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诚实人必多得福；想要极速发财的，不免受罚。【箴28:20】
市场上经常流传着“马上赚钱、三年翻翻”的投资项目。再精明稳重的人也经不起暴利的诱惑，在全民创业发财的时代，谁都试图捞上一把。
但是，在加强金融监管的现实背景下，各种风险逐渐显露出来；市场正在回归本质，回归常识。
尽管在所有民族国家的文化里，诚实都是美德——却又是所有人都很难持守的美德。在商场上，诚实有时意味着傻！各种骗子、各种忽悠搞乱了人们之间基本的信任。
事实上，越是成功的企业家、企业规模越大的企业家，越是诚实！
今天，让我们回归诚实！实话是最属灵的语言！奉主蒙恩! 阿们!
圣商恩典[122]…
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“我凭着自己不能做什么，我怎么听见就怎么审判。我的审判也是公平的；因为我不求自己的意思，只求那差我来者的意思。”【约5:30】
雷军在总结自己的成功经验时，特别讲到把握趋势，顺势而为是一切成功的前提和关键！今天，有多少成功的企业，因为无法及时顺应互联网的新趋势，被时代淘汰。
世界的发展归根到底掌握在上帝手里。如果想了解未来趋势，就必须明白这趋势不是偶发，而是都有上帝的美意。我们常说要活在主的旨意和计划里，在实践中就是要善于预见和把我趋势、机会。
我们要在主的真理教导中理解主的深意，顺应、顺服主所掌控的未来趋势，需要克己、甚至舍己的过程。
因为我们总有小我和小信，无法超越自我小趋势的束缚而迈向上帝的大趋势。
今天，让我们求主拿去我们自己的意思和小信，活出主的旨意！奉主蒙恩! 阿们!
数算恩典[46]数…
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「主啊，你世世代代作我们的居所。诸山未曾生出，地与世界你未曾造成，从亘古到永远，你是神！」【诗90: 1-2】
诗篇九十篇以神的永恒开始，并以此作为衬托和对比，着重描述人生的短暂和劳苦，求神赐下智慧的心，好让世人知道如何度过在世的日子。最后以呼求神的怜悯、慈爱、赐福结束，是为人生苦短的盼望所在。默想这首诗篇，好使我们知道如何智慧地度过新的一年以及我们剩下的余生。
在摩西生平的最后时日回顾自己的一生所写的，带领以色列出埃及将近四十年的旷野漂流，见惯了以色列人的不信、抱怨、悖逆、死亡，心情颇为沉重。他以属天的眼光，看见了神的愤怒和审判中的信实和恩典。
以色列人在旷野漂流四十年居无定所，不断地在旷野安营暂住、再拔营启程。然而，即便在以色列旷野漂流、不断悖逆犯罪、神发怒施行祂的公义审判之时，神仍然是祂子民以色列的避难所，神仍然没有停止祂从天降下吗哪以及云柱火柱的引领。
神是以色列人的居所，祂也是我们所有信靠祂之人的避难所藏身处。因为从亘古到永远，祂是不改变的神，祂是满有慈爱、恩典、怜悯、大能、眷顾、护佑的神。
神是永远不改变的神，这是祂的永恒性决定的；神又是祂子民的避难所，这是祂美善、慈爱、全能的属性决定的。因此，这位永不改变的神，是值得我们信靠的。
相对于神的永恒不变，但人生却是异常苦短，因为罪的泛滥，神的愤怒，死的阻隔，短暂的人生又充满着劳苦愁烦。人就应当仰望神，祂必引领你的路。感谢神 ! 奉主耶稣圣名蒙恩! 阿们!
