我们永远都没有办法估量我们服侍的果效,并不是因为我们有能力,而是让生命成长的主掌控着一切,虽看似是我们在服侍,乃是让我们更多经历上帝特殊的恩典。
上帝若给你的多,必定会为你多要。当我在回想在挪威北部教会服侍的六个月的经历时,虽有极夜与寒冷的挑战,但却让我们更多经历了与上帝的美好相交,我们看到在环境极其恶劣的条件下,人们是如何感恩上帝所赐予的美好,如何服侍来到他们当中的难民。
当我在写实习报告时,北部的联络人发来的信息是我再次热泪盈眶。
信息的内容翻译为:你好,莫娜、菲比,昨天晚上我们在教会开会,我们坐在用中文写有“欢迎”的欢迎室里,我感触很深,也同样思念我们在一起时的欢笑与赞美,一起在教堂或里或外的美好时光,真希望你可以与我们一起。这边仍然会下雪,但是却不再有极夜,我今天早上五点看到明媚的阳光,也发给你早上散步的照片,也看到驯鹿在我的房子周围,很平静。发给你我今天的读经内容:希伯来书12:1-2,希望你们一直仰望耶稣,不要放弃,从Olaug而来的爱与祝福。
Hei - Mona og Phoebe !
Yesterday evening we had a meeting in the church. We sat where the fireplace is. The posters with " welcome" in chinese and some chinese words translated to norwegian, is still hanging there. And I felt deeply; I'm missing you. I'm missing your laughter, singing, talking. You should have been here together with us.
I'm thinking about the good time we had together- in the church and outside the church. Thank you for spending your time with us. And thanks for your prayers for me. Thanks for what you are.
Yes, we have still snow here, but we have also much sun. I was awake 5 o'clock in the morning,- and the sun was shining. And it shines all the evening. ( I go to bed before the sun. ) :-)
It is no longer dark in the nights. It's quite light. But it is no midnightsun before the middle of May. I send you a picture from my walking- trip,- quite near my house.
My greetings to you today is from the New Testament: Hebr 12,1-2: Look to Jesus,- and never give up.
Love from Olaug.
常想起大学时在吉林教堂里的服侍,当时服侍很难,学生流动性很大,总看不到上帝在这里的带领,想过放弃,夜里流泪,自己无法支撑起来,这个时候才满满认识到,我们所服侍的上帝,我们只是他的仆人,而非主人,我们只做仆人该做的,忠心与良善,交托与信靠。现在,教会已经从当时的十人学生团契到近两百人的青年团契,上帝的计划虽当时不明白,却是信实。
我们在自己的服侍中常常会灰心丧胆,会想放弃,因为看不到果效,但是,弟兄姐妹,不要只看眼前,只要我们在基督里,他就必定负完全到底的责任。从人的角度来看,似乎是不可能,但我们的上帝就是行奇事的神,他是教会的元首,我们需要做的,就是摆正自己的位置,做好管家。
在这六个月里,我们主要服侍当地的儿童与青少年,虽然我们现在并不能看到他们有很大的改变,或者对基督有很多的认识,但却相信上帝使他们的信仰生根发芽,稳妥长大。
雁过留痕,虽小并微,但足矣。
注:作者系90后基督徒,喜欢文字、音乐、做饭与思考人生。