Patriachy

The Stoning of Soraya reminded me of the woman who was caught in the act of adultery and brought before Jesus. She was thougth to be Mary, who was guilty of such sin. But Soraya was innocent, it was her husband framed her for adultery so that he can marry a younger wife (14y/o girl).  Even though there were women stood up for Soraya, she was put to death by stoning, even from her own sons. On the other hand, there was only Jesus who was compassionated to Mary, and she was forgiven by the grace of God. What made the stirred crowd to drop the stones in their hands and left Mary alone? Was it because Jesus was a man? I think it’s because His word is mighty, he said “done” is done. Now I realised Jesus has once lived in such a male dominate society, still stood up for the oppressed and sinful women of the time. He is merciful and loving, there is none like Him.

I know who holds the future

A different translation of the long sung hymn, and a different composition by Children of God, became an inspiration in my life today.

我不知明日將如何

每時刻安然渡過

我不求明天的陽光

因明天或轉陰暗

我不為將來而憂慮

因我知主所應許

今天我必與主同行

祂深知前途光景

有許多事明天將臨到

許多事難以明暸

但我知主掌管明天

祂必要領我向前

一切都是最好的安排

無意中翻著一個舊電郵，我是一個不大在意別人 forward 出來 mass email 的人，通常都不太讀內容，就跳過去看別的，更不最說是呢種 attachment 的小故事，十之八九都不會看。無意中卻不知道為什麼看了一個 “從前有一個國家” 的電郵故事，大意是說人生的種種遭遇，無論是順景還是不如意，都可以是最好的安排。光看眼前不幸的處景，而沒有寬廣的眼光看得長遠的話，往往只會讓自己不 快，而沒想到會有出人意外的結果。難道是是阿Q精神？我想在主裏面的人，就可以放心的相信，神給我們的不是膽怯的心，乃是剛強，仁愛，謹守的心，相信祂所 應許的不會落空，祂的話也卻不徒然返回，必要成就祂所喜悅的事，信靠祂的人，在神差他所去要成就的事上面，也必然亨通！我想要能明白一切都是神最好的安排 不難，但要在我親身面對的一切事上都完全信靠，就有點難度，因為人都是容易看環境，看社會，看別人來判斷事情，而不是看神的話語… 我希望能好好學習，明白並走在神的話語裏面，渡我在世的日子，直等到祂再來。