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2007.7.9
經歷夢想的破滅
我最近喜歡看的一部電影是「面對巨人」。這是關於一個球隊克服重重障礙與逆境的故事。這部電影的DVD也提供有關本片演員生命中一些激勵人心的故事。
其中一個故事特別吸引我的注意，那是電影中飾演總教練之妻的那位女演員的故事。那位女演員從小就很想要成為演員，她甚至為了追求這夢想而搬到大城市，但結果令她失望。
後來她的丈夫因為工作的關係，全家搬到喬治亞州的艾巴尼鎮。這是美國東南部的一個小鎮。當她開車進入艾巴尼鎮時，她認為自己成為電影演員的夢想破滅了。因為她知道在這鳥不生蛋的地方，她無法把演戲當作職業。
她向上帝哭訴，她失去一生夢想的挫敗與痛苦。但她宣告：即使她無法演戲，她還是要讚美上帝。她不知道雖然艾巴尼鎮似乎不可能讓一位演員有發揮的機會，但在神沒有不可能的事。後來她就在這小鎮被「發掘」，使她能在「面對巨人」裡擔任一個角色。
我們許多人都珍惜自己生命中的夢想，但最終都很失望。這些夢想可能是有關事業上的雄心壯志、婚姻與家庭生活或個人的目標與成就。有時這些夢想並不屬於我們，我們的手必需放開這些夢想－－不論這有多困難。然而，有時我們夢想的破滅只是神為了引導、塑造我們未來的過程。如詩篇37篇4節所教導：「又要以耶和華為樂，祂就將你心裡所求的賜給你。」
我們的動機是關鍵：我們夢想的潛在動機是什麼？若我們的眼目定睛在神為我生命的計劃，而不是堅持自己的計劃，要求按自己的方式。神就可能賜給我們心中所願－－即使這意味著改變我們心中所願。
藉著扼殺我們的夢想，許多時候上帝可以成就祂在我們身上的計劃，而不是成就我們所想要的。祂可能會同意我們的夢想，但對我們為何要那個夢想，會有不同的意見。
有時神可能要我們的夢想破滅，因為那不是祂要你有的夢想。祂可能有一個不同的計劃，一個更好的計劃，即使在當時還看不出來。
若你已很努力，但夢想尚未成真，你就要以禱告的心思考你這夢想的動機。你是為了討神的喜悅，或討自己的喜悅？
思想 / 討論題目
你是否有一個夢想或雄心壯志－－不論是很久以前或就在最近－－這夢想若破滅，你會很難接受嗎？若有，這夢想是什麼？若放棄，會有何感覺？
現在你是否有何特別的夢想，讓你開始擔心它不會成真？你為何認為這夢想可能破滅？
你是否願意接受你長久以來的夢想或目標可能不在神給你的計劃裡，或者祂可能會讓你完成那夢想－－但是以一個超乎你想像的方式？
本文作者引述詩篇37篇4節：「又要以耶和華為樂，祂就將你心裡所求的賜給你。」若用你自己的話改寫，你會如何寫？你相信這句話嗎？
註：若你有聖經請看有關此主題的其他經文，請看：
詩篇37篇5節；箴言3章5-6節，16章3節；耶利米書29章11、13節；路加福音11章9-13節
CBMC 中華民國總會
台灣台北市104松江路22號7樓
TEL：886-2-2581-4937 FAX：886-2-2542-4169
E-Mail：cbmc@ms26.hinet.net
2007.7.9
經歷夢想的破滅
我最近喜歡看的一部電影是「面對巨人」。這是關於一個球隊克服重重障礙與逆境的故事。這部電影的DVD也提供有關本片演員生命中一些激勵人心的故事。
其中一個故事特別吸引我的注意，那是電影中飾演總教練之妻的那位女演員的故事。那位女演員從小就很想要成為演員，她甚至為了追求這夢想而搬到大城市，但結果令她失望。
後來她的丈夫因為工作的關係，全家搬到喬治亞州的艾巴尼鎮。這是美國東南部的一個小鎮。當她開車進入艾巴尼鎮時，她認為自己成為電影演員的夢想破滅了。因為她知道在這鳥不生蛋的地方，她無法把演戲當作職業。
她向上帝哭訴，她失去一生夢想的挫敗與痛苦。但她宣告：即使她無法演戲，她還是要讚美上帝。她不知道雖然艾巴尼鎮似乎不可能讓一位演員有發揮的機會，但在神沒有不可能的事。後來她就在這小鎮被「發掘」，使她能在「面對巨人」裡擔任一個角色。
我們許多人都珍惜自己生命中的夢想，但最終都很失望。這些夢想可能是有關事業上的雄心壯志、婚姻與家庭生活或個人的目標與成就。有時這些夢想並不屬於我們，我們的手必需放開這些夢想－－不論這有多困難。然而，有時我們夢想的破滅只是神為了引導、塑造我們未來的過程。如詩篇37篇4節所教導：「又要以耶和華為樂，祂就將你心裡所求的賜給你。」
我們的動機是關鍵：我們夢想的潛在動機是什麼？若我們的眼目定睛在神為我生命的計劃，而不是堅持自己的計劃，要求按自己的方式。神就可能賜給我們心中所願－－即使這意味著改變我們心中所願。
藉著扼殺我們的夢想，許多時候上帝可以成就祂在我們身上的計劃，而不是成就我們所想要的。祂可能會同意我們的夢想，但對我們為何要那個夢想，會有不同的意見。
有時神可能要我們的夢想破滅，因為那不是祂要你有的夢想。祂可能有一個不同的計劃，一個更好的計劃，即使在當時還看不出來。
若你已很努力，但夢想尚未成真，你就要以禱告的心思考你這夢想的動機。你是為了討神的喜悅，或討自己的喜悅？
思想 / 討論題目
你是否有一個夢想或雄心壯志－－不論是很久以前或就在最近－－這夢想若破滅，你會很難接受嗎？若有，這夢想是什麼？若放棄，會有何感覺？
現在你是否有何特別的夢想，讓你開始擔心它不會成真？你為何認為這夢想可能破滅？
你是否願意接受你長久以來的夢想或目標可能不在神給你的計劃裡，或者祂可能會讓你完成那夢想－－但是以一個超乎你想像的方式？
本文作者引述詩篇37篇4節：「又要以耶和華為樂，祂就將你心裡所求的賜給你。」若用你自己的話改寫，你會如何寫？你相信這句話嗎？
註：若你有聖經請看有關此主題的其他經文，請看：
詩篇37篇5節；箴言3章5-6節，16章3節；耶利米書29章11、13節；路加福音11章9-13節
CBMC 中華民國總會
台灣台北市104松江路22號7樓
TEL：886-2-2581-4937 FAX：886-2-2542-4169
E-Mail：cbmc@ms26.hinet.net
MONDAY MANNA
A service to the business community
July 9, 2007
EXPERIENCING THE DEATH OF A DREAM
By: Rick Boxx
One of my newest favorite movies is “Facing the Giants,” the story of a sports team that overcomes some major obstacles and adversity. The DVD for this film also provides some inspiring stories about the lives of actors and actresses that portrayed some of the characters.
