那天,我们哭了。。。 That day, we cried…

哭有时,笑有时;哀恸有时,跳舞有时。。。
-传道书三章四节-

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…
– Ecclesiastes 3:4 –

那天,我们哭了。。。
眼泪是上帝给的,有时候眼泪是应该流的。。。
哭泣未必每次都是懦弱的表现,很多时候在人前掉泪是需要勇气的。。。

That day, we cried…
God gave us tears, there are times when tears must flow…
It is not always weak to cry, many times it takes courage just to shed a tear in front of others…

 

那天,我们发现我们都很爱田圣。。。
虽然田圣不善于表达情感,我相信他有感受到那份爱。。。
爱带来力量和盼望。

That day, we realized we love Daniel very much…
Though Daniel is not an expressive person, I believe he could feel that love too…
Love brings strength and hope.

 

 

可能有些人不太赞同基督徒丧礼有伤心落泪时刻,他们认为说圣徒死了是回天国,是好事,所以不需要难过。
讲这种话的人往往是“过于属灵”而不切实际,仿佛信了主就没了感情一样。我才不相信他们本身没有伤心难过的时刻!
一些父母送孩子到国外留学都舍不得到哭得稀里哗啦,更何况是生离死别呢?

保罗在罗马书十二章15节也说:与喜乐的人要同乐;与哀哭的人要同哭。。。
可见我们需要理解人伤心的感受,而不是“超属灵”还加以论断,那既不敏感也欠缺爱心,绝对不是神所提倡。

Perhaps some people do not quite agree with shedding tears of sadness at a Christian funeral for they think that when believers die, they are returning to heaven; since that is a good thing so we do not need to feel sad. And I do not believe they themselves will not have moments of sadness and tears!
People who speak like that are normally “over-spiritual” till not realistic or practical, as if our human emotions disappear after believing in Jesus.
Some parents would cry buckets of tears even when sending their children overseas to further their studies, what more to say in a life and death situation?

Paul said in Romans 12:15 : Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn…
This shows that we must appreciate and understand a person’s sad feelings, and not be “hyper-spiritual” to judge, that would be too insensitive and lacking in love, definitely not something God promotes.

所以那天我们哭了。。。
所以那天我们没有掩饰我们的眼泪。。。
所以那天我们没有假装我们没有心碎。

So we wept that day…
So we did not hide our years that day…
So we did not pretend we were not heart-broken that day.

 

那天天空也哭了,
但我们知道雨后一定天晴,
彩虹是雨后才会出现。。。
那天我们在伤痛中看到了爱。。。

That day the sky wept as well,
but we know there is always sunshine after the rain,
and rainbow only appears after the rain…
That day we saw love in the midst of sorrows…

 

我们也知道哀伤的田圣最后还是会喜乐,因为妈妈最想看到的还是田圣的笑容。。。
我们知道有那么多人爱和支持的田圣会重拾笑容。。。
我们也已看到田圣勇敢的面对,勇敢的继续走下去。。。
加油,田圣,我们爱你!

And we know the sorrowful Daniel would become joyful again, because it was his smile that mum loved to see best…
And we know with so many people loving and supporting him, Daniel would regain his smiles…
And we have alreay seen Daniel facing it boldly and carrying on courageously…
Fight on, Daniel, we all love you!