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Pastoral Letter 12th June 2022

牧聲二零二二年六月十二日
12/6/2022
by
Pastor Dorothy Choi

Rising interest rates and the increase in petrol prices and power bills are our common concerns these days. The combination of crops lost to natural disasters, and slow plantings due to the cold weather have negatively impacted on the availability and the cost of vegetables. An ordinary iceberg lettuce is not cheap anymore. Like me, you may have been shocked by the grocery bill lately.

There are also health and travel concerns. People in our church or in the wider community still suffer from the spread of Covid and influenza. When we are sick, all of our schedules are disrupted. Visiting loved ones overseas, especially in China or Hong Kong can still be a challenge given the quarantine measures. Many of us are still hesitant to make the journey.

Jonah was probably like us focusing on our own concerns, when “the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”” (Jonah 1:1-2).

And God’s heart is much wider and bigger. God cares for a different nation, a completely different matter and not just the welfare of Jonah’s nation or people.

In the midst of all our personal troubles, God’s word to Jonah reminds us that God’ heart is a whole lot bigger than our lives and our wellbeing. If we are to follow Him, we will seek after God’s heart and let His concerns be our concerns.

Dear God,

• please open our ears to hear what You say,

• please help us to feel what is in Your heart, and

• please grant us strength to do what You ask us to.

利率的上升、汽油價格和電費的上漲是近來我們共同關注的問題。農作物因自然災害而損失,以及由於寒冷天氣導致播種緩慢,對蔬菜的供應和成本產生了負面的影響。一個普通的生菜已經不再便宜了。你可能像我一樣,對最近雜貨的價錢感到吃驚。

還有健康和旅行上的問題。會友們或社區中仍然受到新冠病毒傳播和流感季節的影響。當生病時,我們所有的日程安排都被打亂了。鑑於隔離的措施,探訪海外親人,尤其是在中國大陸或香港仍是一項挑戰。我們當中的許多人仍然猶豫要不要踏上旅程。

約拿可能也像我們一樣專注於自己的事情,當”耶和華的話臨到亞米太的兒子約拿,說:「你起來往尼尼微大城去,向其中的居民呼喊,因為他們的惡達到我面前。」” 約拿書1:1-2

神的心腸是非常寬闊、偉大的。神關心一個不同的國家,一件完全不一樣的事情,而不僅是約拿的國家或人民的福祉。

當我們面對自己所有的煩惱時,神對約拿的說話提醒我們,神的心懷比我們的生活和幸福要寬廣得很多。如果我們要跟隨他,我們就會尋求神的心意,讓衪所關注的成為我們關注的。

神啊

• 請打開我們的耳朵去聆聽你所說的,

• 請幫助我們感受到你的心腸,並且

• 請賜給我們力量去做你所吩咐的。

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