Friday, October 28, 2016

calling all dogs

An art exhibition for dogs opens in London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hpI0OodAY

Oh wow! Can I be your kid? Please, please, please!

Thursday, October 27, 2016

watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM

In the speech, Job shared his 3 stories; connecting the dots, love and loss, death.

Drop out of school, one of the best decisions I ever made.

Publicly fired by the company, the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

Love what you do, don’t lose faith. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. And don’t settle.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Crisis can be a turning point, depends on how you react to it.

Stormy out

I know that you've heard this same kind of story thousands of times before; the conflict between mother and sons things.

Tuesday, don't know or I don’t want to remember exactly what happened; either I am not happy about his talking or the other way around or we just cannot agree with each other.

My son stormy out the house, out the gate, out into the dark, out my tears and cook dinner alone and wait for his coming back.

It’s probably 10 or 15 minutes cooking and waiting. What else that I can do at that moment, regretting, praying, and listening to the Christian song.

What if something happen? What if he really run away from me? All that kind of negative thoughts came to my mind.

Love not just your kid, but your neighbors, your brothers and sisters in Christ and also your enemy. How about that?

He is my own blood.

Parenting is a lifetime lesson, never graduate. They are our best teachers.

oh, no!

Feeling how come today my carry-on bag for work is so light today, I forget my 2 books at home; Bible and a leisure book that I can read whenever I feel like or have time for it.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Truth be told

I have to clear one thing ahead that, normally, I’m a good listener.

But if you found that our conversations whether it’s face to face or on the phone and my pausing or silent time is getting longer than before.

Then, is, either your words become bitter than before that I used to know you are or you have so many anger, complain or the like in the conversations or our opinions are divergent gradually.

Never leave a person or place with anger, solve it first.

It’s not right to try to push people to agree on something but if you decided to sign the paper and agree on it then don’t complain after or leave, that’s just not right either.

空中主曰學和西阿書

I’m nearly half way of this series.

No doubt that people says, for the nonbelievers or the new believers, old testaments are kind of cruel and sometimes, hard to accept.

God’s love is a different kind of love.

He’ll use all sort of ways to wake His people up from sin.

Don’t wait until God walk out your life completely.

(26) 7:1-16 (27, 28) 8:1-13 (29, 30) 8:14 (31, 32) 9:1-9 (33) 9:8-9 (34, 35) 9:10-17
(36) 9:14-17 (37) 10:1-10 (38) 10:4-8 (39) 10:5-9 (40) 10:9-15 (41) 10:11-15
(42) 10:13-15 (43, 44, 45) 11:1-4 (46, 47, 48) 11:5-11 (49) 11:12-12:6 (50, 51) 12:3-6
(52, 53, 54) 12:7-13 (55, 56, 57) 12:14-13:8 (58, 59, 60) 13:9-16 (61, 62, 63) 14:1-3
(64, 65, 66) 14:4-9

Love

Voddie Baucham - "Go Home and Love your Wife."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dkR9TBrKM7E

Love your neighbor, love your sister in Christ, or else love your enemy.

This should apply to all other relationships, the relationships that you cannot not just leave.

Suck it up and deal with it, brothers and sisters!

Monday, October 24, 2016

Joke of the day

One day I missed read Suki & Charlie as Sushi & Garlic.

Oh! Boy! I must be very hungry, I said to my sons.

Afraid

Don't be afraid to ask help from others, likewise, say no to someone's help, if you feel too much burden to accept or don't really want the help from certain people or in certain way.

People try to help, either they just enjoy to help out or they help you as a thank you for your helping to them before or they been gotten help from others, and this is a way to say thanks to whoever been supported in their lives.

Tell Your Heart To Beat Again (Lyrics) By: Danny Gokey

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F77v41jbOYs

Chris Tomlin - Jesus (Lyrics And Chords)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cEbQswNB6Wc

Hillary Scott & The Scott Family - Thy Will

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iCR_Fa8YV2U

deacon

First time ever, attended our church’s Congregational Meeting.

