10/5/2011苹果公司的总裁Steve Jobs 死了,许多以他为创业成功的模範,苹果公司是高科技的精神堡垒,他是许多人奋斗的榜样,甚至是有些硅谷专业人士所崇拜的偶像。然而,因着他无法抗拒癌细胞的扩散,无助的撒手人寰,不少人已经开始从睡梦中惊醒过来,发觉原来赫赫有名的Jobs 活得让人羡慕,忽然之死令人难以接受。他带着生命中无法安抚的无尽创伤,无奈地抛下一生不能带走的暂时成果与无法永存地上的财富,走进无力抗拒与无法避免的死亡,面对无际的黑暗,无光的未来,无尽的悔恨,无知的结局。人生若没有得到神的祝福,真是又短又苦。
Steve Jobs 不是我们当效法的对象。很多人也有自知之明,知道自己才智并不超过众人,不指望会有太多重大的发明,不能开创甚麽了不起的事业,也不期待自己一生有甚麽大成就,2011年过去了,辛苦了一年,轻松一下,看看新闻,球赛,运动,幻想与自己最欣赏的球员,或是最中意的球队搭上线,做个旁观者,拉拉队,这总比较清高,比较超脱吧。这种人很聪明也顶会过日子的,他选择的球员都是杰出的,经常赢,很少输,支持的球队都是常胜的。谈到球赛,体坛名人,平常一句话不说的弟兄,也能如数家珍,这些运动明星是我们效法的对象吗? 很多在中年时就被病魔吞灭,也有的坠机,车祸意外死亡,甚至自杀。这些运动健将不久就被人遗忘,他们生命所发出短暂的光芒,一闪即逝,他们也都不足以效法。
And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion. And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD. (Hosea 2:19-20)
And let us know, eagerly strive to know the LORD, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
美国圣诗之后、盲女诗人芬妮 扩斯碧,Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) 写了八千多首诗歌,她的墓碑上写着「尽我所能的」,后来墓碑上还加上「主啊! 我属祢」, I am Thine, O Lord 。也有人翻译成「更亲近恩主」, Drew me Near。其它还有许多因着圣灵的恩膏,影响我们生命至深的诗歌。
赞美救主 Praise Him Praise Him
有福的确据 Blessed Assurance
靠近主 Close to Thee
耶稣! 我来 Pass Me Not
靠近十架 Near the Cross
荣耀归给神 To God Be the Glory
主凡事引导 All the Way My Savior Leads Me
安稳在耶稣手中 Safe in the Arms of Jesus
I am Thine, O Lord
I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, and it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith and be closer drawn to Thee.
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, to the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, to Thy precious, bleeding side.
Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, by the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, and my will be lost in Thine.
O the pure delight of a single hour that before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God, I commune as friend with friend!
There are depths of love that I cannot know till I cross the narrow sea;
There are Heights of joy that I may not reach till I rest in peace with Thee.
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