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None get to God but through trouble.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 2/14/2010 10:58:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

我平時都不會在熱飲中加糖.
上個月14號後, 即情人節開始, 做了這件事:
每喝一杯街外買的熱飲, 包括任何熱咖啡和熱奶茶, 便儲起一包糖.
一個月後, 即三月十三日,
我儲起了這麼多糖.

按照現時的飲食習慣,
原來我每一個月就食少了這麼多糖.

每個月, 就少了這麼多的 "甜".
生活同時也彷彿苦了,
人, 難道真的需要很多 "甜" 嗎?

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Posted by Alan Yu at 3/18/2009 03:13:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

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Posted by Alan Yu at 9/27/2008 10:05:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

抗逆力，是一種生命素質。我們都知道，世事總不會盡如人意，為人父母，自然想把最好的送給孩子，於是我們也希望，即使沒有我們在旁，孩子也能有足夠的韌力，去面對任何想像到或想像不到的人生逆境。

沒遇過挑戰、沒有重量的生命，所得到的喜悅也是不實在、輕飄飄的。學習把逆境視為使愉悅變得實實在在的途徑，是轉化逆境意義的第一步。

既說是學習，就是說沒有一步登天，沒有一蹴即就。

使孩子能對未來帶著盼望，相信逆境只是一時三刻，雨過自然會天清──這一點，正是我們能為孩子預備的最大禮物。

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Posted by Alan Yu at 9/23/2008 11:20:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

Act III, Scene ii

Someone has altered the script.
My lines have been changed.
The other actors are shifting roles.
They don't come on when they are expected to,
and they don't say the lines I've written
and I'm being upstaged.
I thought I was writing this play
with a rather mice role for myself,
small, but juicy
and some excellent lines.
But nobody gives me my cues
and the scenery has been replaced.
I don't recognize the new sets.
This isn't the script I was writing.
I don't understand this plot at all.

To grow up
is to find
the small part you are playing
in this extraordinary drama
written by
somebody else.

Labels: Pi, Reflection, Thorns, Worship

Posted by Alan Yu at 7/18/2008 07:07:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

The circumstances of every person's life are a sort of training, like the training devised for an athlete by a strict and demanding coach, who knows what is best for the athlete to attain his full potential. So you want to stop running and catch your breath? No you don't! Come on, keep it up! I'll decide when it's time for you to take a break! So you think you're about to drop? Don't worry, you won't, you'll be all stronger! You say you can't go on? Nonsense, of course you can, you simply don't realize how much you've still got in you! You're my pride and joy, so don't expect me to give an inch!

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Posted by Alan Yu at 7/16/2008 07:05:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

let my brokenness be my strength.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 7/14/2008 06:15:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

We like to wallpaper our prison.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 7/12/2008 05:51:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

Don't come [to worship] unless you're ready to carry the burden of your brothers and sisters.

The Table is not a table for you, but for US.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 7/05/2008 05:41:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

Christ not only takes and carries our pain, he absorbs our pain into himself.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 7/02/2008 05:36:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

Jesus is not only standing in our shoes, he's in our feet.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 6/26/2008 05:28:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

How much of spiritual formation is our work and how much is God's work?

It feels like you need to press in and has pressed in all your effort, but it is actually all of God's resources at work.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 6/25/2008 05:25:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

We wanted to die, but without pain and in good health.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 6/24/2008 05:24:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

I think our faith is really ridiculous and it is tough. However, the world is ridiculous and there is a lot of pain - I think the only faith worth believing in must be radical and embraces and is able to answer the ridiculous and acknowledges pain. It must not run away from it. Otherwise it is irrelevant……..

There is mystery in the cross.

Grace is about abundance. It is not a zero-sum game.
That is the only way this works. Infinite abundance.