Among the meeting there are the election for the chairman, vice chairman and secretary.

It took 3 times each for voting for the chairman and vice chairman of the church council, for it has to be at least over half the voting to win the position.

Right after the tiring voting, there came the election for secretary, don’t know if this is the right to call it. Anyway, the current chairman announced that all the elders, deacons, and including the coming year new ones can be the candidates for secretary.

That’s when, I was shock to hear my name been nominated, and it passed. It all happen too soon for me to react, are all of members know who I am or was they all too tired and eagerly to go home?

I have no clue, same as what am I needing to do as a secretary for the year 2017.

永青

The past Friday, I decided to visit my senior friends. It ended up I spend almost 5 hours there, using my four limited different language/dialogue, English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, we sang and prayed with them individually.

Most of them heard about the Lord, but not yet accept Him as their savior yet.

Again, I want to say, they only different between us and them is only they are older than us but not knowing less than us. A lot of time people would like to think, oh, you are old, and don't know anything, OK! That’s terrible.

It’s interesting to knowing people from different backgrounds, always, there are so many precious memories, stories even some jokes to share with me about them.

The following is some sharing from one of the senior resident, Tom.

1). first sharing about this John Tesh, an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter.

And I asked Tom, is John Tesh a Christian? I don't know why I asked him this question then. What surprised me is, Tom answered, John is not a Christian, but he do sing some Christian songs, and if I become a Christian, it'll because of him. So I thought that I should find at least one Christian song that John Tesh sings from YouTube. So I can share this song with Tom when I meet him next time.

Draw Me Close To You • Worship at Red Rocks • John Tesh

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-59LNYDbWOU
http://www.firestonewesleyan.org/files/Praise_Music/Draw_Me_Close-Piano.pdf

2). A must listened speech that Tom strongly recommended to me. A speech form Steve Jobs, the co-founded Apple Computers. I sort of remember that I heard this speech before. And he especially emphasize, there are 3 main point on job's speech, I need to do some homework and get back to him next time, oh, no, it's this coming Friday.

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (with intro by President John Hennessy)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM

3). 2 of the useful information that Tom ask me have to check it out. Another homework. Ted talk
https://m.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Beatbox brilliance | Tom Thum | TEDxSydney

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY

Here are the lyrics that I prepare to share with them next time.

奇異恩典

奇異恩典，何等甘甜，我罪已得赦免；
前我失喪，今被尋回，瞎眼今得看見。

浩大恩典，使我敬畏，使我心得安慰；
初信之時即蒙恩惠，真是何等寶貴。

經過許多危險網羅，飽受人間苦楚，
此恩領我平安渡過，他日歸回天府。

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。

Draw Me Close To You

Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your friend

You are my desire
And no one else will do
'Cause nothing else can take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace

Help me find a way
Bring me back to You

You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near

You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want

Thursday, October 20, 2016

pork belly

還行！但這也縮太大了！

Tastes good, but the meat always shrink so much after cook.

Marinate the whole piece of pork belly in the mixture of brown sugar, soy sauce, water, and Oliver oil in the pot that you are planning to cook for at least 6 hours prior cooking.

My next project is, plain boiled pork with mashed garlic in soy sauce (蒜泥白肉).

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

It's your choice

Having happy friends can make you happy

But having lots of friends won't - unless they're happy

By David Cameron, Harvard Medical School

Yes, you are the decision maker. Happiness Is Contagious, yet, it’s a chain reaction, meaning, even, it’s your friend’s friend, will still affect you.

Try to get along with friends with positive emotions or personalities, hopeful, energetic, healthy, and optimistic as possible.

And try not to be with someone always complaining, sorrow, regretting and so on.

Constantly with sick people, you'll get it eventually.

But what about the friends who need your supports and companionship. Then get help from professional, work with them, never be alone to face it, especially, if you are not strong enough to conquer the situation.

Regret

Matthew 7:2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

I keep reminding myself and yes, I keep forgetting, or sometimes, I just cannot help myself. A sister asked me about another sister, what kind of person she is, is she trustworthy and the like?