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工作將被AI取代？
有知識沒本事 無法成為行業領袖
神造的人跟人造的AI對決，必然是神造的人比較厲害，但重點在於人必須將「知識」轉化為「本事」。
學習知識與解決難事是完全不同的技能，放眼世界各大行業領袖，未必是考試第一名，卻都能將所學到的知識迅速轉化為個人本事。今日人手一支手機，是因３位年輕人的影響：賈伯斯創建個人電腦硬件平台、比爾蓋茲創建軟件平台、戴爾創建網上銷售平台，其中沒有一人是大學畢業，他們為何棄學從商？因為禁不起內心熱情的呼喚。而要想將知識轉化為本事，就必須經歷這種熱情。
AI雖然聰明絕頂，有知識，卻沒有常識；具有邏輯，卻缺乏直覺；非常規律，卻不懂改變，也無法個人化。要超越AI及機器人，關鍵在於激發「個人」潛能。也試試工作不設限。
我们常抱怨選錯行業，然而，合適的行業是在「拐點」中信靠內心的熱情找到的，「在關鍵時刻，你是信而得見？還是消滅聖靈的感動？」，聖經的偉人如約瑟、大衛、但以理等，都在關鍵時刻因著信靠神而勝過困境。非用知識戰勝AI，是靠神所賜熱情與信念 – 拋棄慣性的想法與經驗，全然信靠內心信念的指引。
職場工作者，永遠不是用知識戰勝AI，而是用神所賜信念與熱情，才能超越機器人與AI，也才能在工作上勝任，「天人交戰時，放下在世界上所學，轉而信靠神，神將會讓你看到新的景象，你的潛能就得以激發，可以突破難關，還會更了解神的心意！」
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了破解第二次世界大戰德軍的密碼，英國科學家艾倫‧圖靈（Alan Mathison Turing）著手設計第一台機械式計算機。自那時開始到目前為止，電腦經歷70多年的發展，從早期的桌上型電腦到如今人手一支手機，電腦已經成為人類生活不可或缺的工具。電腦不只能幫助人類記憶、運算，如今更進步到模擬人類思維，成為創意的最佳幫手。
早期人工智慧產出圖片的技術尚屬生澀，但近來已日臻成熟。Midjourney網站（www.midjourney.com）8月推出新的演算法版本後大受好評，不僅速度更快，畫質也更細緻。使用者只要輸入文字，就能輕鬆把「話」轉化成「圖」，讓心中的夢境與天馬行空的想像化為具體可見的圖像。這些圖片看起來可能很科幻，也可能如同真實照片一樣。
人工智慧技術，可說大大擴張了人類想像力的範圍。我起初接觸到Midjourney網站時，便馬上聯想到可以用來探索心靈與思想，於是試著輸入一些聖經經文，果真出現關鍵字詞表達的場景。後來我投入更多時間研究，發現如果能像電影導演一樣細心安排場景，詳細描述人物的衣著、場景的光線、風格，人工智慧運算的結果會更接近自己的想像。只要稍待片刻，一幅幅不可思議的畫作就可以具體呈現在眼前。
經驗分享
據我所知，古代許多手抄本聖經都加入了圖畫，方便讀者能夠更深入思想經文，也更多認識聖經隱藏在文字背後的場景。如今，我們可以透過科技使聖經的字句圖像化，讓經文的意義更深入我們的心中，我認為這是時代進步帶來的正向改變。
接下來我分享一些經驗。我第一幅完整的畫作是圖1，我在描述天使米迦勒的時候，加入了體型與身材的形容，人工智慧運算的結果就呈現這樣一幅畫。圖2則是依據馬可福音10章中耶穌為孩子祝福的經文產出，可以看到一個純真的孩子緊緊跟隨耶穌的情景。圖3是我很喜歡的第三幅圖畫，呈現如鹿渴慕溪水的情景。我很喜歡產出圖畫之後，引用一段經文，放在臉書分享。讓看見的人暫時忘卻世間的煩惱，進入平靜與安寧的心情。圖4是老鷹遨翔於天際的情景，我輸入了山景、時間、雲霧等關鍵字。雖然還不到完美的程度，但以我粗淺的審美觀而言，已經感到很滿意。這幅圖帶給我很大的鼓勵，深信上帝賜給人的力量，能夠幫助人越過環境的限制。
自由使用
在疫情期間，教會開始需要線上直播聚會及禮拜，以維持教會的運作。此時我們大可以採用人工智慧畫圖，自己生成合宜的圖片，放在簡報與直播中，增強會眾的視覺感受，實是一個可以自由使用又不侵犯著作權的好辦法。
人工智慧繪圖是剛剛開始普及的技術，目前法律尚未來得及跟進。目前美國與台灣的著作權法，均只限定保護人類創作的作品，動物與機器的作品目前還無法擁有著作權。台灣《著作權法》第1條規定，保障範圍限於「著作人」的著作權益，而美國《著作權局施行細則》第306條，標題為「人類著作人要件」（The Human Authorship Requirement），也限定是由人類創作。所以，截至目前為止，人工智慧產生的圖片可以說是沒有著作權，教會使用此類圖片，不容易發生著作權的糾紛。
