是是誰 D+ 看世界~*

今天的經文裡完全地談到了鱷魚
而鱷魚也顯示出神的權能在當時

若以今日的角度看來
神說的這一切似乎都會是問題了

但是這經文讓我想到了
約伯根本無法勝過昨天的河馬與今天的鱷魚
那要如何在神面前自義呢

如果今日你我所面對的苦難是『河馬與鱷魚』
那麼我們只有一個唯一的選擇就是：面對它與信靠祂。

今天晚上要去小組的時候
在路上遇見警察跟在後面
後來被攔了下來
最後被開了一張罰單
是說因為行車執照過期
所以除了罰款之外還要去法院上課

當時的心裡想著
初來乍到地沒有人告訴我生日過後要換行照
這不知者無罪啊警察大人

如果在當下因著這樣埋怨上帝埋怨這裡的弟兄姊妹
那麼我最後的結局依然是一張罰單跟還是要去上課

這罰單或許是苦難
但也或許是提醒
苦難是因為罰款跟隨之而來的壞心情
提醒是因為上帝告訴我：這不正是你應該面對的問題嗎

是啊！來到美國已經接近一年
都是倚靠教會眾弟兄姊妹的幫助
任何事若不是自己要面對
那還要多少人的協助才足夠呢

生活上的每一件事情
都是經歷過後才知道的
感謝主讓我經歷更多自己未知的問題

這一年來若不是倚靠主如何走過呢
以我摩西的性格應該是憤怒致死吧

願上帝幫助你我面對自己生命中的『河馬與鱷魚』
那或許是上帝對你生命的調整
當你樂意接受時
你將看見喜樂、祝福的未來





約伯記

41:1 你能用魚鉤釣上鱷魚嗎？能用繩子壓下牠的舌頭嗎？
"Can you draw out Levi'athan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
41:2 你能用繩索穿牠的鼻子嗎？能用鉤穿牠的腮骨嗎？
Can you put a rope in his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
41:3 牠豈向你連連懇求，說柔和的話嗎？
Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?
41:4 豈肯與你立約，使你拿牠永遠作奴僕嗎？
Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant for ever?
41:5 你豈可拿牠當雀鳥玩耍嗎？豈可為你的幼女將牠拴住嗎？
Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on leash for your maidens?
41:6 搭夥的漁夫豈可拿牠當貨物嗎？能把牠分給商人嗎？
Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
41:7 你能用倒鉤槍扎滿牠的皮，能用魚叉叉滿牠的頭嗎？
Can you fill his skin with harpoons, or his head with fishing spears?
41:8 你按手在牠身上，想與牠爭戰，就不再這樣行吧！
Lay hands on him; think of the battle; you will not do it again!
41:9 人指望捉拿牠是徒然的；一見牠，豈不喪膽嗎？
Behold, the hope of a man is disappointed; he is laid low even at the sight of him.
41:10 沒有那麼凶猛的人敢惹牠。這樣，誰能在我面前站立得住呢？
No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he that can stand before me?
41:11 誰先給我甚麼，使我償還呢？天下萬物都是我的。
Who has given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
41:12 論到鱷魚的肢體和其大力，並美好的骨骼，我不能緘默不言。
"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
41:13 誰能剝牠的外衣？誰能進牠上下牙骨之間呢？
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who can penetrate his double coat of mail?
41:14 誰能開牠的腮頰？牠牙齒四圍是可畏的。
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
41:15 牠以堅固的鱗甲為可誇，緊緊合閉，封得嚴密。
His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.
41:16 這鱗甲一一相連，甚至氣不得透入其間，
One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
41:17 都是互相聯絡、膠結，不能分離。
They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
41:18 牠打噴嚏就發出光來；牠眼睛好像早晨的光線（原文是眼皮）。
His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
41:19 從牠口中發出燒著的火把，與飛迸的火星；
Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth.
41:20 從牠鼻孔冒出煙來，如燒開的鍋和點著的蘆葦。
Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
41:21 牠的氣點著煤炭，有火焰從牠口中發出。
His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
41:22 牠頸項中存著勁力；在牠面前的都恐嚇蹦跳。
In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.
41:23 牠的肉塊互相聯絡，緊貼其身，不能搖動。
The folds of his flesh cleave together, firmly cast upon him and immovable.
41:24 牠的心結實如石頭，如下磨石那樣結實。
His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the nether millstone.
41:25 牠一起來，勇士都驚恐，心裡慌亂，便都昏迷。
When he raises himself up the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves.
41:26 人若用刀，用槍，用標槍，用尖槍扎牠，都是無用。
Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail; nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
41:27 牠以鐵為乾草，以銅為爛木。
He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
41:28 箭不能恐嚇牠使牠逃避；彈石在牠看為碎秸。
The arrow cannot make him flee; for him slingstones are turned to stubble.
41:29 棍棒算為禾秸；牠嗤笑短槍颼的響聲。
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
41:30 牠肚腹下如尖瓦片；牠如釘耙經過淤泥。
His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
41:31 牠使深淵開滾如鍋，使洋海如鍋中的膏油。
He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
41:32 牠行的路隨後發光，令人想深淵如同白髮。
Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be hoary.
41:33 在地上沒有像牠造的那樣，無所懼怕。
Upon earth there is not his like, a creature without fear.
41:34 凡高大的，牠無不藐視；牠在驕傲的水族上作王。
He beholds everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride."