Joyce 你的生日我还记得2026-04-05 Easter Sunday 感言

今天是耶稣复活日，也是你的生日，4月5日。地上第三个生日你不在这里度过。天上有没有记得生日？如果天上已经与世上无关，地上什么日子也不重要了吧？

可是我们地上人仍然记得从前一起度过，一起庆祝。我记得你喜欢去的地方，吃的饮食。我们家附近常常去的几家饮食店，特别是你最爱吃的羊肉汤！我们也喜欢吃草莓披萨配冰淇淋。很多年前，我们回家路过那家披萨店时，经常会停下来买甜点！我们也经常光顾一家擂茶档子。它就在我们诊所附近，离小男孩的学校也很近，离市场也很近，我们以前经常去那里的公园慢跑或散步，然后吃早餐。

许多关于星期天的回忆。我现在很遗憾当年为什么坚持己见，很多时候不让你选择你爱吃的呢？我也坚持不尝试吃你爱吃的东西！

你一直劝我吃榴莲，但是我坚持不吃。有一天你说如果我真的爱你，就要试试吃。我还是不吃！

为什么当你认真时我还当做玩笑？

总之，今天纪念你。第三年了，你走后我的日子怎样过的？

我没有停止写作英文博客文章。还是简单起居饮食和生活需要：面包和牛奶、一点蔬果、鸡胸肉、鸡蛋、牛油、芝士、饼干和必要的咖啡。偶尔会出去走路（没有跑步），看朋友（风，树，花，草，鸟，虫之类，还有托付我喂食的小狗陪伴）。

最近一周我写了耶稣在世上最后的路途到耶路撒冷，完成天父委托的使命。今天一位教会长老叫我们看耶稣上十字架的几个重要真理：耶稣受死是痛苦的-身体和魂），又是强大的（天地震撼），完成意义（使命）的。我博文写了不止耶稣的痛，还有天父的痛！祂与子没有分开过，竟然因为拯救世人而分隔，即使暂时，那种沉痛是人不能体会，无法理解的！ 

我现在正在写门徒的痛，昨天写了他们不能做什么挽回耶稣的离世，由于是大日子安息日（大安息日——一年一度和每周一次的安息日合并于那个周末），他们更加不能出去做什么。也不知道坟墓哪里发生什么事了。

其实，即使他们去了，还能做什么？哪里有罗马军兵看守住，任何人都无法越界。他们还不懂属灵的变动和属灵的权柄，也看不见属灵的领域，心中充满了如同世人一般的伤痛、遗憾、混乱和恐惧（怕掌权者如捕鸟人会来捕抓他们，同样受诬告和判刑。）

你也知道，我经过了失去，才能够了解别人的失去，包括当年使徒/门徒的心境。

刚才弟媳有问我要不要同去妹妹家，一起吃饭，和她谈谈天。因为我告诉她今天是你的生日！我决定不去了，待会自己出去附近走走。

想起你走那晚，你真的非常不适，我已经疲倦不堪（因为陪伴和照顾你那段日子没有真正睡觉！），所以当她们（你妹妹和护士）劝我躺一下，我真的照做，然而，你就在那时走了！

医学留不住你。世人留不住你。你的服事留不住你。

最爱你的人也留不住你。

同样，没有人留得住耶稣。

每一个人有一个期限。任由其他人如何伤痛和挽留都改不了。

但是有一个王希西家要求神延寿多给他时间处理好他的继承人的事，神答应了，延寿15年，给他生了下一任的王，玛拿西，生了一位敬畏神的曾孙约西亚继承犹大国王位， 立约顺从主，带领以色列子民恢复圣殿敬拜和服事神，谨守遵行耶和华的律法和节期。

他去世之后，以色列人被掳巴比伦，让地土荒凉守安息，直到满了七十年，才重返耶路撒冷家园。

希西家延寿生玛拿西和从他生了约西亚，把那群背道的百姓转回，即使当时他们还把知道有一天会被掳70年，仍然有人会记得约西亚王的恢复和教导关于圣殿、敬拜、和他们的神将会拯救，守约施慈爱。

当时他们家国和圣殿被摧毁，百姓被掳，年复一年流逝，近乎两代人，在巴比伦河岸哭泣，还有什么盼望？但是，神是神。神是行神迹的神。祂甚至可以使用一个波斯王来援助以色列人回归！

