Pastor’s Corner Sept 2008 (Mrs. Connie Liu)

2008 年9月         牧者心声    廖张嘉蔚传道

“爱是永不止息. Love NEVER FAILS.” 林前13:8

“不要再犹豫! 这可能是最後机会!金钱可以再赚回来, 但是与母亲相处的时间往往是不可再用金钱买回来的!”

因著这些鼓励, 我们一家毅然在5月份回港探望患重病的家姑!   她一生与家公为儿女辛劳.如果没有她恩慈的爱护, 我们怎会有今天的享受?  何况她为著寻求行善积德, 信了天道五教已30年! 每當想到主耶稣爱她, 赐下宝贵救恩, 我们就更加逼切的盼望能劝她信主.  William 和我没有什麽板斧, 只有一个倚靠主耶稣的心, 并弟兄姊妹多方爱心的祷告就上路了 !

 

记得回到家中第一眼见到妈妈, 大家都禁不住泪水, 因她以为以後也再见不到我们了!她说很爱我们, 也知道我们爱她, 但请我们不要再向她说主耶稣, 或带人来探访她.    我们可以怎样呢? 就是靠著主的爱, 和教会的祷告托住我们失望和脆弱的心.    在港1 个月, 我们享受每天, 不管天晴或有黑雨, 也乘巴士探望她, 一家团团转地跪在她的床前诉说往事, 细说感恩, 求她原谅我们过去的得罪与不足, 轮流为她按摩, 轻抚头脸, 孩子歌唱 “世上只有妈妈好!” 又绷跳带来很多欢笑, 陪伴往公园散步…..我们都谈到心灵的心处. William 每天都温柔地求她让我们捉紧她手, 为她祷告.   奇妙的是: 每次祷告她都流下泪来, 渐渐地, 她告诉我们她开始有自求耶稣帮她, 和告诉她谁是真神…..在我们临回加前的3天, 她竟愿意流泪祈祷接受主耶稣为救主, 甚至连续两天也是这样!   讚美主耶稣! 我们欢欣不断!  妈得救了!   这是何等的奇妙!     我们纵然为她的健康和信心根基担忧著, 但是想到主的应许, 就得坚固: 祂是为我们信心创始成终的神, 也能保存我们所交付祂的, 直到那天!      我们现在是靠著书信来鼓励和讚赏她, 求主坚固, 求主减轻她痛楚!  请你也为她祈祷.

 

你是否仍有未信主的家人在等候你给他爱护? 相处时间? 亲情的修补? 甚至需要你求原谅?   赶快的向他/她表达爱与情! 如果关係已僵破, 也不要灰心!为他们祷告, 然後靠主恩来藉行动说出 “对不起, 我爱你, 主耶稣更爱您!” 千万不要爱得太迟, 也记著爱是永不止息! “Love NEVER FAILS!”

 

 

September 2008 Pastor’s Corner

 By Mrs. Connie Liu

“Love Never FAILS.” 1 Cor 13:8

“Don’t hesitate! This maybe the last chance! Money can be earned, but you may never buy back time with mom in the future!”

Charis’ picture for grandma: “Grandma, Jesus loves youY.”

With God’s words and these encouragements, we made a swift decision to go back to Hong Kong in May to visit my mom-in-law who is suffering from last stage of cancer.  Without her unconditional love and hardworking in the past, we won’t be enjoying so much life’s blessings today!  She sought to be a good person so she became a folk religious leader for 30 years!  As Jesus loves her and died on the cross for her, nothing was more urgent  for us than desiring her salvation.   We brought home 2 kids, a heart relying on Jesus and also brothers and sisters’ prayers.

The very first moment we arrived her home, we all burst into tears when she said “I thought I could never see you all again!”.  She told us she loves us and she knew we love her, but she asked us not to talk about Jesus nor bring any Christian friends to visit her anymore.     What could we do? Only  Jesus’ love and the church’s prayers continue to uphold our fragile and disappointed hearts!

For the whole month, we enjoyed every moment with her everyday whether in rain or shine.   It was quite hard to commute on different buses with 2 young kids and a stroller everyday. Yet, we stayed beside her bed sharing memories, counting life’s blessings, asking for forgiveness of our wrongdoings, taking turns to massage on her, caressing her head and face, Charis & Wesley singing “Moms are the greatest on earth!”, bringing her happiness and joy…..Gradually we could share deep things from our hearts, and William held her hand gently and begged her to pray with us each day.     Wonderful things then followed: she shed tears every time we prayed, and she started to pray to Jesus to help her and reveal to her who the true God is!    3 days before we came back, she even prayed with us together to receive Christ in 2 consecutive days!  How joyous and thankful we are to Jesus! Our mom is now saved!     Although we still worry about her health ane her faith, God’s promises continue to strengthen us, “for Jesus is the author and perfector of our faith, and we are convinced that He is able to guard what we have entrusted to him for that day.”  We now continue to write letters to her.  May the LORD strengthen her heart and ease her pain.

 

Do you have family members who do not know the LORD and are STILL waiting for you to love them, to spend time with them, to reconcile with them, or even ask for forgivness? Quickly go and love them! Even when relationships are broken, never lose heart!  Pray for them and rely on Jesus to show and tell them “Forgive me! I love you! Jesus loves you!”  Don’t wait until it’s TOO LATE!  And remember: “LOVE NEVER FAILS!”