Have Courage!

"Out of His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you
the mighty inner strengthening of His Holy Spirit."-Ephesians 3:16（LB）


For over fifteen years, Lois had battled cancer. Yet all of those years she served as my personal secretary. I never in my life expect to meet anyone more courageous than she was.

Often she had days when she was so ill that getting out of bed took all the strength she had! Lois would deliberately fall out of bed, walk on her hands and knees to the bathroom, reach for the sink and pull herself up. Finally standing on her feet, she would pull a brush through her hair, wash, and then force herself to get dressed.
Then she would stumble into the kitchen, drink some water, eat a dry piece of toast, search for her purse and walk to the door. Perspiration pouring off her forehead, she would stand up straight, look at her husband and say, "Well, Ralph, I think I can make it now."

And she would walk out the door, get into her car and drive to the church. She was always there before me, and when I came in with my usual greeting: "Good morning, how are you?" She would smile and say, "Great!" Her commitment to the ministry gave her the courage to stay alive many more years than her prognosis. Only God can give you that kind of COURAGE

Come, Lord, and transform my
melancholy spirit until my heart erupts
with joy and courageous happiness!
“求他按著他豐盛的榮耀，藉著他的靈，叫你們心裡的力量剛強起來。”─以弗所書3章16節


露斯一直是我的私人秘書，與癌病對抗超過十五年，沒見過有人比她更有勇氣。

單是從床上起來，她已用盡所有力氣！露斯小心翼翼地離開床，用雙手和膝爬向浴室，最後雙腳站直在臉盆前，用刷子梳洗，再更衣。然後她會跌跌撞撞地走到廚房，飲些水和吃一塊乾烤麵包，找尋她的錢包和走向門口。這時她額頭已充滿汗水。

接著她就出門，走進車子，駛向教會。她永遠比我先到。

當我走進來與她打招呼：“早晨，你好嗎？”她會微笑著說：“好極了！”露斯對工作的承諾，令她比預期多活許多許多年。只有神能賜你那樣的勇氣。

上主，請把我那憂傷的心靈轉變，
讓我心中迸發出喜樂和勇氣。

Unlovely people

"Share each other's troubles and problems, and so obey our Lord's command."-Galatians 6:2 （LB）


Sometimes God sends into our lives people who are unlovely and very difficult to care for. All too often these people give us plenty of reasons for not caring, when in reality they need to be cared for.

What unlovely, uncaring person has God sent into your life recently? Describe why it is hard for you to be caring to this person:

1. Mother who's always in bad temper with me. Everybody know she doesn't trust me at all.
2. Yin who blam me everytime with lot of excuses. He treate me very very bad.
3. Paul who's always guide me to do something bad and dangerous. Used to rude attitude with me.

I don't know my love will growing or not, care them with courage or not, but Lord will give me the wisdom to face to them not excape.

I think I must learn to express my feelings something bad about me. It will help me to grow up.