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學會順服
從小到大，我就不是一個順服他人的人。未嫁前，我和父母對著幹；出嫁後，我和老公經常翻白眼兒。無知的我一直認為，這樣才酷，這樣才算有個性。
讀了聖經中的<<出埃及記>>之後，我對順服二字有了一些體會。埃及人不順服上帝，耶和華就降災給他們，直到把他們全部消滅為止。以色列人不知道感恩，還處處抱怨，耶和華就讓他們在曠野流浪多年。
我們很多中國人不信耶和華，也不理會什麽埃及。不信以色列神，那我們信<<孟子>>嗎？孟子在<<孟子>>書中提到，“順天者存，逆天者亡”。孟子說的其實也是順服，它和基督教中所言的順服上帝，意思基本是一樣的。順從天意者存，違背天意者亡。
在很多時候，因為我們智慧有限，即使違背了上帝的旨意，也就是老百姓常說的天意，我們自己都不清楚。事事不順時，其實就應該警醒自己了。假如逆天行事，你永遠都不會順利。因為你是不被上蒼祝福的。
水往低處流，這是水對大地的順服。引水上山雖然很酷，但那一定很辛苦。我們就像河中的流水一樣，是順勢而流，還是逆流而上，我們的人生到底該怎麽流淌，自己確實需要想清楚。
順服並不是懦弱。對親朋好友順服，是為了更好的包容和接納。對命運順服，是你即使身處逆境時也不抱怨的從容。對上帝順服，是你知道了自己的有限和不足。
無論從哪個層麵上說，我確實要學會順服。雖然我做得還遠遠不夠，但我要慢慢努力。我相信，隻有學會順服，倒空自己的驕傲和固執，我才會得到上天更多的祝福。
3/31/12
感謝陳晚姊妹的好分享。
謝謝你的思考和討論
I would like to thank LZ’s sharing and tolerance for all my comments in this post which had very different opinion from yours.
Human desire is the criterion of all truth and all good. Truth does not lie beyond humanity, but is one of the products of the human mind and feeling. There is really nothing to fear. I am not against any religion. I myself almost became a Christian. But after much study and reflection, I gave up. For me, following only one Holy Bible is very far from enough to guide me through my own life path. But my personal experience doesn’t mean anything to other people.
“If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.”
― Abraham Lincoln
The above words are for both of us. I am still learning. Thanks again!
"因為懂得，才會馴服..."
The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
-- Amen, sister.
不要太奴了。
回複饒恕的評論:
“這就是聖經給我們的信息.”
The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?
“The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!”
― Harvey Milk
“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
“Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.”
― Thomas Jefferson
“Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”
― George Carlin
"祂所設的是鐵一樣的律"—???
Who will be scared? You? but I won't! Never!!!
"埃及人不順服上帝，耶和華就降災給他們，直到把他們全部消滅為止。以色列人不知道感恩，還處處抱怨，耶和華就讓他們在曠野流浪多年".--sound like: if you don't listen to me, then I will punish you. Not sure about your logic!
全部消滅 and 曠野流浪...sounds like another Mao!!!
It's very different with "媽媽告訴你火會燙手，是不是threatenning? 你如果不聽從媽媽的話去觸摸火焰的結果是什麽？"
媽媽告訴你火會燙手，是不是threatenning? 你如果不聽從媽媽的話去觸摸火焰的結果是什麽？
樓主在這裏說的是天意。什麽是天意？火能煮熟東西、火也能取暖，但你就是不能摸它，因為摸它的結果就是你會吃苦頭——這就是天意。上帝不是媽媽，也不是任何一個“人”，祂是高於這世界的“道”（老子），也是中國人窮極呼天時的“天”（儒家）。
上帝不是一個會來與我們辯論的人。祂所設的是鐵一樣的律——不聽從的人，神不會來強迫他們，但是記住後果自負。你可以把媽媽的警告當威脅，不相信，同樣後果自負——沒人強迫。
這就是聖經給我們的信息，也是樓主告訴我們的意思。
埃及人不順服上帝，耶和華就降災給他們，直到把他們全部消滅為止。以色列人不知道感恩，還處處抱怨，耶和華就讓他們在曠野流浪多年。----Gosh, what a warning! Or it is a kind of threatening?
What kind of message are you trying to spread?
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW