪問, 可以瀏覽
這裡

昨天, 收到好友forward 的email, 很不可思議

題目是'No Arms, No Legs, No Worries !"

(中英文version)

我叫Nick，我將榮耀歸給神，因他用我的見證觸動世界上千顆心！我一出生就沒有四肢，醫生也不能解釋這天生缺陷。就如你想像，我要面對很多的挑戰及困難。

「我的弟兄們，你們落在百般試煉中，都要以為大喜樂。」

將我們的傷害、痛苦及掙扎當作不是什麼，而是單純的喜樂？
我父母是基督徒，而我爸爸甚至是教會的牧師，他們都很明白這節經文。但是，在澳洲墨爾本1982年12月4日的早上，我父母腦海裡最後的字是「讚美神！」他們的第一個孩子是生來就沒有四肢的！他們沒有收到警告，也沒有時間去預備自己迎接這事。醫生都被震驚，也沒有答案。醫學上仍然找不到這事發生的原因，而Nick的一個弟弟及一個妹妹出生都和其他嬰兒一樣。

全教會都因我的出生而哀痛，我的父母都垮下。每人都問：「如果神是愛，為什麼神不容讓這壞事發生在任何人身上，而是在一個奉獻委身的基督徒身上？」我爸爸認為我不會生存很久，但多個測試都證明我是一個健康的男孩，只是缺了四肢。

可以明白的是，我的父母很關注及憂慮我可以過怎樣的生活。神給他們力量、智慧及勇氣渡過我年幼的日子，後來我夠歲數上學了。

因我的身體殘障，澳洲的法律不允許我容入主流學校。神行了神蹟，給我母親力量爭取改變法律。我是第一個溶入主流學校的傷殘學生。

我喜愛返學，也嘗試與常人一樣過生活，但在我初返學的日子，我因身體的缺陷而遇上被拒絕、被欺負、覺得自己怪異。我很難面對這些事情，但因著我父母的支持，我開始建立態度及價值觀，這些都幫助我克服所有的挑戰。我知道我是不同的，但心裡面，我卻與其他人一樣。

有很多次我因為情緒太過低落而不想回校，也不想去面對學校裡的負面目光。我父母還是鼓勵我不要把這些放在心內，及嘗試與其他小朋友傾計做朋友。不久，同學知道我不過是與他們一樣，從那時開始，神開始不住祝福我認識新朋友。

有些時間我感到沮喪及憤怒，因為我不能改變我現有的模樣，或是埋怨任何人。我返教會主日學學習到神愛我們所有人，他關心你。我明白神愛小孩，但卻不明白為什麼他愛我，卻將我造成這樣子？是不是我做錯了什麼？我想，我應該是因為在眾多小朋友中，我是唯一怪異的一個了。我覺得自己就像別人的重擔，我愈早死去，對其他人就愈好。在我年輕的歲月，我想了斷我的痛苦、了斷我的生命。但我再一次感謝神，因我父母及我的家人常在我身邊安慰我、給我力量。

因著的情緒的掙扎，我經歷了被欺負、自尊心低落及孤單。神令我渴望分享我的故事及經歷，幫助其他人面對任何生命上的挑戰，以及容讓神將它轉化成祝福。鼓勵及啟迪其他人活盡他們的潛能、不容讓任何東西影響他們達成夢想。


其中一個我學習到的功課是 幸福不是必然的。

「如經上所記：神為愛他的人所預備的是眼睛未曾看見，耳朵未曾聽見，人心也未曾想到的。」<林前2:9>

那一節向我心說話，讓我知道在我們的生命中，“壞”事的發生是沒有運氣、機會或者恰巧的。

我有完全的平安知道，除非神有美好的旨意，要不然他不會讓任何事情發生在我們的生命中。在我15歲的時候，我讀了約翰福音9章後，就完全的將我生命交給耶穌基督。耶穌說人生下來就瞎眼的原因是「所以神的工作就能透過他顯明了」我絕對相信神會醫治我，因此我可以有個好見證去見證他的大能。

再一會，我被給予智慧去明白如果我們禱告求什麼，若是這神的意願，就會在神預定的時間內發生。若這不是神的意願，那麼，我就知道他會有更好的。

我現在看見神顯示祂使用這樣的我，在這方面其他人不能被用的。

我現在23歲，我完成了商業學士（主修財務計劃及會計）。我也是一個講員，在有機會的情況下，我喜歡分享我的故事及見證。我已舉辦講座鼓勵學生及挑戰今日的年輕人。我也到公共機構演講。

我渴望接觸年輕人和常預備自己被神使用。祂要我做什麼、帶我到哪裡，我就跟蹤。

在我生命中，我定立了有很多個夢和目標給自己達到。我希望成為神的愛和希望的最好的見證人、成為國際性的啟迪演講員、在基督徒的地方及非基督徒的地方都成為神的器皿。我希望可以在25歲時，透過地產投資在財政上獨立，改裝一部車給自己駕駛和在電視節目"Oprah Winfrey Show"中被訪問及分享我的故事。寫數本暢銷的書也是我共中一個夢想。我希望在年底完成我第一本書。
書名是“沒有手、沒有腳、沒有憂慮！”

我相信如果你渴望去做某一件事，和如果這是神的意願，你會在一個好時機做到。人常常不斷地將限制沒原因地加在自己的身上！更壞的是將限制加在凡事都能的上帝中，我們將神放在“盒”中。神的大能所使人讚嘆的地方是，如果我們想為神做某事，專注在我們預備好被神使用與否，而非我們的能力。因我們知道是神透過我們成就事情，沒有神，我們做不到任何事。一旦我們預備好被神使用，估計我們可依賴誰的能力？是神的！


My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was born without limbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles.