科技是雙面刃，不可否認有時會帶來極大的挑戰，譬如禮拜直播，雖帶給會眾許多便利，甚至讓教會大大擴展觸及的群體，但也可能造成會眾捨棄面對面的交誼。我們必須時刻用謹慎的態度運用科技，常常以聖經的原則檢視使用是否合宜。甚願上帝擴張每一間教會的境界，甚願上帝保守每一位愛祂的人！
恩典见证 37.职…
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职棒巨星，在身为职业选手的20多年期间，缔造了多项让人望尘莫及的纪录，是安打王、打点王、得分王，更是全垒打王；退役后，目前担任职棒味全龙队打击教练，提携后进。
能从年少到年老，不论个人际遇、职棒环境发生过何等起伏变化，张泰山都坚守着棒球，竭尽全力的要多打一棒、多守一球，也坚持要用「球员」身分退役，在球场上好好地与爱护他的球迷们告别。
他认为，坚持梦想的力量除了源自于对于棒球运动的高度热爱，能够一步一脚印的坚定前行，和他是基督徒，有神带领他走前方的每一步有密切难分的关係.
缺乏物质，却不缺爱
张泰山，阿美族人，生于臺东县东河乡泰源村，幼时家中主要经济收入源自于务农。
从幼时家庭经验谈起，张泰山回忆那段物质不丰裕却幸福的时刻。
虽然家境并不宽裕，但他表示，「我们家共有7个孩子一起长大，我是最小的，上头还有2位哥哥、4位姐姐，甚至听他们说更之前还有几位手足出生，只不过因为各种因素就早一步地离开了家人、活在我们的记忆之中。」
此外，张泰山的父亲为远洋渔业船员、常年不在家中，更因为在一段航程中突发盲肠炎、最终不及就医逝世，「这让我在长大的过程中，对于父爱的印象是较为缺乏的。可是，我还是很庆幸，妈妈非常爱她的每一个孩子。」
张泰山表示，早年每个家庭都会有多位孩童出生，在经济不宽裕的年代，收出养是很常见的事情，在当年，也曾有未能生育的邻里提议：「妳这个最小的（张泰山）给我们养啦！」可是张妈妈听到这个请求后，却是想也没想的直接拒绝：「不要！我自己生的，我自己养！」
在妈妈与哥哥姐姐们的爱护下，张泰山的童年过得非常快乐，就算日用饮食多仰赖就地找寻野菜果腹，一家人相守度日却也是另类的幸福。
「可是，有时候肚子真的是太饿了！」张泰山表示，最初踏入棒球队的契机，只是因为很羡慕队员都能有牛奶喝、有馒头吃，「我也想要和他们一样，所以小学四年级的时候正式加入学校棒球队。」
入队之初，张泰山被交办的首项任务，是帮队内学长準备食物，「每次帮学长冲泡热牛奶，我就会边準备、边先吃一些。」
不过，张泰山仍知道，既然已加入球队，好好寻求表现、成为职棒选手，是必须要达成的目标！因为他也深知，哥哥姊姊们很多都是念到小学2、3年级就辍学工作、帮忙补贴家计，所以他得要更加努力。
信主成为家族最贵重祝福
然而，上帝的引领悄悄的在此时开展。因着张泰山的姐姐很早就出社会工作，得以认识姊夫，并经由母亲的撮合下共结连理。
「阿美族是母系社会，所以姐姐结婚并不是『出嫁』，而是男方会来到我们家中。」张泰山说明，姊夫以基督徒的身分加入，让张家有机会全家信主、不再一样，「这是我们家最为重要的祝福。」
纵然，幼小的心灵尚未能明确认识每个宗教的区别，但张泰山记得，信主后家中就不再祭拜鬼神，「我们开始上教会、做礼拜，孩子们都在教会裡度过了愉快的成长时光。」
更重要的是，信主让张家脱离饮酒的恶习，也不抽菸、不吃槟榔，他表示：「大家都知道，张泰山是不喝酒的，这是我从加入职棒迄今的坚持。」
张泰山警醒自守的程度，甚至到了当他在婚宴、庆功的场合，会倒一杯浅酌，表达与众人一同庆祝的心意时，不熟的后辈会惊唿：「学长，那是酒！你不是不喝的吗？」
而对张泰山来说，信主带来的最大祝福，则是让他透过各式各样的环境，深知：「人非有信就不能得神的喜悦，因为到神面前来的人必须信有神，且信他赏赐那寻求他的人。（来 11:6）」
犯错沉潜、终至发光
进入职棒领域，他首先感受到神「在后的必要在前」的带领和祝福。
张泰山分享，他于1996年、19岁时加盟中职，而那年头要加入职棒队，按规定，要满24岁之后才会入选，因此能够早一步加入，都是神的带领与安排。
当年，为了让年轻优秀的选手能在精华时期，先加入国家队、打国际赛事，才立下规则，加入职棒须满24岁，以避免选手因太早进入职场（职棒）而阻碍为国争光的机会。
然而，因为张泰山在国中、高中都默默无名，自然也不会成为国际赛选手，这让他先将目标放在全国大赛，希望能藉此让球探注意，有机会加入职棒。
「可是，当我到了高叁那年终于有机会在全国赛登板时，我却犯了错，最终也没能参加。」