Feeling I was trapped; first I’m not the one to do the judgement, I’m not the one should said anything, especially bad things behind others, secondly, that's all my personal experiences toward her, thirdly, even she is like so, maybe she changed.

Lastly, not to judge others, and not to ask others' moral character through anyone.

在人不能，再神凡事都能！

馬太福音 Matthew 19:26 耶穌注視著他們，說：「在人，這是不可能的；但是在神，凡事都可能。」But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

幾個月前我有一個想法，如果今年的感恩節我有機會在團契特別聚會中分享，我要挑戰我自已，用廣東話來做分享，當時在我心中有一個簡單的分享概要，但當畢而邀請並建意分享的主題時，我做了調整，我決定還是用國語來分享，結束前我會分享一首粵語詩歌。Couple months ago, I thought that if I ever have chance to do the sharing at our fellowship’s thanksgiving dinner, I’ll have a surprise sharing, I’ll challenge myself by sharing in Cantonese. But when Belle invited and suggested me to share about the Live Oak Rehabilitation Center ministry, I had some changes, I’ll sharing in mandarin, and then a Cantonese song in the end.

我是第一代基督徒，我信主受洗 18 年來有倆個遺憾；如果我生長在基督教的家庭中，該有多好，如果我早一點加入服事的行列，該有多好。I’m a first generation Christian, I’ve baptized for over 18 years, there are 2 things that I feel sorry for; if I was born in a Christian family and if I could have joined the ministry earlier, how wonderful there will be.

2013 年我加入永青康復中心服事，開始學習如何開口為人禱告、主動關懷長輩，到詩歌敬拜的帶領和信息的分享。到 2014 才開始帶領詩歌敬拜，然後才是信息分享。I joined the ministry since 2013, and learned everything from the scratch, by watching other coworkers; learn how to pray out loud for others, care for others initiative, leading worship and sharing. Unit 2014, I start to do so independent.

永青康復中心服事事工的參與，就好像上課堂學習，是一個最輕鬆、完全免費而且有許多意想不到的收穫和成長。To me, this participation, is like go to school, a learning environment without pressures, free of charge, I’m not just learn a whole lot but also unexpected spiritual growth.

但其實我剛一加入永青的服事，就想打退堂鼓，那裡的長輩住戶們，多是生活無法自理，心理替他感到非常難過，甚至是服事結束離開後，情緒仍然無法跳脫出來，但當我嚐試堅持下去，第二、第三次，發現長輩們每一次看到我們，是那樣的喜悅和期盼，甚至有些長輩們反過來鼓勵、祝福和稱讚我，加上同工們的指導中，自信心因此建立。The truth is, right after the first partook, and I wanted to give up, not going back again. The residents there, mostly very old or very sick; won’t be able to take care of themselves. Feeling rather sorrow for them, even after the service this feeling still lingered around my mind. Somehow, I managed to force myself to go back the second, the third time, and then that’s when I noticed how those residents eagerly and happy when they see us. They encourage, bless and praise me plus the modeling and teaching from all the coworkers, my confidence and self-esteem built.

從一個連麥克風都怕的人(不是我怕麥克風)，到一個不拿麥克風還不習慣講話的我。I from a person that the microphone afraid of (not the other way around, ha!), into a person that don’t know how to talk without a microphone.

邀請你加入我們這一個不只是充滿愛的大家庭，更是一個願意把愛給出去的大家庭。Invite you to join our family, a family that full of God’s love, a family that willing to give love.

讓我一齊唱這首粵語詩歌，愛是不保留 Let’s sing this Cantonese song together,
An Unreserved Love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4lnRdcO4YM

http://www.zanmeishi.com/tab/26401.html

Monday, October 17, 2016

大雜匯 Miscellaneous Vegetables.

後院蔬菜，田七 + 蕃薯葉 + 蕃茄 + 韭菜 + 蔥，湊成一盤。

Madeira vine, sweet potato leaves + leek + green onion from our backyard.

