Hi everyone, I’m Melody, I’d like to share a little bit of my life experience with you today.
弟兄姐妹平安，我是Melody, 我要在這裡簡短分享個人的生活體驗：
Do you remeber when you were a kid and your mum would tell you off? She would maybe tell you what you need to work on or what you did wrong and she would always state the truth. Those words hurt. Not because they were made up lies But because they were true and you had to face the harsh reality that you did something wrong.
你們還記得小的時候被媽媽罵的時候嗎？她可能會很直接告訴你需要做什麼或毫不留情的糾正錯誤，並且她總是會說出傷人的真相。真相是特別真實的，同時要面對做錯事之後的殘酷現實，就是承擔後果。
That happens to me all the time. My mum would always tell me off and although I hate to say it, it’s always shaped me into a better person.
這種事也常發生在我身上。我的媽媽總是會對我嚴格管教或責罵我，但我不得不承認，媽媽對我的管教總是讓我成為一個更好的人。
When she told me off, I would always try to cancel out her words with wrong thoughts in my head and think of clever comebacks I would be to scared to actually say.
很多時候當她責罵我時，我總是會試圖用腦子裡的各種錯誤想法來抵消她的話，嘗試辯解，並想到一些話想聰明的反擊回去，但我通常不太敢這麼做。
Those thoughts were Satan, preventing me from taking in what my mum was trying to teach me, trying to avoid the truth because truth hurts.
因為我知道這些思維是邪惡的，這些想法是來自撒旦，是要嘗試阻止我接受媽媽試圖教導我的真理，我試圖迴避真相，因為我知道真相總是特別傷人。
But Jesus is the way the truth and the life, how can we recieve God in our life if distractions are trying to block the us from the truth?
耶穌是道路，真理，生命，但是這世界有太多干擾我們或試圖阻止我們接觸真理的人事物，這樣，我們又如何在生活中接受神對我們的帶領？
Whether it be wrong thoughts, temptations or even actions to numb the reality.
這些干擾可能來自錯誤的想法、誘惑，甚至是麻木不仁的思維與行動，都能攔阻我們領受神的帶領。
And the saddest truth of all is we don’t deserve to go to heaven. We’re all sinners but in God’s mercy we are born again, we’re clean.
最可悲的事實就是我們本不配得恩典進入天國，因為我們都是罪人，但在神的憐憫下，我們重生了，我們是潔淨的。
The bible quoted in Isaiah 55:6 ” Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.”
So why would you let Satan take over your life when God is right there?
以賽亞書55：6說：我們當趁耶和華可尋找的時候尋找他， 相近的時候求告他，因此當神就在身邊時，為什麼要讓撒旦接管你的生活呢？
God is not something to find, he was right there all along, waiting for you to rediscover him.
事實上我們不需尋找上帝，因為祂一直都在，並且等待你重新發現祂。
Christianity is like paint on wood. The more worldly ideas there are, the more layers to the paint and eventually you can’t even see the wood anymore.
我認為基督信仰就像木頭上的油漆。世俗的想法越多，就如同油漆的漆層越多，最終甚至看不到原本的那塊木頭。
But imagine the wood is us, we were originally clean but as our minds pollute, you can’t even see the You that God had made you to be.
想像一下，這木頭就是我們，我們原本是乾淨，純潔的，但隨著我們的思想被污染，你甚至看不到上帝創造你的那個你。
As we accept God into our lives, the paint dissolves and strips down and slowly but eventually we can see God work in our lives again.
當我們接受神，並且進入我們的生命時，就如同覆蓋在木頭上的油漆一層層剝落，最後終能看見神在我們生命中奇妙作為。
Today I choose to give my life to Jesus, and I now belong to Jesus with a while new life.
Thank you.
今天，我決定將我自己的生命交給耶穌，我已經屬於耶穌的，我就是新造的人了。
這是我的見證，謝謝大家。