为了加强训练，教练本安排全队按路线跑10公里增进体能。没想到，出发后没多久队友就招唿他：「泰山，来啦！一起！我们跑另一条路好不好？」
那是一条能省下多数路程的捷径，张泰山表示，绕路程度甚至到了「本来10公里，只要跑2公里就好」。
一开始，心中本来还有些迟疑，但不久后却心生：「不行，我们需要团结！」的念头，就与同伴选择轻省的路走。
「当然，最后还是被教练抓包，重新跑了完整的10公里，再加上回程看到学弟也被罚，又跟着跑了第二趟，总共是22公里之多！」
张泰山本以为被罚完就没事了，没想到教练却差了学弟告知：「行李收一收就走吧，教练说太失望了，不要再看到我们！」
照计画，张泰山盘算打了全国赛就能让人认识、有机会年满后成为职棒选手，突如其来的退队叫人不知所措，万幸时任时报鹰教练的李瑞麟协助开了门，让他先加入时报鹰业余队，才有了后续的可能性。
再接续，是张泰山遇见了职棒路上的重要恩师徐生明，用「练习生」名义让他进入味全龙队，总算是「沾上边」的踏入职棒。
眼高于顶再反璞归真
接着张泰山分享第二项心得，是领略何谓「虚心的人有福了！」
张泰山正式上场的时间点，为职棒成立第7年。在全民疯棒球的热潮下，张泰山沉潜数年后爆发的表现极为亮眼，成为球队倚重、媒体追逐的要角。
突然成为镁光灯的中心，张泰山说那时「红到屁股不自觉会翘起来、眼睛的位置一路从脸部移到头顶！」没想到，大起之后的打球手感，蓦地急速衰退，「状况突然超差，不是打击叁振就是守备漏接。」
而媒体然也不会放过这种反差，报导仍是铺天盖地的以「张泰山」为主题，只不过内容改成批评奚落他在球场上的表现。
「在那个阶段，一到家我就衝进浴室，把莲蓬头的水开到最大、同时爆哭。」一段日子后，张泰山一路走来始终相伴的妻子，在一日见他于浴室哭得差不多时，探头进来、给出一句提醒：「你为何要逃避它呢？」
太太的话让张泰山忽然醒悟「对啊，我为什么要逃避呢？」便开始调整心态、日復一日的规律练球，让体能、球技都维持在最佳状态。
同时，张泰山依循球团教练的叮咛，把自己的学歷补齐，用多年时间，在臺湾体育运动大学取得学士、硕士学歷。
他说明，虽因常年只专注棒球，在学识、电脑操作上都有许多不足，但他抱持着「我就是不会，所以才来学」，就学期间尽可能地不迟到、不早煺，惟因比赛需要才会请假，「师长都蛮肯定我的念书态度，也说我影响了校内的许多同学，让我明白『坚持就有力量，想要好成绩，就先做好每一样準备工作。』」
心态的改换，大大的帮助了张泰山在球场上的表现，他坦承，「打球的缘故，整天东奔西跑、有一段时间没上教会了。」然而，基督信仰却是一直扎根在心中，也成为球赛比数紧绷时的力量。
他提到，有一场比赛关乎球队能否打进当季总冠军赛，从休息室要走上打击区的时候，他哼起了在心中响起的诗歌：「一切歌颂讚美，都归我主我的神， 你是配得歌颂与讚美」一边看来蹦蹦跳跳地走到场上。
「旁边的人看到都说，『哇，不愧是明星！这么放鬆！』但他们不知道，其实我紧张到脚都一直发抖。」张泰山说。
困难中留下长存的果子
最后，神在张泰山的生命中赐下了「多结果子」的祝福。
加入职棒后，随着规定的改变，身为职业选手的张泰山仍有许多机会参与奥运、亚运、世界盃棒球锦标赛、亚洲棒球锦标赛、世界棒球经典赛、洲际盃等赛事，披上国家队战袍。
而在这么多场国际比赛中，张泰山最难忘怀的，是2008年的北京奥运。
那年张泰山除了是台湾国家队的重要成员，因为婚后久未得子，他正与太太进行相关的备孕疗程，「但，我服用的助孕药物中含有微量『可洛米酚（Clomifene）』，这刚好是棒球运动员不能验出的禁药，我就被处分禁赛一年，虽然与团队一起出国，却没有办法上场效力。」
为此，张泰山将儿子取名为「张可洛」以资纪念，但他认为很神奇的是，之前夫妇俩不孕数年，本来在儿子出生后曾考量要再透过生殖医学，多生一个孩子，「结果，女儿就自然而然地来报到了！」
纵然，随着年岁的加增，张泰山在台湾职棒辉煌多年后，曾因球团考量运动员应该要维持年轻化的政策，有一段时间辗转加盟日本四国岛联盟德岛蓝短袜队、澳洲棒球联盟等，寻求发展。
对张泰山来说，旅外时的所属球团虽不比中华职棒来得有规模、待遇较丰厚，「可是换个角度想，就是再一次学习放下身段，也趁此机会带着孩子来享受不同国家的棒球文化。」
小时候，张泰山曾经很渴望有父亲的陪伴、能在球场上让父亲以自己为荣，「虽然，当时的梦想没有达成，但我现在看着自己的孩子被陪伴、慢慢长大的身影，同样也是很幸福的。」
同时，上帝也为张泰山预备转任教练前的最美谢幕，他在澳洲棒球联盟的最后一场出赛的最后一次打击中，漂亮的轰出了满贯全垒打，在众人的喝采欢唿下退役、开始学员养成、提携后进的工作。
他表示：「我是张泰山，很谢谢大家一路以来的支持，这成为我坚持下去的动力；而能挺过每一次困难和挑战，则是因为我是神的儿女，上帝给我力量、带领我一路向前。」
「即便，曾有困难，但把得到的和失去的相比，我知道我比别人还幸福得多！」张泰山宣告。
Testimony…
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Li Guangping’s baby daughter – music album “Amazing Grace”
As a Christian family, our family is blessed by God. Our daughter, Li Silin, is the best example of being used by God and loved by God. Growing up in a Christian family, Celine was favored by God. When she was very young, she went to church with us, and at night, before bedtime, she would study Bible stories on her own, and we often taught her Bible truths. Wherever she goes, there is a magnetic field, and she is loved by the gods. In 2005, to allow Li Silin to receive the best music education in China, we decided to move our family north and move to Beijing to prepare for the high school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music.
You may not know that the composition major is the most difficult in the Conservatory of Music: before the exam, we not only have to learn composition, but also learn professional piano performance, ear training, folk song memorization, music theory knowledge, etc., and we have to take four or five classes a week, which are all very difficult courses! I remember that we often took taxis, buses, subways, etc. through Beijing to go to class in the snowstorm, and Si Lin never complained. In the process of studying, the biggest miracle is that the teachers who teach Si Lin’s composition class and piano class are all Christians, which is God’s blessing of preparation! As a result, she was admitted to the composition major of the High School Affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music with the first place in her major. I deeply feel that every life we have is not accidental, it has a will and mission from God, and behind everything we do, there is also goodwill and blessing from God!
