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以小人之心度君子之腹。。。To gauge the heart of a gentleman with one’s own mean measure…

有时候有一些事情若隐若现,看得不是很清楚,我们最好不要随便下判断。。。而往往人又会偏向负面的想法!
最糟糕的是,本来高尚的事情被疑心重的人错解为恶劣行为,结果污蔑了一些好品德的人的名誉。。。

Sometimes certain pictures seem unclear or blurred, and we cannot see very clearly, then we had better not simply jump to our own conclusion… but somehow human beings tend to be more inclined to conclude negatively!
What is worse, an originally noble act can be misinterpreted by some suspicious people as something horrible, and consequently tarnishing the good reputation of some noble people…

 

 

 

中文有一句谚语:
“以小人之心度君子之腹”意思为:用卑劣的心意去猜测品行高尚的人。
对我们大家都是很好的提醒!

There is a Chinese proverb that says:
“To gauge the heart of a gentleman with one’s own mean measure” meaning: Judging unfairly a noble person with own despicable mind.
This is a very good reminder for all of us!

 

 

 

 

话说有一次,有一对父女,因为形象与品德良好,被邀请上台为“抽奖游戏”抽奖。。。箱子里面有上千张写着来宾的名字的小纸张,抽到谁的名字,谁就得奖。。。
气氛都很好很快乐,很多礼物分出去。。。

There was once, a father and daughter, because of their noble characters and good image, were invited on stage for a “prize-draw” programme… There were more than a thousand slips of paper with all the guests’ names on them, the guests would win a prize if their name was drawn out…
The atmosphere was good and happy, many gifts were given away…

 

 

 

可是事情却节外生枝。。。
节目进行到一半,有些宾客当场很生气的走掉,还散播了一些他们以为是事实的谣言,重重的破坏了这对父女的名誉!

But an unnecessary episode happened…
While the programme was in  progress, some guests got up and left angrily, and spread some rumour which they thought was the truth, and severely damaged the reputation of this pair of father and daughter!

 

原来这些宾客看到一些画面,而随便下判断而污蔑了这父女的形象。。。
在抽奖时,父女有几次抽到自己或家人的名单。。。父女俩看了,打个眼色,笑笑,不当一回事就把名单又丢回去箱子里,因为觉得不好意思,也想把礼物让给别人。可是因为礼物很多,抽了很多次,后面还是抽到自己的家人的名字;主持人知道了,就在台上小声对他们说:我看上帝真的要赐福你们吧,就领受你的祝福吧!

所以父女才接受。结果有“小人之心”的宾客就散播谣言说,这对父女抽到别人的名字就把名单丢回去,抽到自己名字就报告出来为让自己得奖!这却是恰恰与事实相反!

The fact was these guests saw some scenes and they simply jumped to their own judgement and damaged the reputation of the father and daughter…
During the drawing out of names, the father and daughter team found that the names they drew out were their own name or their family members’… When they saw that, they signalled to each other and smiled and threw the names back into the box without thinking much of it as they thought it was not very nice to take the prize themselves and they had better give others a chance.
But because there were a lot of prizes to be given away, after a while, incidentally they still drew out their family members’ names. When the MC saw that, he said softly to them on stage: Well, I guess God really wants to bless you, just receive the blessing!

Only then, the father and daughter accepted. However, those guests with a “mean thought” spread the rumour and said the father and daughter threw back other people’s names but announced own names to receive the prizes! That was completely the opposite!

 

所以我说:
人啊!人啊!不知道真相就不要乱讲话啊!
你眼睛所看到的未必是事实,而你心里所想的为什么一定要是诡诈的呢?

So I say:
O people! Do not simply speak when you do not know the truth!
What you see with your eyes may not be the truth, and why must the thought in your heart be something wicked?

把自己隐藏起来。。。 Hide yourself…

有时候把自己隐藏起来是好的,不要过于炫耀自己,不要让注意力一直停留在自己身上。。。
要不然会很容易自满、骄傲,因而夺去上帝当得的荣耀;同时也会给自己增添很多不需要的压力。。。

Sometimes it is good to hide ourselves, and not over-exalting ourselves, don’t let ourselves be the focus of attention always…
Otherwise it is very easy to become conceited and arrogant and thus robbing God’s glory; at the same time it adds on unnecessary pressure on ourselves too…

 

其实在茫茫人海中,有几个人真正认识你?即使很多人知道你是谁,又怎样?
Actually in a sea of people, how many truly know who you are? Even if many do, so what?

 

再有名、再成功,最后也还不是长江后浪推前浪。。。最后你也会渐渐被遗忘的。。。
“经风一吹,便归无有,他的原处也不再认识他” - 诗103:16 -
No matter how famous or successful, in the end you will be overtaken by uprising talents too… and ultimately you will be forgotten too…
“the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.” – Psalm 103:16 –

 

被遗忘在一个角落,但感谢主,上帝始终会记得你是谁。。。
Forgotten in a corner, but thank God, He will always remember who you are…

 

但话虽如此,该站出来的时候还是要站出来,因为上帝造你是有原因和用处的。。。所以也不应该永远躲藏在别人背后。。。
But having said that, when you need to stand out, then you have to stand out, because God created us for a purpose and we are useful… So, we should not be hiding behind others all the time too…

 

再加上,上帝看我们始终是宝贵的,而我们的确是很有价值的。。。只要记得时刻感恩和把荣耀归给他就是了!
Furthermore, God sees us as precious always, and we are indeed very valuable… we just need to remember to give thanks and glory to Him always!

 

(给那些好奇的,照片是去年(2010)九月带例外人去澳门时拍的。
For those who are curious, the photos were taken last September(2010) when I brought The Remnant to Macau.)

有时候模糊不清。。。 Sometimes kind of blurred and unclear…

“我们如今仿佛对着镜子观看,模糊不清,到那时,就要面对面了。
我如今所知道的有限,到那时就全知道,如同主知道我一样。 ”     ~哥林多前书 13:12~

“Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we shall see face to face.
Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known (by the Lord).”     ~1 Corinthians 13:12~

耶和华说:
“我的意念非同你们的意念,我的道路非同你们的道路。
天怎样高过地,照样我的道路高过你们的道路,
我的意念高过你们的意念。”
~以赛亚书 55:8-9~

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
~Isaiah 55:8-9~

“其实明天如何,你们还不知道。你们的生命是什么呢?你们原来是一片云雾,出现少时就不见了。
你们只当说:主若愿意,我们就可以活着,也可以做这事,或做那事。”
~雅各书 4:14-15~

“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.””
~James 4:14-15~

“所以,不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑;一天的难处一天当就够了。”
~马太福音 6:34~

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
~Matthew 6:34~