One story that particularly captured my attention was told by the woman who played the wife of the head coach in the movie. The actress told about her passion to be an actress that she had developed at an early age. She even moved to a major city to pursue that dream, only to be disappointed.
Eventually her husband’s career prompted their family to relocate to Albany, Georgia, a small town in the southeastern portion of the United States. As she was driving into Albany, she came to the conclusion that in making the move, her dreams of acting were dying. This was no place, the actress realized, to begin to establish a career as a performer.
She cried out to God, acknowledging the pain of admitting defeat and the loss of a lifelong dream. But she declared that although it appeared she would never act, she still wanted God to know she still would praise Him. Little did she know that although Albany, Georgia seemed an unlikely, even impossible place for an aspiring actor, this didn’t seem so impossible for God. This in fact became the place where she was “discovered,” and her acting role in “Facing the Giants” was one evidence of that.
Many of us have cherished dreams in our life that result only in disappointment. They may involve ambitions in business or professional life; they may relate to marriage and family life; or they may concern goals for personal achievement. Sometimes these dreams are not our destiny, and we need to release them – no matter how difficult that may be. However, there are other times when the apparent death of our dream is just part of the process God has for guiding and shaping our future. As Psalm 37:4 teaches, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Our motive is the key: What is the underlying motivation for our dream? If our eyes are fixed on God’s plan for our life, rather than insisting on our plan and demanding our own way, then God can give us the desires of our heart – even if it means changing what our desires are.
By killing a dream, many times God accomplishes his goal of prying our fingers off something that He Himself may want for us, but not for the purposes or reasons that we have in mind. He may agree with what we want, but have different ideas about why we should want it.
Other times God may want our dream to die, because it’s not His dream for you. He may have a different plan, a better plan, even if it does not seem that way at the time.
If you are wrestling with a dream that doesn’t seem to be becoming a reality, prayerfully consider your motives for this dream. Are you delighting in the Lord, or are you delighting in yourself?
(Copyright 2007, Integrity Resource Center, Inc.) Adapted with permission from "Integrity Moments with Rick Boxx," a commentary on issues of integrity in the workplace from a Christian perspective. For more information about receiving Integrity Moments in their e-mail box, write to: http://us.f906.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=rboxx@integritymoments.com and type "subscribe" in the subject line or visit his website, http://www.integrityresource.org/.