In 2008, when my friend Deng Weibiao (he is a representative composer of “New Century Music” in China) was chatting with me, he said that he wanted to release a record for Si Lin, and he asked me about the theme, and I immediately thought of the theme of hymns, so I decided that we would make a fever record of hymns for Si Lin! I hope that our family is willing to put our lives on the table, use beautiful music to promote the main sound and attract more people to God. And no matter what we do in the future, we will always do it in the spirit of spreading God’s great love, so that it will be a meaningful and valuable musical life.
I am deeply grateful to Ms. Yang Lanxiang, chairman of the board of directors of “Haojie Culture,” and Lin Haodong, general manager of “Haojie Culture”! The publication of the album “Amazing Grace,” attracted the attention and encouragement of a large number of writers in China; Wang Shuya, Li Wan, Hua Zi, Han Songluo, Han Haoyue, Chen Weiwen, and other famous writers all spoke highly of it; and writer Yu Jie also gave the record to many Hong Kong, Friends from Taiwan and the United States, let everyone listen to hymns from Chinese mainland and promote the grace of the Lord.
The songs in the album, such as “Love is a Miracle”, “I Have a Good Friend”, and “Ode to Love”, have been widely circulated in society and have been well received. Speaking of the preface to “Amazing Grace”, this is also a miracle worth writing about: I have always liked the film review articles written by the Christian writer Mr. Wang Shuya, and to find him to write the preface, I emailed or called him but could not find him;
One day, I accidentally bought the book “Heaven Was Silent for Half an Hour”, and I wrote a few words on my blog, but I showed it to Brother Peng Qiang, the publisher of the book, and he took the initiative to contact me, and through him it was easy to get in touch with Brother Wang Shuya. I think Cereen is a very good instrument used by God, and her singing voice sings the yearning of many people’s hearts. I hope that she will not only be a singer, but also she will become a musician in the future, not only singing, but also composing, using all her wisdom to glorify God, and we hope that many people will know the God behind us because they hear her praise singing. All of this is already beginning to be revealed: many of Cyrene’s “fans” say that they didn’t know what a “hymn” is, let alone about God’s grace, but now they are starting to understand, and some fans are even starting to go into the church to hear the pastor preach, what a wonderful thing!
At the end of 2008, Li Silin’s hymn concert held in Dongguan, Guangdong Province attracted a large number of people from Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, This was the first ticketed hymn concert in the Chinese mainland, and its significance is really special: many people feel the beauty of music, we believe that the seeds of the gospel will be sown in their hearts; China now needs such a concert so much: let the hard heart become soft, let the indifferent heart become warm, let the disappointed hear hope, let the desperate see the light, let the proud learn to be grateful, let the humble heart comfort the heart, let the shallow heart yearn for abundance, let the gray life see the sacred！
5. Born to the Lord
Li Guangping shared his testimony at Fengtai Hall in Fengtai District, Beijing, and I am grateful for God’s care and kindness over the years. As a little intellectual who likes to think, there is no way to escape the serious question of “What do you live for”. One day, I was chatting with a friend in Taiwan on the Internet, and I said, I have talked with you a few times about business experience, and I feel that you are a Christian. He immediately replied to me: Thank you for your care, I was saved more than ten years ago! I was greatly moved by what he said about “being saved”! Yes, the day we were baptized, we were saved! We were born out of the dead, born to the Lord! In fact, from the day we were born, we were “created” and born to the Lord. Psalm 139:13-16 says, “You have made my inwards.” I am in my mother’s womb, and you have covered me. I praise you, for I have been created to be amazing and terrible. Your deeds are wonderful, and I know them in my heart. I was created in secret, and I was connected in the depths of the earth. At that time, my form was not hidden from you. Your eyes have seen my unformed constitution. Before I have spent a day of your day, you have written it in your book.
This is the living and true truth that Heavenly Father has revealed to us! Decades of materialist education have made us atheists and so-called “liberal” intellectuals, and most of those who do not believe in God cannot avoid the severity of these questions: Do you believe that man has a soul? In addition to material life, man must have a spiritual life, there is no doubt about this, but the ultimate result of spiritual life is not to find a home for one’s spiritual world. If you don’t admit that people have a soul life and that the soul is immortal, then we are only alive, and there is no eternal ultimate meaning, and there is no absolute law of behavior! We see too many such people: After material satisfaction, you will inevitably have endless emptiness, loneliness, depravity, and decadence, as well as anxiety, pain, and boredom, this is the death of the soul, and what is the difference between it and a walking corpse? This is the death of the soul, and you live in the world in vain! At this time, what you need most is the warmth of love with an eternal heart! I like a passage that the famous host Zhang Yue said: “We need eternal love, never give up, and always be gentle.”