Here is a realization:
I am actually like this through active choices. I am not a victim. I chose, and I choose.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 5/13/2008 12:01:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

春夜宴從弟桃花園序
作者 李白

夫天地者，萬物之逆旅也；光陰者，百代之過客也。而浮生若夢，為歡幾何？古人秉燭夜遊，良有以也。況陽春召我以煙景，大塊假我以文章。會桃花之芳園，序天倫之樂事。群季俊秀，皆為惠連；吾人詠歌，獨慚康樂。幽賞未已，高談轉清。開瓊筵以坐花，飛羽觴而醉月。不有佳詠，何伸雅懷？如詩不成，罰依金谷酒數。

題解：李白與諸從弟聚會賦詩，本文即為之而作的序文。

意譯：天地是萬事萬物的旅舍，光陰是古往今來的過客。而人生浮泛，如夢一般，能有幾多歡樂？古人持燭夜遊，確實有道理啊。況且溫煦的春天用艷麗的景色召喚我們，大自然將美好的文章提供給我們。於是相會於美麗的桃李園內，敘說兄弟團聚的快樂。諸位弟弟英俊秀發，個個好比謝惠連；而我的作詩吟詠，卻慚愧不如謝康樂。正以幽雅的情趣欣賞著美景，高遠的談吐已更為清妙。鋪開盛席，坐在花間；行酒如飛，醉於月下。不作好詩，怎能抒發高雅的情懷？如賦詩不成，須依金谷雅集三斗之數行罰。

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Posted by Alan Yu at 3/06/2008 12:07:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

In human life, suffering is not merely an episode, an event, or a passing psychological state - it is a condition. [...] suffering is as much a feature of human life as is joy, wonder, or satisfaction.

If Christianity is to be any more than an interesting explanatory system for those who enjoy the diversions of metaphysical philosophy, then it must open in us a way to live abundantly in and with our suffering, give us hope, empower us to live with others in their suffering, and discern the difference between the suffering characteristic of human existence and suffering that demands alleviation or resistance. That is, Christianity as a living faith must sustain and heal human persons as we "suffer" the long journey of a life lived through the ebb and flow of pain and joy, struggle and peace [...] Christianity must open a way for us to face suffering, not as an anomaly or a momentary obstacle on the way to a place where God will be present tous but as an enduring feature of human life in which God is with us.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 2/19/2008 11:53:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

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Posted by Alan Yu at 2/11/2008 10:13:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

I suffer from chronic depression. This means that I go through periods of major depression, but unlike other people, my depression never really leaves me. When I am not in a cycle of major depression, I am suffering from a less serious case of depression, which still makes day-to-day life a great effort.

And most important of all, I know my relationship with God. The darker my depression the gets, the more I depend on God to carry me from one day to the next. Sometimes the pain is so heavy I need God just to get from one breath to the next. However, I feel almost at an advantage because my depression reminds me everyday of my weakness and this reminds me to depend on God for strength and to recognize that He is more powerful than any chemical remedies devised by man.

So the truth, is the stigma of depression is still out there. [...] You just have to understand who you are and how you function when you are in the clutches of depression. And it’s important to understand whose you are. That no matter how dark it gets, the Light is right next door. Hope is never too far away to find you.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 2/08/2008 01:15:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

We all know pain. Some of us know it very well. But not all pain has to be a devastation to our lives. It is never meant to be. God is within even the darkest moments of our days, and choosing to search for him and wait upon him through the struggles of each day will, without fail, shed light unto our hearts. And in the moments where God speaks to us in speeding cars, healing and purpose gain a new strength. And even the dead can find life.

God is still God in the bankruptcy, in the cancer, in the divorce, in the death, in the fire. God is still God when people walk away and when the addictions don’t break. God is still God when insurance doesn’t cover the damage or the loans aren’t granted. God is still God in our broken circumstances, just as He was God when He hung on the cross to redeem the world.

All things. Even these broken days.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 2/04/2008 11:07:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

The suffering of the church in the world is not a sign of Satan's victory. It is a sign of his realization of defeat.

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Posted by Alan Yu at 12/23/2007 01:08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments