2022-07-25 CBMC 中英文週一嗎哪

 
From: "Chinese Manna" <samy@brazilianautoparts.com.br>
Subject: 2022-07-25 CBMC 中英文週一嗎哪
Date: July 25th 2022 5:46a.m.

                                                        週一嗎哪 

服事全球工商界

2022-07-25

        By William ‘Fritz’ Klumpp

益處、進展或意義在哪裡?

WHERE IS THE PROFIT, PROGRESS, OR PURPOSE?

那是一次令人印象深刻的會議。聚集在一起的有海軍將領、將軍、上尉、上校、企業總裁、醫生、教授,各種層級和不同職業,具有影響力的人們。然而,他們是成功或失敗都不明顯,因為沒有制服,他們看起來都一樣。這次聚會是一次追憶往事之旅,那是2016年我們美國海軍官校1961級在55年後的同學會。 當我環顧房間,追憶起所有這些年輕的勇士們,曾經充滿了驚人的希望、夢想和抱負,我所想到的是:他們都去哪裡了?

 

所有曾經是身強體壯的年輕勇士們,現在都是滿臉皺紋的老人。我可以認出少數幾個,但如果要辨識出他們中間的大多數人,就必須看一下名牌了。再仔細看看我可以回憶起他們每個人在畢業典禮那天,向空中拋出帽子,換上我們所選擇的服務部隊的制服,並踏上人生偉大旅程中,下一個階段時的樣子。

 

在這次聚會中,我們重溫了曾在一起生活的四年裡,共同經歷的所有冒險和不幸。甚至花時間簡要地分享55年來的精彩事情。第二天早上,我們集合在美麗的海軍官校圓頂小教堂。根據傳統,我們會聚在一起舉行追思會,以紀念那些自上次團聚以來逝去的同學。那一年,追思名單上有66個名字。越戰結束後,人數有所減少,但最近人數又逐漸增加,這是年齡增長的自然結果。

 

坐在歷史悠久的小教堂裡,我只能猜想,在座的有多少人會被列入五年後的追思會程序中呢?考慮到本班級成員的成就,我確信有一些人的名字會被刻在紀念碑上,但我無法不思考,最終我們所有的名字,都將被刻在某個公墓,或墳墓的花崗岩墓碑上。

 

死亡,有人稱之為死神是不尊重人的。無論我們多有權勢,多麽成功,或者多麽富有,那個深入地下六英尺的洞,是那偉大的等化器。死亡是一個很公平的過程我們都會死。我們每個人的墓碑,都將包含我們的名字和兩個日期(出生和死亡),然後用一個連接號分開。正如有人曾經說過的那樣,在評估一個人的生命時,「一切都在於連接號- 到底在這中間的幾年裡發生了什麽。

 

追思會儀式包括朗讀《傳道書》,這是我最喜歡的聖經書卷之一。 所羅門也許是有史以來最聰明的人,他寫道:「凡事都有定期,天下萬務都有定時。 生有時,死有時」(傳道書31-2節)。在前幾章,他就提出一個深刻的問題:「人一切的勞碌,就是他在日光之下的勞碌,有甚麼益處呢?」(傳道書13節)。也就是說,沒有益處

 

他的結論並不如我們期望的那樣。他說:「已有的事後必再有;已行的事後必再行。日光之下並無新事。」(傳道書19)。換句話說,沒有進展。所羅門還總結說:我見日光之下所做的一切事,都是虛空,都是捕風。(傳道書114。這最終意味著,沒有意義

 

如果日光之下、在這地上,沒有益處、沒有進展或沒有意義,那麽我們必須假設這些只能在天上找到,且這些東西將持續到永恆。你仍然正在寫你的墓誌銘嗎 ?那麽你會如何書寫 「連接號」中間的生命呢?你的「連接號」會不會有任何持久的益處、進展或意義呢?

William Fritz Klumpp 曾在美國海軍擔任飛行員,包括參與越南戰爭期間的多項戰鬥任

務,曾任商業航空公司飛行員、房地產主管和 CBMC 前任常務理事。

 

備註:如果你手上有聖經想閱讀更多相關內容,請參考以下經文:

傳道書815

8:15 我就稱讚快樂,原來人在日光之下,莫強如吃喝快樂;因為他在日光之下,上帝賜他一生的年日,要從勞碌中,時常享受所得的。

傳道書1213

12:13 這些事都已聽見了,總意就是:敬畏上帝,謹守他的誡命,這是人所當盡的 本分( - 或譯:這是眾人的本分)

12:14 因為人所做的事,連一切隱藏的事,無論是善是惡,上帝都必審問。

約翰福音154-5節、16

15:4 你們要常在我裏面,我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上,自己就不能結果子;你們若不常在我裏面,也是這樣。

15:5 我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裏面的,我也常在他裏面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能做甚麼。

15:16 不是你們揀選了我,是我揀選了你們,並且分派你們去結果子,叫你們的果子常存,使你們奉我的名,無論向父求甚麼,他就賜給你們。

以弗所書210

2:10 我們原是他的工作,在基督耶穌裏造成的,為要叫我們行善,就是上帝所預備叫我們行的。

以弗所書412-13

4:12 為要成全聖徒,各盡其職,建立基督的身體,

4:13 直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識上帝的兒子,得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量。

歌羅西書31723-24

3:17 無論做甚麼,或說話或行事,都要奉主耶穌的名,藉著他感謝父上帝。

3:23 無論做甚麼,都要從心裏做,像是給主做的,不是給人做的,

3:24 因你們知道從主那裏必得著基業為賞賜;你們所事奉的乃是主基督。

 

反省與問題討論

第一、你是否參加過同學會,無論是你的高中或大學畢業班,甚至是家庭聚會?對你來說那是什麽樣的感覺呢?人們的互動如何?他們是渴望重溫舊日的友誼,還是僅僅更想用自己的成就,令人加深印象呢?

第二、有人說:「一切都在於連接號」意指出生日期和死亡日期之間的時間長度。你有沒有想過,像連接號這種小小的標點符號能代表一個人的整個生命歷程嗎?想到這一點,你有什麽感覺呢?

第三、在某些方面,舊約《傳道書》並不是聖經中最振奮人心的書,因為它提出了諸如「一切都是虛空 」或 「一切都沒有意義」的說法。當你每天為所奮鬥的事,在確立優先事項時想到這樣的觀點,你有什麼反應?

第四、本篇作者認為傳道書的作者得出的結論是,生活中最重要的東西很多都是無益的,沒有任何進展,也沒有完成任何可以超越死亡的意義,你同意嗎?為什麽?我們要怎樣才能改變這種情況呢?

 

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