Friday, August 24, 2007

Find Us Faithful

我們母會親愛的牧者第二次癌病復發,兩星期前病情一日之間急轉直下,弟兄姊妹用禱告與神摔交了大半天,最終息勞歸主。昨晚有幾百人在母堂參與這牧者的追思禮拜。整個喪禮充滿著不同弟兄姊妹對這位盡忠的僕人的懷念。雖然全程三個多小時我們都站著,我與老公的心都得著激勵。從牧師的生命中看到神透過他的生命所作的工,領人信主的熱心,忠心回應及跟隨主帶領的毅力,令我很感動。牧師不止一次說過,可以被神使用是好得無比,是件很美的事。特別看著一班青少年人在台上獻唱 "Find Us Faithful" 這首詩歌,更感動。歌詞很貼切 -- 牧師在青少年身上所留的足跡,就由這班年輕人薪火相傳的傳遞下去。

We're pilgrims on the journey of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace

Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us, let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through Godly lives


* Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave, lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful


After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift through all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover, and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find (*)

心中很渴望被神使用!

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