"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."

....To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As my parents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church, they knew that verse very well. However, on the morning of the 4th of December 1982 in Melbourne (Australia), the last two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby.
The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated. Everyone asked, "if God is a God of Love, then why would God let something this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated Christians?" My Dad thought I wouldn't survive for very long, but tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy just with a few limbs missing.

Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kind of life I'd be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom and courage through those early years and soon after that I was old enough to go to school.
The law in Australia didn't allow me to be integrated into a main-stream school because of my physical disability. God did miracles and gave my Mom the strength to fight for the law to be changed. I was one of the first disabled students to be integrated into a main-stream school.
I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone else, but it was in my early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird and bullied because of my physical difference. It was very hard for me to get used to, but with the support of my parents, I started to develop attitudes and values which helped me overcome these challenging times. I knew that I was different but on the inside I was just like everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that I wouldn't go to school just so I didn't have to face all the negative attention. I was encouraged by my parents to ignore them and to try start making friends by just talking with some kids. Soon the students realized that I was just like them, and starting there God kept on blessing me with new friends.
There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn't change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School and learnt that God loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I didn't understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this? Is it because I did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of all the kids at school, I'm the only weird one. I felt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the better it'd be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a young age, but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were always there to comfort me and give me strength.
Due to my emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self esteem and loneliness, God has implanted a passion of sharing my story and experiences to help others cope with whatever challenge they have in their life and let God turn it into a blessing. To encourage and inspire others to live to their fullest potential and not let anything get in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.
One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things for granted.

"And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who love Him."
That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad" things happen in our life.
I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life unless He has a good purpose for it all. I completely gave my life to Christ at the age of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God would heal me so I could be a great testimony of His Awesome Power. Later on I was given the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something, if it's God's will, it'll happen in His time. If it's not God's will for it to happen, then I know that He has something better.
I now see that Glory revealed as He is using me just the way I am and in ways others can't be used.
I am now twenty-three years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today's teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate sector.

I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow.
I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I want to become the best witness I can be of God's Love and Hope, to become an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed and share my story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"! Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"

I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without Him. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's!

May the Lord Bless you
In Christ,
Nick Vujicic














這幾天, 心情跌至歷史新低, 不停的在埋怨、懷疑、質問...... 但神的慈愛實在很豐盛, 祂透過不同的人和事, 告訴我祂仍是很愛我.
廖氏夫婦的經歷, 在人看來是苦的. 但從他們口中, 只有不停的感恩. 還四出將傷痛的經歷向人分享, 叫人知道神大能. 在面對如此大的患難, 他們沒有離棄神, 相反還緊緊的追隨祂.

email 裡的nick vujicic, 不用看完整個email, 也會懷疑這是真的嗎? 他如何的生活? 有可能嗎? 還要讚美神?
看到最後的一段
"我相信如果你渴望去做某一件事，和如果這是神的意願，你會在一個好時機做到。人常常不斷地將限制沒原因地加在自己的身上！更壞的是將限制加在凡事都能的上帝中，我們將神放在“盒”中。神的大能所使人讚嘆的地方是，如果我們想為神做某事，專注在我們預備好被神使用與否，而非我們的能力。因我們知道是神透過我們成就事情，沒有神，我們做不到任何事。一旦我們預備好被神使用，估計我們可依賴誰的能力？是神的！"
我很羞愧,一個四肢殘缺的人也能說出這樣的話, 我呢? 我這些經歷算是什麼? 這樣小事便埋怨, 祂不是為我們預備最好的嗎? 有位姊妹說, 神沒有欠我. 是的, 祂真的沒欠我. 是我將自己想法, 代入到祂必然成就這事. 其實, 到現時為止, 祂並沒有關門, 還為我預備了很多, 只是心急的我, 希望甚麼也不用幹便成事.
經過了這幾天, 我知道祂要我經歷, 學習交托和倚靠.

牧師今天說, 當我們遇到困難時, 第一時間往往去找"代父", 結果帶來一連串困鎖. 我們忘記了"天父", 祂才是最了解我們, 最能夠幫助我們, 及最能夠安慰我們的"父親".

<<心曲>>

慈愛天父, 憐憫之父, 在你恩座前, 我衷心傾訴
求你施恩潔淨我罪, 使我得接近你恩光.
求你洗淨我心中思念, 俗世多險惡我不堪抵抗,
求你恩光普照引導, 使我得遠離罪惡.
神啊! 我衷心父託, 全心將求主仰望
尋著你恩光心得盼望,
恩主請你垂念我
蒙你恩待我感恩不斷,願我一息尚存, 也將身心相獻
求你施恩潔淨接納, 我願一世隨著你.

posted by 牛太太 @ 9:29 pm