逃到北京。。。 Escape To Beijing…

 

那段日子忙得透不过气，很多事情要处理：个人的、别人的、教会的、一大堆。。。一股冲动想飞出去呼吸新鲜空气，远离人群，远离日常的形式化，去放轻松冷静一下，想听听上帝的声音。。。
临时做了一个决定，我要飞去没到过的北京，不告诉任何人，因我想清静，没有人会猜想到我会去那里。

下午两点多，我坐在旅行社，她说中国理事馆每天只发签证到中午十一点半，过后就关门了，我的心冷了下来。。。
心里做了一个很快的祷告，祈求主的怜悯。。。

她派员工去中国理事馆尝试帮我求情，我凭信心先回家收拾行李。。。大概三点钟她来电说签证拿到了！

盖了电话，我不断跟上帝说：谢谢你、谢谢你。。。
那一天，我更明白什么叫恩典、什么叫怜悯，这么混乱的心情、这样不理性的决定，他也垂听。。。

几个小时后，我坐在飞往北京的飞机上。。。( 待续 )

Those days I was so busy that I felt suffocated, so many things to deal with: personal, others’, church’s etc etc… had a sudden urge to fly away to breathe some fresh air, away from everyone, away from daily norms, just to relax and cool down, and to hear God’s voice…
I made a sudden decision, I would to fly to Beijing which I have never been, not telling anyone ‘cos I just wanted to be quiet, nobody would guess I would go there…

At about 2pm, sitting in the travel agent’s office, she said the Chinese Embassy only releases visas till 11:30am daily, after that the office is closed for the day, my heart dropped…
I made a quick prayer in my heart pleading for God’s mercy…

She sent her staff to the Chinese Embassy to plead on my behalf, I went home to pack by faith… at about 3pm she called to say I got the visa!

I put down the phone and kept repeating to God : thank You, thank You…
That day, I understood more what grace and mercy mean, such messed-up feeling and such temperamental decision, yet He listened…

Few hours later, I was in the plane flying to Beijing… ( to be continued )

 

(Note: Originally posted on Sept 30th, 2009.)