第七期
时间，敌或友？
文：曾忆韵
时针、分针和秒针住在哪儿呢？他们住在一 只看了封面，有些甚至连包装都还没拆开。当然， 个或大或小的时钟里。有些时候，他们会变身， 我还是会埋怨--时间。终于有一天，我真的开始 住在电子产品里，像是手表、手机、甚至是电脑 阅读一本尘封已久的书，书名是《时光守护者》 里等等。 “The Time Keeper" ，一本关于时间的书，这 秒针跑得最快，像个工作效率极高的女强人，正是我很需要调整的东西啊！我的进度非常慢， 做每件事都分秒必争，可惜很少有人在意她。分 若是大家有什么速读的秘诀，不妨指点一二。又 针像个文质彬彬的君子，不慌不忙，每走一小步 或者在我们下次见面时，也可以问问我读到第几 都自带气场，人们很难忽视他一步一步地走来。 页了，给点鼓励，也给点压力。 而时针呢，就好像一个头发全白了的老爷爷，小 话说回来，时针、分针和秒针，你想成为哪 心翼翼，走得特别慢；每隔一小时只走一步，每 一个呢？若是可以，我并不想选择任何一个，因 走一步，都会休息一个小时。 为我想成为时钟，成为自己每时每刻、每分每秒 行管令期间，我与时间有了更深的体会和爱 的时间管家，善用恩赐活出时钟的功能。时钟， 憎关系 (love-hate relationship)。爱，是因为我 绝不能缺少电芯；而神的同在，就好比时钟里的 和丈夫有更多的时间待在家里，平时可以煮煮饭 电芯，赋予时钟生命和价值。若没有神的同在， 和斗斗嘴。即使上班，也可以睡久一点，因为不 成为我们生命中的电芯，我们的每时每刻、每分 必塞车。憎，是因为我每一天都有满满的“待办 每秒岂不枉然？让我们一同学习邀请神的同在， 事项” (to-do list) 要完成。眼看待处理的事项 在忙碌的生活当中有圣灵内住，帮助我们善用我 都将要完成（打勾)之际，总会有些新的事项接 们的时针、分针和秒针，将神所当得的荣耀归给 踵而来。事情，总是做不完。我常常在想，时针 神。阿们。 明明就是个老爷爷，一小时只走一步，可为何我 总是追不上他呢？ 后记: 行管令期间我的家里多了一个新成员，名为小肥。 这段时间，我也有下定决心去阅读。可是到 它是一个非常可爱的短腿扫地将军。这是我丈夫买回来 行管令即将结束时，我的阅读进度仍止于书的封 帮我节省打扫的时间。至于为什么把它起名为小肥，你 可以猜猜看，或是待见面时再问我吧！ 面。不瞒你说，我的书柜上有好多书，但多半都
Issue #7
Time, a Friend or Foe? Where do the hour, minute and second hands live? They live in a large or small clock. Sometimes, they will transform and live in electronic devices, such as watches, mobile phones, or even computers. The second hand runs the fastest, like a highly efficient working lady who grips every minute and second in doing everything, but unfortunately not many people care about her. The minute hand is like a gentleman who is slow and steady; he carries his own glamorous aura in every single step that he takes, it is difficult for people not to notice his soon approaching steps. As for the hour hand, it is like an old man with a head full of gray hair. He walks slowly and cautiously; takes only one step in every hour, and then rests for an hour. During the MCO, I had a deeper discovery experience with time and went into a love-hate relationship with it. “Love” was because my husband and I had more time to stay at home, we enjoyed cooking together and teasing each other. Even if I went to work, I could enjoy a longer sleep because there was no traffic jam. “Hate” was because I had a full "to-do list" to complete every day. Seeing the long “to-do-list” was about to be fully ticked, there would always be some new things coming and prolonged the list. The matters to be completed were never ending. At times I wondered, the hour hand is just an old man who only takes one step per hour, but why I could never overtake him? During this time, I also made up my mind to read. But by the end of MCO, my reading progress was still on the book cover. Let me be frank with you, I have a lot of books on my bookshelves, but most of them I only eif
By: Ocean Chan
managed to read the book cover, and some haven't even been unwrapped from the package yet. Of course, I will still blame -- time. Finally, on one fine day, I really started reading a long-standing yet dust-covered book named "The Time Keeper", a book about time, this was exactly what I needed to adjust! My progress has been very slow; if you have any quick reading secrets, please don’t mind sharing them with me. Perhaps you can also ask me about my reading progress when we meet the next time, this might give me some encouragement and pressure. Having said that, the hour hand, minute hand and second hand of a clock, which one do you choose to be? If possible, I do not want to choose to be any of them, because I rather choose to be a clock. By being a clock, I can steward my every moment, every minute and every second for a purpose, and make good use of the divine gifts to live out the function of a clock. But remember, a clock will never function without batteries; and the presence of God is like a battery in a clock, grants life and value to it. If we do not have the presence of God as the batteries in our lives, wouldn't every minute and every second of our lives are meaningless and labored in vain? Let us learn to invite the presence of God and the dwelling of the Holy Spirit in our busy daily lives, to help us make good use of every hour, minute and second in our lives for a purpose - to glorify God. Amen. P.S: During the MCO, there was a new member in my family named XiaoFei (little fatty). It is a cute short-legged floor sweeping General. My husband bought it to help me save time on cleaning. As for why it was named XiaoFei, why not try guessing? or ask me when we meet!