结论：我们不要失去盼望，要记得神曾经做的事，为了我们把祂的独生子也白白给了，还有什么祂不会与爱子一同白白赐给我们吗？

耶稣的门徒，也是如此。他们还记得耶稣的教导和提醒他们不要害怕也不要忧愁，祂必再来！他们在沉默的星期六（安息日）等候着。以色列人出埃及也是如此等待最大的神迹—完全的拯救！数百万人能够那样轰动历史被光明的神带着，脱离黑暗，进入光明，何况区区11使徒，数百门徒，等候着耶稣复活呢？

所以，写到这里，我心得安慰，何况一人呢？每一个人，你，我，都是主一个一个带去的人。

对于主的能够和愿意做到，耶稣已经做了，你也应验了！我们怎能还像世人一般还忧伤呢？

Since God is for us, who can be against us? 因为全能的神与我们同在，谁能抵挡我们呢？使徒保罗肯定的宣告：没有任何的势力能够叫我们与神的爱隔绝！

罗马书 8:31 信靠主的必能得胜

既是这样，还有什么说的呢？神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？

2026-04-05

He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul

Christ was nailed to the cross on Good Friday and crucified between two thieves. There He suffered and He died. (Matt. 27:32-56; Mark 15:21-41; Luke 23:32-49; John 19:16b-37) 
Christ was buried in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea, who wrapped Christ's body in clean linen, placed Christ in the tomb, and rolled a stone over the entrance. The tomb was sealed, and guards were posted. (Matt. 27:57-66; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42)Christ remained in the tomb on Friday and Saturday. 
On the third day, Sunday, He arose, just as He said. (Matt. 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-9)

1 John 1New International Version (NIV)

The Incarnation of the Word of Life

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our[a] joy complete.

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

Footnotes:

1. 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
2. 1 John 1:7 Or every

The Lily of the Valley | Charles W. Fry

1. I’ve found a friend in Jesus, He’s everything to me,
   He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
   The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
   All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
   In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay;
   He tells me every care on Him to roll.
   • Refrain:
     He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
     He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
2. He all my grief has taken, and all my sorrows borne;
   In temptation He’s my strong and mighty tow’r;
   I’ve all for Him forsaken, and all my idols torn
   From my heart and now He keeps me by His pow’r.
   Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore,
   Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal.
3. He’ll never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here,
   While I live by faith and do His blessed will;
   A wall of fire about me, I’ve nothing now to fear,
   From His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.
   Then sweeping up to glory to see His blessed face,
   Where rivers of delight shall ever roll.

He Is Risen (Mark 14-16)

 Mark 14 (quoted in parts)

After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.

¹² Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?”..
 ¹² Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb,..
¹⁶ So His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.
¹⁷ In the evening He came with the twelve. ¹⁸ Now as they sat and ate, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me.”

²² And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat;^[b] this is My body.”
²³ Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ²⁴ And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new^[c] covenant, which is shed for many. ²⁵ Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
²⁶ And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
²⁷ Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night,^[d] for it is written:

‘I will strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered.’^[e]

²⁸ “But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”

 ³² Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 

⁴¹ Then He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”..
⁴³ And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 
⁴⁶ Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.

⁶⁶ Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. ⁶⁷ And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth.”
⁶⁸ But he denied it, .. ⁷² A second time the rooster crowed. Then Peter called to mind the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought about it, he wept.

Mark  15 (quoted in parts)

 Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate. ² Then Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
He answered and said to him, “It is as you say.”
 ⁹ But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them. ¹² Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
¹³ So they cried out again, “Crucify Him!”
¹⁴ Then Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?”
But they cried out all the more, “Crucify Him!”
¹⁵ So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
 ¹⁶ Then the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison. 
  ²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

²⁵ Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. ²⁶ And the inscription of His accusation was written above:

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷ With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left. ²⁸ So the Scripture was fulfilled^[j] which says, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.”^[k]

²⁹ And those who passed by blasphemed Him, ..Even those who were crucified with Him reviled H
³³ Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<sup>[m]

37</sup> And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.
³⁸ Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last,^[n] he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
⁴⁰ There were also women looking on from afar, 

 ^{Mark 16 (qouted in parts)}

He Is Risen

 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. ² Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ³ And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” ⁴ But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away—for it was very large. ⁵ And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

⁶ But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. ⁷ But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”
⁸ So they went out quickly^[o] and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Mary Magdalene Sees the Risen Lord

⁹ Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹ And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

¹² After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. ¹³ And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.

 

The Great Commission

¹⁴ Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. ¹⁵ And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸ they^[p] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Christ Ascends to God’s Right Hand

¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.^[q]