正当我感觉失落时。。。 Just when I was feeling down…

 

有时候,所仰望的、所相信的、所期盼的,看不到也感觉不到。。。
有时候,心情会低落、会难过。。。
有时候会问主为什么,或在什么时候。。。

Sometimes we do not see or feel the things we hope for, or believe, or expect…
Sometimes we would feel down and upset…
Sometimes we would ask God why, or when…

 

那天,我感到失落。。。其实,何止是那天。。。
去年底禁食时候的一些兴奋、期待,仿佛消失的无踪影。。。
多希望他跟我说一两句话,给我一点鼓励。。。

That day I felt down… in fact, not only that day…
Some of the excitements, expectations during the 40-day fast end of last year seem to have disappeared…
How I hoped He would say speak a word or two to me, to encourage me…

 

这种时刻,我常在心里默默祷告,偶尔也会个人呐喊。。。
然后就会想读读圣经,有时候真的提不起劲。
坐在桌子旁,看着我的圣经。。。
随手翻开我极少注意的撒迦利亚书,很莫名的开始读第九章。。。

In moment like this, I often pray silently in my heart, occasionally I would scream alone too..
Then I would think of reading the Bible, but sometimes really feel not very motivated.
I sat by the table looking at my Bible…
I flipped through the pages randomly and landed my eyes on the book of Zechariah that I seldom pay much attention to, and began to read Chapter 9 haphazardly…

 

读到第九节时,有一些感动回来了。。。感觉上帝再提醒我,鼓励我!
因为经文就是我去年底40天禁食第一天,上帝给我的诗歌“欢迎祢来”的核心经文!
当时写这首歌时,主要是看新约里提到的同一经文,根本没去查看旧约经文出处。。。今天正当我感觉失落时,竟然让我“莫名”再看到经文,印证上帝所说的,他真的要来。。。

When I arrived at verse 9, some prompting returned to my heart… I felt God was reminding and encouraging me again!
Because the verse is the central verse of the song “I Welcome You In” God gave me on the first day of our 40-day fast end of last year!
When I was writing this song then, I was looking at the same verse mentioned in the New Testament, I did not go and search as to where it came from in the Old Testament… and today just when I was feeling down, I “inexplicably” stumbled upon this verse again, confirming what God told me, that indeed He is coming to us…

 

“锡 安 的 民 哪 , 应 当 大 大 喜 乐 。 耶 路 撒 冷 的 民 哪 , 应 当 欢 呼 。 看 哪 , 你 的 王 来 到 你 这 里 。 他 是 公 义 的 , 并 且 施 行 拯 救 , 谦 谦 和 和 地 骑 着 驴 , 就 是 骑 着 驴 的 驹 子 。”
~撒迦利亚9:9~

神啊,谢谢祢!
我还在相信。。。我还在等。。。

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
~ Zechariah 9:9 ~

O Lord, thank You!
I am still believing… and I am still waiting…