Romans 1

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.
9 God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you.
14-16 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome. I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then for the Gentile.

In this chapter, I saw Paul's humbleness and God's love. First, Paul called himself a servant. I myself often ignore the relationship between God and myself. I call Him Father but oftentimes disobey Him. Paul is a model of obedience. He regarded God's plan as his priority, which was preaching the gospel to all the nations.

Second, God's great love shows in His salvation. Whoever believes in God will be saved and receives the righteousness from Him. We are sinner and do wrong things all the time, but God does not give us up. Simply believing sounds simple, but having faith throughout our lives is not that simple, I think. May God strengthens me, my family and friends to have faith in You.

Prayer life

I just started to learn a regular prayer life for myself. I have read and prayed with my mom every day since mid-December, my mom get sick. I was told by a Chinese pastor's wife in the US that I should try to do so.
The first day, I didn't feel comfortable to pray with my mom after reading Bible together. I might feel embarrassed to pray in front of people even more of my family. In the second day, I was able to lead the prayer freely. I believed it will strengthen her faith as well as mine. Now, we can pray for our family together. It is a wonderful experience.

One week after, I went with my mom to practice Qigong (ch'i kung, an internal Chinese meditative practice) with a group of people. I think it will help her get a better physical condition. Along with prayer life and Qigong, changing dietary habit and having a regular lifestyle are what I think I can do so far.

It is the time to give thanksgiving to God. He blesses us a lot in 2009. I pray that He will speak to us and guide us for the coming year.

痛苦與讚美

最近二天感覺快感冒了，加上腹脹晚上不能好好的睡，躺在床上腦袋子裝的是白天工作的事，不知道是身體影響到心理還是反過來，或許有了工作壓力而不自覺，算起來也快在新的領域上累積了一年的工作經歷，也能有定時的運動，只有這二天的不適還是感謝讚美主；工作之外，暑假期間陪讀暫停，或許會有新的電腦家教或是週末回診所上班吧。