We desperately look for this kind of love in the world, but we never find it. Friends may empathize, lovers may not love, and only maternal love may be closer to eternity, but after all, it cannot be eternal. Mother is a human being, and if she is a human being, she may have all the faults of people, such as narrow-mindedness, such as selfishness, such as vulnerability, such as utilitarianism, which is normal and cannot be blamed. If you know that there is really someone who loves you, no matter how bad you are, and loves you so much that he can die for you, do you feel a little more settled in your heart? A little warmer? Can you be a little nicer to others? It is this love that looks at you sadly and with concern from the cross, why don’t you look into his eyes? The more we look at the history of World War II, the more we feel disappointed in people and our closeness to God; how despicable, shameless, cunning, vicious, and cruel human crimes have been in China’s “movement” and in world wars; how ungrateful, murderous, unreasonable, and miserable we are! What is sad is that we have not had these sufferings, but what is sad is that we have forgotten these sufferings, blood and tears, tragic memories, painful lessons, and pictures of death, intentionally or unintentionally! What is sad is that our history has been rewritten, and obscured, and Sadly, some events are still repeated, and tragedy is repeated!
In the Christian faith, in the process of studying the Bible, I have been reminded again and again: never underestimate human sin! Never give up faith in God! No matter how great a great man is, no matter how great a leader is, he must be doubtful, because man is man, except by following Jesus, we can never go to the Father (God); the great British Christian writer Louis said that there are two things in this world, you can’t be too amazed, one is the sinful nature of man, because of sinfulness brings out sin. We see that a person has been bad to this extreme, and you will see something worse than him. You can’t overstate how you marvel at the crimes of man. And there is one thing that we cannot be amazed enough about, and that is the glory of God, which is where our hope lies. We were born in the sixties, and to be honest, we have not experienced too many dark periods of extermination of humanity in Chinese history, but while shedding tears of sympathy for our parents, the only thing we can do for future generations and survivors is to find a quiet place in the dead of night, alone to God, with the most humble, softest, and most tender heart, to offer our prayers and praises!
Let me end this article with “John 3:16”: God loved the world and even gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life! Li Guangping has won professional awards such as the “1996 Outstanding Musician Achievement Award in the Chinese Pop Music Circle”, the “Fifth Chinese Music Media Award – Special Contribution Award in the Chinese Music Circle”, and the “Outstanding Contribution Award for Musicians in the 30 Years of Guangdong Pop Music”. He is a member of the 1st and 2nd “Society Awards” Review Committee of the China Pop Music Society, and a judge of the National Pop Singer Newcomer Selection Competition. He is currently the artistic director of Beijing Starlight Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and currently lives in Beijing. Representative works: “Are You Okay in Another Country”, “Wet Heart”, “Believe in the Distance”, “101 Blessings”, etc., and composed more than 600 songs. He has won more than 60 central and provincial music creation awards. He has published two kinds of music criticism books and more than 100,000 words of music criticism articles.
Blog note: Once again, we hope that God’s mercy will always accompany Brother Li Guangping’s family and that the more they serve, the more humble they become, and the more they serve, the more blessed they be! May Brother Li and his daughters use God’s gift of music to spread it on this much-needed arid land in China! Please pray for their family! God commemorates and blesses them!
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect reward comes from above, from the Father of lights, and there is no change in Him, nor a shadow of turning. 1 Peter 4:11 If anyone preaches, let him speak according to the word of God, and if anyone serves, he should serve according to the strength given by God, that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. For to Him is the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen!
Introduction of Li Guangping
Li Guangping is a well-known music producer, lyric writer, expert in the planning, commenting, and promotion of music culture and music activities in China, and a member of the Chinese Musicians Association. He has won the 1996 Outstanding Musician Achievement Award in the Chinese Pop Music Scene, the Special Contribution Award in the Chinese Music Scene at the 5th Chinese Music Media Awards, and has served as a member of the 1st and 2nd “Society Awards” of the China Light Music Society and the China Pop Music Society, and a judge of the National Pop Singer Newcomer Selection Competition.