加適量海鹽和胡椒以橄欖油炒熟。

Stir fry with sea salt and pepper and olive oil.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1968) - What Is A Youth (Music Video)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zCQMlyXMRJE

That’s part of the music that one of the marching band competitor used.

Never thought that you can use the story of Romeo and Juliet in a marching band performance.

Pretty good, in the end, I sort of cried for the last scene of the death of both main characters, though, it’s merely a couple minutes perform.

Looking for

Yesterday, when I was looking into the fridge for the walnuts for the salad, I couldn't fine it right away, and then I was so irritated and almost yelled out to everybody, " who took my walnuts!?"

Never have patience whenever I need it. But just at that moment, I felt something poked me, it was the bag that with the walnuts inside that I was looking for eagerly. Ha!

21

Something more for the birthday, steak, salad with homemade dressing and baked potatoes.

Salad is store buy, I add something more to it; finely diced roasted walnuts, pepper jack cheese and dried dates. Dressing made from, plain yogurt, honey and olive oil. Cut potatoes into bite size and bake with the steak in the same bakeware.

Yes, again, my traditional birthday meal, noodles with a whole egg.

Deacon

2 other our fellowship brothers also nominated as deacons for the coming year.

Their wives, humble ladies, look up to their husbands.

1 Timothy 3:1 - 13

在神家中當怎樣行(7) & (8) ~同工之設立(上) & (下)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLx8zlxoSjGpOaXMbc2zSJ8UmQ3JtMkI1J&params=OAFIAVgH&v=prVCNLUTFDo&mode=NORMAL&app=desktop

1 Timothy

Listen to this, chapter by chapter, verse by verse lesson for 1 Timothy, letter to Timothy from Apostle Paul.

Paul not only brought Timothy into the faith but he was Timothy’s main mentor in Christian leadership (Acts 16:3)

Ministry, coworkers, elders, pastors all belong to church, and church belong to the Lord, Him alone is the ruler.

The order should be, God, church, coworkers, and then the ministry.

Who should or have to read this letter, you or me? But I'm not a deacon or someone important at church? Everybody should read this, in the smallest community, home, we are the coworkers or leader.

Be prepared to serve or oversight over our community.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLx8zlxoSjGpOaXMbc2zSJ8UmQ3JtMkI1J&params=OAFIAVgH&v=prVCNLUTFDo&mode=NORMAL&app=desktop

joke of the day

一個鄉下長大的孩子到城市念牙科，畢業後在當地開業，有一天回到家鄉，看到一位農夫，他問到，"你種什麼？" "種蕃薯"，農夫反問他說，"那你種種什麼？" "喔！我種牙齒！"

A joke from a senior friend at community service place.

Thursday, October 13, 2016

智慧何處尋

從三卷的智慧書，箴言、約伯記、傳道書。箴言是平常的智慧書，約伯記是一卷反常智慧書，而傳道書是一卷無常的智慧書，這三卷書的重點就是告訴我們要敬畏神。

空中主日學~智慧何處尋 (1) - (12)
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPhUdAjieTRsEuIx2Jnq10HX14pzzyOb

羅馬書 12-16

保羅從一個迫害基督徒的人，在去大馬色的途中，路遇主耶穌基督，經歷了全然的轉變，成為基督徒。以書信的方式使羅馬教會得到基督教的精義，與神恢復正常關係、信靠基督便得救襩。

( 教會中會因為什麼問題產生糾紛？如何以和睦方式解決糾紛？)

什麼是你生命的攔阻，怯步服事，生命的改變。要彼此建造，不只是帶人來教會、信主，一起出來事奉、建造他人。
Why come to this church? What a church should be? If you were Paul what do you write to our church? Anything need to be improved? The church and yourself.

第一部分：宣告神的公義（1－8）
第二部分：神公義的計劃（9－11）

第三部分：實踐神的公義（12－16）

(12) A living sacrifice is voluntary while a dead sacrifice is involuntary. Gift + Faith = Ministry.
(13) Let every soul subject unto the higher powers, what if that's a bad one?

