廢墟是怎樣綻放出美麗的
http://brilliantperspectives.com/ashes-turn-beauty/
By Allison Bown
Many years ago, I remember asking God, “How can this ever be fixed?” What I was really asking was, “How can I ever be fixed?” But that wasn’t the question that God was asking. He was looking at me and smiling, fully knowing what He was about to do next.我記得很多年前困境中的自己曾經問過上帝,當下我所麵臨的這一切問題要到底要怎麽解決?實際上,我的問題的潛台詞是,我自己要受到怎樣的“修理”才能度過這個難關。但是呢,這並不是上帝的邏輯。相反的,他總是微笑著看著我,對下一步早就成竹在胸。
He had no intention of fixing me—but of helping me see who He really, really was.The Father had kindly allowed me to exhaust all my self-help options—waiting to be gracious to me (Isaiah 30:15). He really is a genius in not rushing in too soon, because for Him; nothing is wrong. There’s just something missing of our experience of Him。上帝從來就沒有要“修理”我的打算——相反的,他的出發點,永遠是幫助我看到他最真實最真實的樣子。他總是無比耐心的等待我耗盡所有的自救的選項,然後慷慨的施恩給我。他不會急不可耐的介入,因為對他來說,事情沒有絕對的錯誤。隻是我們已有的經曆在我們心裏所塑造的上帝,隻是一個有所缺失的形象.
The Lord has only love for us when we’ve come to our end—because He adores becoming our beginning.It’s not His preferred way, but He knows how to make the most of it. He created us to magnify. And at some point, we stand at an ancient crossroads with a choice of what we will make bigger than we are: God or the enemy. Goodness or evil. Majesty or mayhem.Trying to problem-solve those situations only creates a new kind of chaos. It may provide a temporary fix, but not a long-term relationship with Him of joy, peace and overcoming. 當我們黔驢技窮的時候,神對我們隻有滿滿的愛。他甚願成為我們走到自己的盡頭後的那個嶄新的開始。當然這樣山窮水盡後才柳暗花明,並不是神最偏愛的行事模式。他創造我們的一個很大的目的就是彰顯(有諸內必形之於外的那種彰顯)。某種程度上,我們像是站在兩難選擇的古老的十字路口:是選擇讓自己的生命彰顯上帝還是魔鬼撒旦?是選擇被良善主導還是被邪惡奴役?在那些抉擇的困境中,試圖通過自己的能力去解決問題往往反而會製造出更多的混亂。它們也許能提供一種暫時的解決方案,但是卻是與跟神建立持久穩定的關係所帶來的平安,喜樂和得勝的狀態所無法比擬的。
And at the end was a song that saved me from continuing to circle round and round my problem-solving, self-improving wilderness. A song of the Lord called, “I Will Always Love You,” sung by Joe King, but really written by Jesus. I took the invitation to hand over my ashes once and for all and began a beautiful journey that continues to this day.That cassette was the first time I’d ever heard Graham Cooke. I played it scores of times and every time I heard something different. Truth layered upon truth about who God wanted to be for me in these challenging places… and I began to believe it.於我自己而言,最終幫助我從這周而複始的自救和自我提升而不得的曠野中逃脫出來的,是一首叫做《我永遠愛你》的詩歌,作者是Joe King,更確切說,作者是主耶穌基督。神借著這首歌邀請我把我生命中各種各樣的灰燼一次性完完整整的交托在他手中,開始了這段延續至今的與他同行的美好旅程。這首歌我反反複複聽了很多次,每一次都聽出來不一樣的東西。當自己的內心所信被真理一層層覆蓋,自己也能夠更清晰的看到在所經曆的各種困境當中神真正的形象。
In the end, we’re all fellow travelers on a journey of discovering more of who God really is—and who He passionately wants to be for us.What’s your story of beauty? 最終的最終,我們不過都是正走在一個更多發現神的真實麵目的旅程當中,更多發現神渴慕在我們生命中扮演的角色。你因為上帝的介入而得以從灰燼中生出美麗的生命故事是怎樣的呢?
材料(方子改自君之):
水油皮:中筋麵粉150g,細砂糖35g,豬油40g,水60g
油酥皮:低筋麵粉100g,豬油50g,綠茶粉5g
豆沙餡:去皮綠豆瓣400g,椰子粉30g,糖50g,黃油一根(113g)
做法:
1.豆沙餡:綠豆瓣洗淨放入高壓鍋,加水至沒過手背,壓35分鍾後,水分已經幹了,加入糖和椰子粉,用打蛋器打成泥。幹淨幹燥的平底鍋放入黃油小火融化,倒入打好的豆沙泥,中到大火不停翻炒到水分剛好幹到用手可以把豆沙捏成團,這個需要手感~嘿嘿 太濕了後麵烤的時候容易開裂,太幹了冷下來又像吃黃龍綠豆糕(喜歡這種口感的自便嘿嘿)
2.千層酥皮(折被子):
2.1 水油皮和油酥皮的材料各自揉成團,揉的過程我都喜歡預留出一小部分的麵粉逐次加入。大麵團包入小麵團,大麵團可以稍微擀開成大一點的正方塊,小麵團用手整形成小正方塊,包起來後就就著這個正方體擀開成長方形的麵片。
2.2. 麵片目測等分成三份,像疊被子一樣兩頭往中間對折成三層,旋轉90度再擀開成長方形,再對折再擀開成長方形後,就可以從長的一邊卷起來成一個圓柱形的長條
2.3. 長條成20小等分,橫切麵就可以看到漂亮的螺旋,用手壓平再擀麵杖稍微擀開,酥皮就做好了
3.包/烤: 酥皮包入揉成球的豆沙,虎口往上推,收口整形成光滑的球麵,入烤箱375F(190C)烤20分鍾左右就可以啦
雖然既不是基督教徒,也不是天主教徒活著佛教徒,但我信奉中國的一句古話:離地三尺有神明。
在我看來,上帝也是這些神明中的一個。他們在冥冥中製造著天下眾生的命運和際遇。
所有的發生,都有它的原因,無論即時看來好或者不好。
年輕時,遇到波折,愛問:為什麽我如此不幸。。。:)
後來知道,那是神明給你設下的周末的種種磨練,隻為引領你走向優秀的你。:)
Like always, your focus and derails in cooking amazed me.
I believe it is a kind of medidition for you?
:)