2009年1月21日

你說給我聽,爸爸是怎麼愛我的?


又隔了半年才來美探視兒子。
一進門,看到兒子房間加了高書架,更整齊了。
房間四周還剪貼了很多各地偉大的事工圖片,
和他勉勵自己的字樣,整整繞了房間大約3/4圈。
他要我戴起眼鏡一一仔細看看,而且考問我是哪些人物,
哪些事工。從我所知道的One Thing(Mike Bickel), IHOP,
Morning Star, Fresh Fire Ministries(Tedd Bentley),
Eagle Gathering(Nita Johnson) 一直到非洲、印度、
以色列事工,再到停止墮胎事工...孩子在這兒屬靈的視野是大的。


但過了幾天,總覺得孩子有心事,不是很喜樂。
我一直持續禱告,求主讓我能夠明白,
可以成為孩子的幫助者與代禱者。
終於到了第6天,在看完很好的電影Defiance之後,
我們在戲院偌大停車場裡,車裡和兒子長談。
兒子其實因為拉肚子,人很軟弱,並沒有好好坐下來看電影。
一看完電影,他就急急說,「媽,我想和你談談。」
我等待這時刻,已經好幾天了。

感謝主,我們談了很多他來美國成長的過程和經驗。
其中一段對話我需要記錄下來:
我說:「爸爸是一個心裡很溫暖、柔細的人,
你看他對待ZION和樓下所有公園狗和野貓就知道。

(兒子房間四周的佈置,有關全世界重要的福音事工都是他心中的渴望...)


至於為何對寵物就能表達感情,對家人就怯訥、笨拙呢?
這可能和爸爸成長經驗有關係。
接著他問,「你說給我聽,爸爸是怎麼愛我的?」
我楞了一下,要想講還不容易ㄟ...
求神幫助我說出每一個建造他的好話。
我問,「你要知道哪一個階段?」
他說,「從小時候開始說好了!」

(這些異象也是吸引他逐日走向神國的夢想...)

我努力的想,努力維護爸爸的心,求神給我智慧的言語。
我說,「你看所有長大和爸爸的相片就知道了阿!」
「他帶我們去過很多、很多地方玩,他抱你,陪你玩...」
他說:「對,他有單獨帶我來美國過...」
我說:「你會感覺他很嚴厲,那都是在你哭的時候,不乖的時候,
他不知該如何處理愛哭和哭鬧的小孩而已...」

我接著繼續說,
「你看,你來美國,爸爸每次來最高興就是帶你去逛街購物,
為你買你需要的東西。他從來沒有計較花錢,只要你喜歡的。
他對自己是這麼樣的節省...爸爸努力要改變過去嚴厲形象,
你不覺得嗎?換了媽媽,是更嚴厲要你學習過更儉樸的生活,
對不對?」

他點點頭,完全認可我說的話。
但是還是免不了覺得來自父親的愛和關心是很少的。
這也是事實啊!因為說不上來,就是心中有個真空無法彌補。
所以老婆真的建議你,你要立下心志,
2009年,每週給孩子至少一封信或一通電話,
定意要靠主的力量改變過去冷漠的習慣。

否則孩子一直陷在這樣「被拒絕的靈」裡,
又無法處理心中想要更長大,愛我們更多的不安裡。
矛盾的糾葛,在這企圖想長大的年紀裡是不容易的。
有你多一點鼓勵,多一點關心,多一點聲音,
孩子會長得更茁壯、更健康、更肯定。

尤其他願意這樣坦然面對自己心中的問題,
願意去談,去改變,去解決,
我為孩子有這樣的真誠和勇敢,深深感到驕傲。
這是他十分在乎與父母的關係、人際的關係之結果
我相信這是可喜的現象,而不是給我們找麻煩。

當我們心思回轉,以正面眼光來看這樣的過程時
我們千萬不要困惑、害怕、不安,乃要多多的感謝神
我相信當孩子漸漸長大後,
他的經歷可以幫助很多失落的年輕人。
耶利米哀歌中說:「少年負軛原是好的。」
約瑟面對曾出賣他的哥哥們也曾說:
「神的意思原是好的,為要保全許多人的性命,成就今日的光景。」

神第一日來撕裂,第三日神就立刻來纏裹,
悔改帶來祂極大的憐憫。
我們本來就不是完全的父母,
是神一直給我們機會,在錯誤中學習長大的父母。

讓我們抓住機會,一起來幫助他,
也等於是幫助我們重建過去沒有蓋好的城牆。
我相信對眾人、對神國都是有益處的。

3 則留言:

匿名 提到...