CBMC INTERNATIONAL: Robert Milligan, President
1065 N. 115th Street, Suite 210 ▪ Omaha, Nebraska 68154 ▪ U.S.A.
TEL.: (402) 431-0002 ▪ FAX: (402) 431-1749 ▪ E-MAIL: nbrownell@cbmcint.org
Please direct any requests or change of address to: http://www.cbmcint.org/
Reflection/Discussion Questions
Can you think of a cherished dream or ambition – in the distant past or even recently – that you found extremely difficult to see die? If so, what was that dream and how did it feel to let go of it?
Do you have any special dreams right now that you are starting to worry about never seeing become reality? Why do you think this might be the case?
How willing are you to accept that a long-cherished dream or goal may not be in God’s plan for your life, or that He may in fact enable you to achieve it – but in a very different way than you had imagined?
Rick Boxx quotes Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” How would you rephrase this verse in your own words? Do you believe it?
NOTE: If you have a Bible and would like to consider other passages that relate to this topic, look up the following verses:
Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 3:5,6, 16:3; Jeremiah 29:11,13; Matthew &7-12; Luke 11:9-13
A service to the business community
July 9, 2007
EXPERIENCING THE DEATH OF A DREAM
By: Rick Boxx
One of my newest favorite movies is “Facing the Giants,” the story of a sports team that overcomes some major obstacles and adversity. The DVD for this film also provides some inspiring stories about the lives of actors and actresses that portrayed some of the characters.
One story that particularly captured my attention was told by the woman who played the wife of the head coach in the movie. The actress told about her passion to be an actress that she had developed at an early age. She even moved to a major city to pursue that dream, only to be disappointed.
Eventually her husband’s career prompted their family to relocate to Albany, Georgia, a small town in the southeastern portion of the United States. As she was driving into Albany, she came to the conclusion that in making the move, her dreams of acting were dying. This was no place, the actress realized, to begin to establish a career as a performer.
She cried out to God, acknowledging the pain of admitting defeat and the loss of a lifelong dream. But she declared that although it appeared she would never act, she still wanted God to know she still would praise Him. Little did she know that although Albany, Georgia seemed an unlikely, even impossible place for an aspiring actor, this didn’t seem so impossible for God. This in fact became the place where she was “discovered,” and her acting role in “Facing the Giants” was one evidence of that.
Many of us have cherished dreams in our life that result only in disappointment. They may involve ambitions in business or professional life; they may relate to marriage and family life; or they may concern goals for personal achievement. Sometimes these dreams are not our destiny, and we need to release them – no matter how difficult that may be. However, there are other times when the apparent death of our dream is just part of the process God has for guiding and shaping our future. As Psalm 37:4 teaches, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Our motive is the key: What is the underlying motivation for our dream? If our eyes are fixed on God’s plan for our life, rather than insisting on our plan and demanding our own way, then God can give us the desires of our heart – even if it means changing what our desires are.
By killing a dream, many times God accomplishes his goal of prying our fingers off something that He Himself may want for us, but not for the purposes or reasons that we have in mind. He may agree with what we want, but have different ideas about why we should want it.
Other times God may want our dream to die, because it’s not His dream for you. He may have a different plan, a better plan, even if it does not seem that way at the time.
If you are wrestling with a dream that doesn’t seem to be becoming a reality, prayerfully consider your motives for this dream. Are you delighting in the Lord, or are you delighting in yourself?
(Copyright 2007, Integrity Resource Center, Inc.) Adapted with permission from "Integrity Moments with Rick Boxx," a commentary on issues of integrity in the workplace from a Christian perspective. For more information about receiving Integrity Moments in their e-mail box, write to: http://us.f906.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=rboxx@integritymoments.com and type "subscribe" in the subject line or visit his website, http://www.integrityresource.org/.
CBMC INTERNATIONAL: Robert Milligan, President
1065 N. 115th Street, Suite 210 ▪ Omaha, Nebraska 68154 ▪ U.S.A.
TEL.: (402) 431-0002 ▪ FAX: (402) 431-1749 ▪ E-MAIL: nbrownell@cbmcint.org
Please direct any requests or change of address to: http://www.cbmcint.org/
Reflection/Discussion Questions
Can you think of a cherished dream or ambition – in the distant past or even recently – that you found extremely difficult to see die? If so, what was that dream and how did it feel to let go of it?
Do you have any special dreams right now that you are starting to worry about never seeing become reality? Why do you think this might be the case?
How willing are you to accept that a long-cherished dream or goal may not be in God’s plan for your life, or that He may in fact enable you to achieve it – but in a very different way than you had imagined?
Rick Boxx quotes Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” How would you rephrase this verse in your own words? Do you believe it?
NOTE: If you have a Bible and would like to consider other passages that relate to this topic, look up the following verses:
Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 3:5,6, 16:3; Jeremiah 29:11,13; Matthew &7-12; Luke 11:9-13
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