这“演唱会”难忘因为。。。 This “concert” was unforgettable because…

哦,原来相片印有日期,那是2002年的事了。。。时间真的过得超快。。。
Oh, so the photo does have the date printed on it, and that was in 2002… time does really fly…

地点是台湾,高雄那一带。。。
The location is Taiwan, somewhere in the Kaoshiung area…

难忘因为在我记忆中,那应该是我有史以来“最少人”出席的“演唱会”吧?其实根本都称不上是演唱会,比较是诗歌分享会。。。
当时我台湾的代理兴致勃勃的为我安排全省巡回,觉得一定会吸引很多人来聚会。。。结果有很多场人数都寥寥无几,少得可怜,因为没有人知道林义忠是谁。。。
你若注意看总人数,多数还是我们自己的团员呢!
Unforgettable because in my memory, that must be the least attended “concert” of mine in my history? Actually it can’t really be called a concert, just some song and testimony sharing session…
At that time my Taiwanese agent excitedly organised a Taiwan tour for me thinking that many would be attracted to the meetings… As a result, in many of the meetings only a handful of people came, pitifully unpopular because nobody knew who GT Lim was…
If you carefully look at the whole “congregation”, most were our own team members!

正常人再怎么属灵遇到这种情形都会感到少许的失落和难过啦,尤其是准备了那么多,身体也疲惫等等。。。
但又能怎么样呢?尽管只有一个人,还是要卖力的唱,把最好的献上。。。
Normal people, no matter how spiritual you are, will still feel a bit sad and lost in a situation like this of course, especially when you have prepared so much, and physically very worn out too…
But then what can you do? Even if there is only one person, you must still sing with all your heart and offer up your best…

过后感谢主有团员的安慰、鼓励和按摩。。。哈哈。。。
After that, thank God I had the consolation of my team members, also their encouragement and massage… haha…

但说真的,这种经历是好的,提醒你要谦卑。。。
But honestly, this kind of experience is good, to remind you to be humble…

  • Fong

    若不是因为神,谁愿意分享这种经历。。。坚持对神的忠心,多年以后,您已经展翅飞翔了。这是我们的榜样。

  • Sarah C

    “But honestly, this kind of experience is good, to remind you to be humble”. hmm Pastor, you have walked a long way, a lot to learn from you! Thanks for sharing this so openly and this acts itself displays humility. Its indeed a reminder to all of us. We need to always be humble and God will lift us up. God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6 This morning, I visited a Chinese congregation and we sang one your worship songs. I was reminded again we sing becos we want to praise Him, we live to worship God and all Glory to His Holy Name. Tonight at your sharing, I received this again, no matter what situations or circumstances we are in, we will continue to sing and worship Him.

  • 感恩の小羊

    其实最重要的是天父和天使天军都在注目着您的演唱与分享,只是我们看不到罢了。。。但我绝对相信您能感受到祂的同在的。。。您说是吗?

  • 安琪儿

    谦卑是自己“救恩”的灵魂,骄傲则败坏自己进入黑暗(灵命掉落)。

    当我们的才能,领导能力,势力,财力。。等比别人强又或者信主久了(自己的生命比许多人较好的当儿),我们就会开始骄傲,以为上帝所施于我的恩典已经足够(我不再须要更多),只有那些灵命老爺的人或未信者,才须要神的恩典及怜悯。

    那,我们何尝不跟他们一样?我们只不过都是蒙恩的罪人,不是因为我们比较好或配得,乃是神的恩典,怜悯及拣选临到我们,而我们也接受了祂救恩的爱。我们并没有比其他人好,因为在上帝的眼中我们不过都是罪人。

    所以我们要终生学习在主前谦卑自己,只有谦卑自己才能借著神的恩典救自己也引人歸主(榜样)。

  • ESTHER CHIANG

    哇!聽了您的分享,心中真的很難過!當時我還是學生,不在家鄉,難怪沒聽過您的大名!
    但想一想也為此感到高興,畢竟,您有學到功課,其實這樣的境遇,這樣的功課,並非每個人都學得到,除非你願意學,不然往往學習的機會就這樣悄悄的溜走了呢!所以,真是感謝主!神真的很幽默,祂看事情往往出於我們所預料,人常常以結果論來看一件事的成功與失敗。但愛我們的耶穌,卻是看過程且常常以要我們生命成長為第一考量。神的智慧真是寬廣啊~

  • aska_dan

    嘿, 你播这么多部落格以来, 这是我看了最感动的一次耶…也许上帝在提醒我…