Dear Alvan:

I think it’s been hard for you for the year past by. For most of the time, I was absent for you. I am really sorry for that. You may see
http://blog.yam.com/yjiing/article/18625152 of my remembrance of you, not to brag about but to show a little bit of my sorrowfulness. Hope you understand that I am a sinner who got saved by God late and still fighting vibrantly to break my weakness.

We grew in different cultural and economical background which formed our stiff ideology that always defies our mental equivalence and that we may lose tranquility easily. I am sorry for that. You may feel that I don’t agree with you or not supporting you in many ways, maybe in some way it’s true, I can’t help it, but you must know that in Chinese culture there is saying Fierce tiger never eat their son. I was fierce but I am proud of you and proud of that I have you as my son, I really do. I just didn’t say it. I am really sorry for my lack of utterance which is beyond my control. Please clear away the cloud of mistreated spirit and feelings that comes from me. I will also try to shape up myself too to regain a healthy relationship among us, you, mommy and me.

Let’s face each other with our heart not our traumatic history although we live in history. In time God should heal us as a new man. I always brag about you in front of my church brothers and sisters, saying that you are such a person that knows how to seeking God and love to seeking God and I always look up to you. True, I am not lying, I am proud of you. You are much a greater guy than me both in spiritually and physically.

Though, there is gap between your church and my church. Men are different, culture is different and ideology is different, that may get in the way. I tried to ignore all the differences between us and focus on our family relationship. But I still fall in my utterly impotence. Forgive me for my distraction on the religious views. Since I am serving in the local church and you are serving in Forerunner church and I keep getting irritated by the message I received.

The more messages I listened the more sadness I got, which create huge psychological imbalances inside of me. I am totally strangled by the situation. I tried to be faithful to my church.

However, you know, our church doesn’t condone or agree with a lot of the practices of the denomination churches. Whenever they talk about it I view it as they are criticizing my son.

Therefore I am always hurt by it, at the same time; I really love my brothers and sisters. I am always stuck in this kind of situation and the worst thing is that I can not say it to anybody.

I do not want to flood you with my troubleness since you already have yours. I just want you to understand my situation. I love you as my son no matter what the situation is. I may not talk to you a lot as mommy but my heart for you for the best has never been changed.

May God bless our fellowship and we may have more relaxed talking
You and Mommy are the most important thing of my life. I can not live without you two.

Rejoice

Dad

匿名 提到...

Hey Dad,


I'm really touched by your letter. I don't mind you sharing your trouble to me, because that's what family do. We communicate with each other, the good and the bad, so that we can get through them together. I'm not sad by the past experience, it's just that God is healing me, and I wanted to talk about it instead of suppressing it down over the years, that way I can be healthy. I'm not condemning anyone as I'm talking, but really expressing my feelings. Speaking and talking your feelings are really important, so that we do not give the devil a foothold, so don't be afraid to talk to us. I really wanted our family to connect to each other, heart to heart, not just the outward stuff.


I even wish we can sell the Alhambra house and buy a house in Fremont about 600,000 near church. If we can move to Fremont as a base for our family -- uncle Frank, and grandma is all here. I think it'll be good. One of you maybe can take a year off from school to come an settle the matter, and you can plan for your retirement or mom's as we slowly transition to America. Finding a job here is not difficult, I assure you in the bay. And especially the Chinese community here, you can make more money than in Taiwan. So let's pray about it :)


Love,


Your son

匿名 提到...

兒子

神給每一個人帶領的方向和呼召都不一樣。我相信每一個人和每一個教會如果他們都是愛神、願意擺上自己,為神的國而爭戰;無論在哪裡都有主的同在和祝福的。也許有一天,神會把我們都聚集在一起,我們可以存有此願望,這是很好的;但還是要等候,等候神開路。

目前我們在台灣工作和服事神,一樣都是在主的手裡渡過每一天。如果有一天,神開路了,我相信我們會在一起同工的。而且,遲早父母都會從職場退休的,我們不和孩子們、孫子們在一起,我們去哪裡呢?也許將來有一天也不一定是在Fremont 或 Alhambra, 而是在中國、印度、中東、非洲,隨知道呢?哪裡有聖靈的差派,我們都跟隨啊!

媽媽