Tag Archive - 感人故事, touching story

一則感動我心的簡訊 A text message that touched my heart

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收到谁的简讯会让你兴奋?
收到谁的简讯会让你紧张?
你又会期待谁的简讯?

Receiving whose text messages would make you feel excited?
Receiving whose text messages would make you feel nervous?
And whose text messaged do you hope to receive?

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读到什么样的简讯会让你感动?
读到什么样的简讯会让你难忘?
到底那天我收到谁的简讯,让我的心那么感动?

Reading what kind of text messages would make you feel touched?
Reading what kind of text messages would be unforgettable to you?
And whose text message did I receive that day that touched my heart so much?

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那天我收到这一则简讯。。。是我没有预料的,来自一个不是很常会传简讯给我的人,即使有,通常他也只传“官方”内容的简讯,可是这一次不一样。。。
这一次的内容让我惊讶,是出乎我所料的,但却深深温暖了我的心。。。
就是以下这则简讯:

That day I received this text message… something I did not expect, not someone who would usually send text messages to me, and if the person does, the content would be quite formal, but not this time…
This time the content surprised me, something I really did not expect, but it deeply warmed my heart…
It is this text message below:

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那是星期日早上,我在家预备去教会,简讯说:
“牧师早安!记得带那台湾饼干给那特殊小孩哦。。。”
这有什么那么感动的?原来背后有段故事。。。

That was Sunday morning as I was preparing to go to church, the message reminded me to bring to church some biscuits I brought back from Taiwan, to give to a special child.
But what was so touching about that? There is a story behind…

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有一个家庭,不久前因着家里有这位特殊儿而来到教会,孩子特别过动且有学习障碍和难以控制,父母亲已深感无助和沮丧,一直到来了教会在耶稣里找到盼望和安慰。

这孩子特别喜欢我也挺黏我,你看连看着荧幕上的我,他都可以那么专注。每一次散会后,他会坚持上来要我祷告后才愿意回家,我每次也会确定跟他祷告和给他一个拥抱。祷告后他一定会向我要一瓶矿泉水,才开开心心的回家,要不然他就会哭闹不肯走。我的助理也习惯了,所以都会预备好瓶子给他。

那个星期六晚上,刚好没有货了,男孩无法体会就要开始哭闹,不要回家了。我就抱着他,跟他说他若乖乖听话,我明早会带我台湾带回来的饼干给他吃;他竟然听懂了,就很开心说他明天要饼干,就肯回家了。

There is this family that came to church not long ago because of this special child, the child is hyperactive and has learning difficulty and hard to keep under control. The parents were very desperate and depressed because of his condition but they found hope and comfort in Jesus when they came to church.

The child somehow adores me and gets quite attached to me, see how fixated he is even when watching my on-screen image. Each time after a church meeting, he would insist to come up to be prayed for by me before he is willing to go home, and I would make sure I pray for him and give him a hug too each time. Then, he would always ask from me a bottle of mineral water after prayer before going home happily, otherwise he would kick up a fuss and refuse to go. My assistants are used to that and they are always ready with the bottle for him.

That particular Saturday night, we ran out of stock, and the boy could not comprehend that and was about to cry and refusing to go home. Then I hugged and told him if he behaved and listened to me, then I would the next morning bring him some biscuits I brought back from Taiwan, and he could understand me. He happily said he wanted the biscuit the next morning and was willing to go home then.

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收到助理提醒我带饼干的简讯会让我感动是因为,原来助理不但在教会很尽责,站在我背后也很专心听我跟小孩讲话,回了家也没忘记。这证明他把小孩的需要放在心上,要不然他不会怕我忘记带饼干来,而让孩子失望哭闹。。。
我真的很欣赏我助理这一点,我真的没想到他会一大早传简讯给我,提醒我带饼干给那特殊小孩(虽然我也没忘记)。
你不感动吗?换着是你,你会不会这样做?

所以,我决定原谅阿蚊上一届运动会在200米赛项跑赢我了,哈哈哈哈!!

Receiving that text message from my assistant was touching to me because, I realized he was not only very responsible while at church, he was also listening attentively when I talked to the little boy, and he did not forget when he went home. That showed he put the boy’s needs on his heart too, other wise he would not have been concerned that I might for get to bring the biscuit and thus disappointing and upsetting the child…
I was really impressed with that, I really did not expect him to text me early that morning ti remind me about bringing the biscuit for that special boy (though I did not forget too).
Are you not touched? Would you have done the same if it were you?

So I have decided to forgive Ah Boon for beating me in the 200m race in our last sports meet, hahahaha!!

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他痛苦的說:我不要死。。。 He said painfully: I don’t want to die…

 

都忘了是哪一年了,只记得那天下午我在教会排练圣诞节詩歌,电话响了。。。

另一端传来消息说他自杀了,问我能到医院吗?医生说沒救了,应该渡不过今晚。。。
我愣住了!脑海一片混乱!三天前不是还好好的吗?当时我不是才在办公室辅导他吗?怎么又去做傻事?

