穿巴叔叔

這幾天坐了office大廈官理處提供的shuttle bus落中環好幾次(講開又講, 這shuttle bus服務是這棟商廈我認為做得最好的租客服務, 其他真是不藉得一提)

負責開車的叔叔(唯一的司機)已做了好多年, 至少有六年, 他每天的工作就是每20分鐘來回灣仔至中環, 每次車程10分鐘, 同一條路線每天開幾十次, 同一個地點每天堵車幾十次.......

若我是他, 絕對會覺得這份工作「超悶」, 工作滿足感係...零。
但我發現的卻是:

- 他每次都準時開車, 從不延誤
- 他每次都面帶笑容
- 有時見到陌生的乘客面孔, 他會盡責的問他/她是否在商廈辦公
- 他每次在到達目的地後, 一定會從司機位擰轉身, 與每位乘客講"Bye-Bye", 還不忘加一句: 「慢慢落呀, 小心D...」

從這位穿巴叔叔身上, 我明白到「敬業精神」, 不管工作本身有多麼無趣, 他仍「忠心」的以最好的態度把它做完。
真係又上了一課。

The Heart of Worship

Awaken by doubts, this song seeped through my mind:

~The Heart of Worship~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgs79jgEyPw

1. When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart

C: I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart

C: I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You,
It's all about You, Jesus

2. King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breath

Yes, should have been all about You, Jesus. Sorry – shouldn’t have been me.

Maundy Thursday

John 13: 1, 4, 5, 14, 15, 34
Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that His time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, He now loved them to the very end....
He got up from the meal, removed His outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around Himself. He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel He had wrapped around himself....
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.
"I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”

John 18: 3-9
They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.) So when Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground. Then Jesus asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.” He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”

代禱人的心

昨日的早禱會裡, 和一位姊妹pair-up祈禱, 與她不熟, 但印象中她家人有長期病患。當彼此分享代禱事項時, 她記念的是, 除了求上帝看顧她有病的家人外, 同時她想求上帝去醫治憐憫其他同樣有家人生病的家庭。很感動, 想起了聖經的話:

「各人不要單顧自己的事, 也要顧別人的事」腓 2: 4

「我們在一切患難中 、他就安慰我們 、叫我們能用神所賜的安慰 、去安慰那遭各樣患難的人 」林後1:4

再一次....「奇異恩典」

今早崇拜是尖福堂16週年堂慶, 當唱著「奇異恩典」時, 心裡十分感動。除了感恩天父對教會的看顧, 還感激天父對女兒自己一直以來的恩典。

「初信之時,即蒙恩惠，真是何等寶貴」 數一數手指, 信主返教會已有十七個年頭。 這十七年裡, 傷了天父的心無數次, 憐憫的父卻每次赦免我的罪, 將我尋回。在祂裡面, 我明白到甚麼是堅定不移的愛, 經歷過甚麼是這世界不能賜予的平安, 還有領受了那無條件的接納。我感恩生命走到今天, 天父與我仍然同行。當年紀日漸增長, 除了所謂「老」了之外, 也看見自己所犯的罪越增多(罪性難移), 但更重要的是, 當中也經歷了天父的恩典和憐憫是何等的奇異、何等的深。

「將來在天安居萬年，恩光如日普照，好像最初蒙恩景況，讚美永不減少」

這盼望何等寶貴。

想

最近好懶, 好多應該做的事情都沒有去做, 正確地說是唔想去做, 一拖再拖……昰有壓力的反映嗎？
想安靜、想慢下來、想享受簡單（早前看到一本書的標題這樣寫「簡單．昰一種幸福、也是一種享受」, 真美妙）、想自己有多一點愛, 多一點憐憫、想少一點容易動怒、少一點憂慮......有太多「想」了。

可能昰時候要去退修吧。

Twenty things to remember

Read the following forwarded email today, I like it...

1. Faith is the ability to not panic.
2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry.
3. As a child of God, prayer is kinda like calling home every day.
4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.
6. Do the math. Count your blessings.
7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.
9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
10. Laugh every day -- it's like inner jogging.
11. The most important things in your home are the people.
12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. Come on in.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who dies with the most toys is still just as dead.
16. We do not remember days but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your precious moments.
17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it; otherwise it's just hearsay.
18. It's all right to sit on your 'pity pot' every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting. Leave gentle fingerprints on the soul of another
for the angels to read. I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

What a day..

Nice weather today in Singapore, a bit of showers in the morning but the sky has cleared up in the afternoon. The weather is just perfect for a trip to Santosa.

Santosa is a theme park with different attractions, differs from what I had originally in mind (I thought it's resort area with beaches).

The butterfly place is very interesting, having seen and understood many different kinds of insects, and started to appreciate their importance in maintaining the balance of life. Every little thing has its role in life, mmm....

Like what a kid used to do, I took pictures with one parrot standing on my palm and one standing on my head, oh, how worried I was thinking that the parrot was going to leave me his/her droppings on my head as souvenir!

Curiosity has defeated fear today - I touched a snake. Unexpectedly, its skin was not wet nor slimy, but felt like a "handbag" - those made with animal skin leather ^_^

Last but not least today, I have pulled a false alarm for the first time in my life. No arrest, just that I've pressed the RED ALARM button in the hotel elevator when my finger meant to go for the "close door" button, stupid me.

Hahahahahaaa!