妈妈的焦急。。。 Mum’s anxiety…

 

那天在教会对妈有一个小误会，那时我正在带领祷告会，在分享的时候，妈突然举起手开始讲话。。。
我最怕妈这样了，因为她有时候很喜欢讲见证，而且在不适当的时候，我就想这次又干嘛了？
我就做了一些手势和打个眼色，要她安静，不要骚扰聚会。。。
起初她还想继续讲，我还是不允许。她没办法只好乖乖保持安静。。。

That day I had a slight misunderstanding with mum, I was leading the prayer meeting then. While I was sharing, she suddenly raised her hand to speak…
That is what I am often very weary about concerning mum, because sometimes she just loves to share some testimony at the most unsuitable moment, so I thought what is it again this time?
So I signalled with my hand and gave her that stare to silence her, I did not want her to disrupt the meeting…
Initially she wanted to continue to speak but I would not hear of it. She had no choice but to obediently remain quiet…

 

散会后，我就像质问小孩子一样问她，你干嘛又骚扰我的聚会？不跟你说过不要随便讲话或发言吗？
我说这样子我会很难为情的，人家会说怎么牧师的母亲好像不会尊重场面。
她跟我道歉，然后她才告诉我她为何急着发言。。。

After the meeting, I questioned her like a little kid and asked why she disturbed my meeting just now? I said had I not told you before not to simply talk or speak up?
I said that would embarrass me for people might think how come Pastor’s mum does not respect certain situation.
She apologized, then she explained to me as to why she was so anxious to speak…

 

原来这几个礼拜，因不得已妈又得倒回去疗养院小住一个月。一进去不久，她就告诉我之前她在那里认识的几个老人家都已去世，她很讶异。。。
然后她也很担心她们有没有信主得救，所以这一次她又很积极的传福音。

她之所以在祷告会进行到一半举手要发言，是因为要告诉我，那晚她还没来祷告会之前，其中一个老太太跟她说她要信主，问说牧师能来为她祷告吗。妈说自己年纪大了，记忆力不好，怕忘记跟我说而导致一个老人家失去得救的机会。她说因为看到这些老人家随时都可能去世，所以她很焦急，怕若她忘记告诉我，这位要信主的老人家也万一去世，那她该怎么办，她会充满后悔。。。

Actually, due to necessity, these few weeks mum has to move into the nursing home to stay for a month again. Soon after she moved in, she told me she was shocked to find out that a few old people she got to know in there had passed away…
And she was very concerned as to whether they did believe in the Lord and were saved, so she was very eager in spreading the Gospel again this time.

The reason she raised her hand to speak half way through the prayer meeting was because she wanted to tell me, just before she came to the meeting that night, an old lady told her she wanted to believe in Jesus, and asked whether mum could bring the pastor to come pray for her.
Mum said she herself is old and her memory is not good, what if she forgot to tell me and caused this old lady to lose her chance of salvation? She said because she noticed all these old people could pass away anytime, that was why she was so anxious in telling me for fear that she would forget and this old lady might just pass away too, and she would feel so terrible be full of regret…

 

听了她的解释，我也很感动，原来她是为别人的灵魂焦急。。。
我就安慰妈说，不要怕，其实当那老太太开口说她要信主时，她已经信了，上帝也看到了！
当然我们就马上安排带领这老人家信主。
我真有一个好妈妈，你说是吗？

After listening to her explanantion, I was very touched, she was actually anxious for someone’s soul…
So I comforted her and said: Do not fear, when this old lady said she wanted to believe in Jesus, she had already believed, and God saw that too!
But of course we immediately arranged to lead this old lady to receive Christ too.
I do really have a good mother, don’t you think so?