我无法马上抽身,只能晚上去看他,心中求主怜悯,彰显神迹让我还能见到他,跟他说话,或者让他神迹般活下去。。。

他,三十出头的单身汉,患有忧郁症,皆因以前迷信相信算命的妖言,苦等他“发财”的日子,结果一直没到,他崩溃了。

最初他来教会时,头发凌乱、衣物不整,身上还有一点难闻的味道。
看得出他愁绪万缕,也看得出他精神状况不好,更不需要猜就知道他一定没有朋友。

散会后上来被祷告时,我为他按手祷告,心中有感动给他一个拥抱,让他知道耶稣爱他,我也不拒绝他。。。
但。。。他的精神状态、样貌、还有身上的味道怎么办。。。?我还是顺服了心中的感动去抱他,而且以后为他祷告后,都会尽量抱他一下。

有一次他主动带着微笑跟我们说,以前别人是不可能看到他的笑容的;他开始对人生有一点盼望,虽然精神状况还在恢复当中。

家里不是每个人都信主,难免受不了他一个大好男人不去上班赚钱,所以时而会催逼他赶快去找工作。

他自杀前三天来见我就是说承受不了家里的压力了。
我继续鼓励他,也抓住他的手一起祷告,他也还能微笑跟我握手说谢谢。
我以为一切都正常了,可是突然间这消息。。。(待续)

I have forgotten which year it was, I can only remember I was practising some songs for Christmas that afternoon. The phone rang…

The other side conveyed me the news that he had committed suicide, they asked whether I could go to the hospital. The doctor said there was no hope and he would not survive through that night…
I was stunned! My mind was blank! Was he not alright just three days ago? Was I not counselling him then in my office? Why did he do this foolish thing again?

I could not leave immediately, I could only go at night. I prayed for God’s mercy that He would perform a miracle that I would still be able to see him and talk to him, or perhaps that he would live miraculously…

He was a single man of slightly more than thirty years old. He was suffering from depression, the result of superstitiously believing in some fortune-teller’s nonsense and waiting for the “day” he would strike gold but it never came and he had a breakdown.

When he first came to church, messy hair, shrivelled shirt, and some unpleasant body odour, you could tell he was full of worries, could also tell his mental condition was not so sound, and there was no need to guess that he had no friend.

After the service, he came up to be prayed for. I laid hand on him. There was a prompting in my heart to give him a hug to let him know Jesus loves him and that I do not reject him too… but… what with his not very sound mind, and appearance, and the smell…? Anyway, I obeyed my heart and gave him a hug and subsequently I would try my best to give him a hug each time after I had prayed for him.

Once, on his own initiative, with a smiling face he told us no one could ever see him smile before.
He began to have some hope for living though his mental condition was still in the process of getting better.

Not everyone at home was a Christian, inadvertently they could not stand a grown man not going out to work to earn some money.
So on and off they would push him to go look for a job.

Three days before he committed suicide he came to see me, telling me he could not handle the pressure from home.
I continued to encourage him and held his hand to pray with him. He could even shake my hand and smile and say thanks to me.
I thought everything would be alright, then suddenly the news came… ( To be continued…)

 

 

 

 

小举动,大感动。。。 Small act, deep impact…

 

他时常嘻嘻哈哈,很会搞怪,可说是开心果一个。。。
他很创意,很有才华,会音乐、唱歌、画画等等,更是电脑奇才。。。
他算是蛮成功的,有自己的生意,也蛮受朋友欢迎。

有一年他生日,忘了是谁的主意,说一起去吃宵夜。。。
只不过是一间很平常的咖啡店,没有什么特别节目,大伙儿一起去吃,自己点自己想吃的。
有人带了一个小蛋糕来给他一个小“惊喜”。。。对我来说,这种庆祝再平常不过了,也算不了什么“庆祝”。
大家聊聊天、胡闹一场,吃完宵夜就回家了。我有注意到那晚他不像他一贯的吵闹、多话。。。

回到家,收到他简讯说:
谢谢你们!我真的很惊讶你们帮我庆祝生日,从来没有人曾经为我庆祝生日,所以我一时太感动,说不出什么话来,不知道该怎么回应,只想说真的太谢谢你们了。。。

他还说感动的想哭!这常常看起来很有自信的一个人?!

我想对我们很多人来说生日蛋糕和礼物已不是什么大不了的事,甚至还诸般挑剔;可是原来还有很多人从来没有什么人为他们庆祝过他们的生日,也没收过什么礼物!我想帮人计划一个小惊喜或送一份小礼物,我们很多应该都很轻易做得到吧?

有时候对我们来说只不过是一件轻而易举的举手之劳,但对他人来说却意义深远,我们没察觉到但却深深触摸及感动了他们的心。很简单的一个小举动,却也可以有很大的震撼和感动,我们还是赶快行动吧。。。

He is often quite jovial and mischievous, quite often the fun of the party…
He is rather creative and talented, knows music, can sing, draw etc, and is a computer genius…
He can be considered quite successful, has his own business and quite popular with friends.

One year on his birthday, I cannot remember whose idea it was, we went for supper together…
Just an ordinary coffee shop, no special programme, just a group of friends having supper together, and we all ordered our own food.
Someone brought along a small cake to give him a little “surprise”… To me, this kind of “celebration” is at the most ordinary level, it cannot even be considered a “celebration”.
We talked, joked and went home after supper. I did notice he was not his usual noisy and talkative self…

Upon reaching home, I received his text message, he said:
Thank you all so much! I was really surprised that you all celebrated my birthday for me, no one ever celebrated my birthday for me, so I was very touched and did not know what to say or how to respond… but just to say thanks so much…

he even said he was almost moved to tears! I mean for someone who always seems so confident like him?!

I think to many of us a birthday cake or gift is not really a big deal anymore, in fact we can even be very fussy about them. But as a matter of fact, many people never ever had anyone celebrating their birthday for them, nor received any gift for that matter!
I think helping to plan a little surprise or giving a small gift to someone should be quite easy for many of us, right?

Sometimes what is to us a tiny and easy act may mean a great deal to others, and may touch their hearts in a very deep way without us realizing. Just a very simple act but it can have a deep impact, we had better get up and act quickly…