Tag Archive - 林义忠散文,GT Lim’s essays and writings

虚惊一场! A false alarm!

有时候我们真的会比较负面,发生一件事情,都还不知道真相,就先往不好或最坏的方面去想。。。
后来发现事实都不是如此,真是白担心一场!更糟糕的是,有时候还误会人,乱生气一场,真的是很笨!

Sometimes we tend to be more negative, when something happens, even before knowing the truth, we start thinking the worse or something bad…Then we discover the fact that is otherwise, really worrying for nothing! What is worse, sometimes we even misunderstand others and get angry with them wrongly, it is really silly!

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但的确有时候事情本来是负面的,上帝却很奇妙的把它转为正面,让我们看到祂是独行奇事的神,我经历了这样的神迹蛮多次。。。
现在回想一些曾经发生过的,还真是千钧一发,不可思议!

But indeed sometimes it can be a truly negative thing but God amazingly turns it to become positive, to show us He is a miracle-working God. I personally have experienced this kind of miracles numerous times…
As I recall certain incidents that happened before, the apparent “narrow escape” a few times were really unimaginable!

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这一次又经历了一个意想不到的好事。。。
收到一个我不想收、不想碰、不想开的东西,我马上就开始思想该如何丢掉这东西,因为我想象其来源会让我很不舒服。。。但结果却是相反的!
原来是我喜欢的东西,来源叫我很安慰感动。。。

I experienced something good again this time something I did not expect…
I received something I did not want to receive, did not want to touch and did not want to open, my mind immediately started thinking as to how to get rid of it because I imagined the source would make me very uncomfortable… but it turned out otherwise!
It was actually something I like and the source was very comforting and touching…

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现在想起来也真好笑,我还差点把它送给别人,甚至丢掉!哈哈!
还好收到消息的匿名人士,急忙传简讯给我说东西是来自它!我真的是万万都没想到是他!
真是虚惊变惊喜!上帝真的很幽默,也很爱我,我那么胡乱想象,祂仍然赐福我,我真的是不配!

It is really funny as I think about it now, I almost gave the thing to others or even threw it away! Haha!
Just as well the “mysterious” person heard about that and quickly sent a text message to me to tell me the thing was from him! I really did not have the slightest thought that it could come from him!
This is really a false alarm that turns into a pleasant surprise! God is truly humourous, and He loves me so much too, knowing how I would simply imagine the worst and yet He still blesses me, I am really so undeserving!

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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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“想留在夢中”的第二個夢。。。 The 2nd dream of “Wished to stay on in the dream”…

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所以,你也有那一种感觉,那种做了一个梦,你很想留在梦里面,不要醒来的感觉?
那你的又是什么梦呢?
当然一定都是美梦,但有不同的题材。。。

So you do have that feeling too, that wishing not to wake up from the dream you are having, but then what dream is yours?
Of course they must be good dreams, but with different themes…

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上一篇告诉了你们我第一个不想醒来的梦,那第二个又是什么梦呢。。。?
你若期待很精彩和轰轰烈烈的,大概要失望了,因为它是忆起家庭的梦,特别是童年时候的家和爸爸妈妈的梦。。。
有时候我也很纳闷,都已经那么老的人了,怎么还一直做小时候跟爸爸妈妈在一起的梦?难道心里还有一个长不大的小孩。。。?

I told you in my last writing concerning the first dream that I did not want to wake up from, then what is the second one…?
If you are expecting something exciting and colourful, you might get disappointed, because it is about family memory, especially about my childhood home and mum and dad then…
Sometimes I wonder too, I am already that old, but why am I still dreaming about my childhood days with mum and dad? Or is there a child inside that has not grown up…?

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爸爸逝世后,这些年来都会梦见他还在,生活如常;去年妈妈去世了,就换着梦见妈妈还在。。。
上个礼拜还梦见载着行动不方便的妈妈去看医生,一切好真实,所以才会不希望留在梦中。。。

After father passed away, these few years I have been having dreams that he was still around, living life like normal; now that mother passed away last year, I began to dream that she was still around…
Last week I dreamt that I was bringing her to see the doctor in her wheelchair, it was so real, that was why I wished I would stay on in the dream…

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从梦中醒来当然会有一丝丝难过,但当我想到她在天堂没有病痛、没有软弱,能行动自如,却是快乐与主同在,我心就很安慰!
我非常感恩,爸爸妈妈都认识主耶稣,都是那么平安离开这个世界到天堂与主同住。。。

When I woke up from the dream, of course there would be a tiny tinge of sadness, but when I think of how she has no sickness and pain in heaven, that she can move around freely and is happily living in the presence of Jesus, my heart is greatly comforted!
I am very grateful that both mum and dad knew Jesus, and they left this world in such peace to be with the Lord in heaven…

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