神的公義顯明在基督徒的責任中（12：1－13：14）

向神和教會應盡的責任（12：1－8）

向社會應盡的責任（12：9－13：14）

(14) That no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way, real meaning of freedom.

神的公義顯明在基督徒的自由中（14：1－15：13）

基督徒自由的原則（14：1－23）

實踐基督徒的自由（15：1－13）

(15) “To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.”

(16) Praise Phoebe, greeting, his plan, exhortation.

保羅寫作的目的（15：14－21）

保羅的旅行計划（15：22－33）

保羅的贊美和問候（16：1－27）

Transformation of believers. 心意更新而變化。
基督徒不再受律法、罪、懲罰的捆綁，在神的恩典與愛中順眼得自由，在忍耐和安慰中得盼望、平安和喜樂。
消極不犯法，積極的愛人助人。

神的道路

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=orwIqsgN8oo

空中主日學_羅馬書_康來昌牧師 (36) - (43)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLsNJO0nl_IhT7P4LzrIz4OjGe-V6IZz64&params=OAFIAVgq&v=A1HjVBpeZt4&mode=NORMAL

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

1 Timothy 2:11-15

11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding, she shall be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobermindedness.

11 女人應該安靜而又完全順服地學習。 12 我不准女人教導，或轄制男人；女人總要安靜。 13 因為先造的是亞當，後造的是夏娃； 14 不是亞當受了引誘，而是女人受了引誘，陷在過犯裡面。 15 然而女人要是常常存著信心、愛心、聖潔自律，在她生育的事上必定得救。

A question that my son asks me on those specific Bible verses.

Why is this strict restriction about women; to learn in silence with all subjection, not to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man?

This teaching and reminding from Paul to Timothy in letters, it may depend on what is the particular timeline, background, church or person or different situation. Or is it his own experience at that time? Or it is targeted at Timothy, his personality, his pastoring? This shouldn't be applied to all other as well at all time, that's what I thought the answer is, am I right or wrong? I have no clue.

Make this, diced homegrown tomatoes, the green ones are cut accidentally by me, it tastes OK, so I have it here.

Add something into, everything tuna salad, goes well with everything bagels.

Here are the something that I have for it, Tuna (of course the main ingredient) + avocado oil mayo + plain yogurt + salt + pepper + paprika + kale

Pumpkin Salad Dressing

I like it, I thought my kids will like it too, not really, must because the pumpkin. Trying to hide the pumpkin from them, failed.

Pumpkin puree + plain yogurt + milk + salt + pepper + curry powder + honey + lemon juice

If you could, make your own dressing for the salad, the store buy ones, most of them always has something should not belong to it, the artificial things.

blog

I always keep the drafts for things that I like to write on first and finish them later whenever I have time, suddenly I notice that I have tones of unfinished works, I better run faster to catch myself.

永青

Don’t quite remember when I start involving in this ministry.

Was it 2013? Anyway, at the beginning, I don’t even dare to pray for anyone or do anything besides greeting to those friends there, I watch and learn from others, how to serve, now I can pray out loud, lead the worship and do the sharing. It’s like go to a private to learn bunch and it’s completely free, it not just have good models to learn from, real audiences to practice on, they praise, encourage and give advises to me.

WITHOUT YOU

AIR SUPPLY - WITHOUT YOU (Lyrics)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IjxEB-oM2WQ

A song from 70’, love the prelude, interlude, the passionate, the accompaniment of piano, electric guitar, drum, I can listen to this once and again.

工作

Another weak spot of mine. The more I learn, the more I found I need wisdom for daily life.

Have you ever wish that what if I don't need to go to work to make ends meet or feel like in desperate before head to work on every Mondays or feel release on every Fridays?

God don't just call people for serving but working too.

從聖經看工作(1)~從聖經看工作(一)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLsNJO0nl_IhRN5E7m-N_-LYcP2F3S_u79&v=ChEWqun1LLg

50th Anniversary

Cannot believe my eyes, this lovely couple can still fit in their wedding dress at their 50th anniversary!

And I believe that unchanged, not just their figures but their heart toward each other.