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  • Writer: Li Wen
    Li Wen
  • May 1, 2020
  • 2 min read


从小学一年级开始,我就去 勿洛福音堂 (Bethesda Bedok-Tampines Church) 的托管中心。因为爸爸妈妈从早上工作到晚上,我和哥哥就会留在中心一整天。我们和其他的同学一起做功课和玩游戏。在托管中心哪里,老师们运用故事和短片与我们分享耶稣基督


从小学四年级,我开始参加他们的补习班。除了关心我们的学习,老师们也会安排游戏和教导我们圣经里的真理。我们也学会唱诗歌敬拜耶稣基督。

我记得在某年的耶稣受难节,我们看了一部影片。影片中描述耶稣被犹太人的领袖们抓住了。当我看到耶稣钉在十字架上,我领悟到世人都有罪。上帝让我了解到我如同世人一样有罪。后来,我就在心里向耶稣祷告,“主耶稣,我相信你能原谅我的罪。”

一路走回家的路上,我满脑子里都是充满耶稣被世人捶打和唾弃的画面。他被众人嘲笑直到被钉在十字架上。当下,我感到非常悔过。我看着天空,思考着耶稣为我的罪过所流的宝血。

在我小学五年级的某一天,我和最要好的朋友在一起时, 她问我是不是基督徒。我说我还不是。她回我说,“我以为你早已经是了?!”我说我想当基督徒。于是她带领我做宣誓祷告。

我要分享上帝在我生命所做的工作。从小学起,因为家庭背景和学业成绩,我一直被人瞧不起。我还被一名同学从小学欺负到中学。有好多次,他还向我吐口水。那时候,我就常常问上帝为什么世上没有天理?上帝又为何创造我?我生命的意义是什么?为什么我得背负着别人的过错?好多时候我都不能原谅伤害我的人。我不懂得如何爱他们。想到他们如何对待我,我就好生气。

可是,上帝让我了解耶稣也遭受同样的待遇。那些犹太人也向耶稣吐口水。但上帝仍然为了他们的罪过的死。上帝教导我,他会在某个时候对世人的行为做判断。因为上帝对世人的爱与宽恕,我也学会了如何原谅和爱伤害我的人。

上帝也告诉我生命的价值。皮得前书第二章第九到十节:

“惟 德。你 。”

从这段经文中,我知道我是神的子女。我是他爱戴的孩子,他是我的主。无论我的背景和文化,他都拣选了我。我的生命应听从他的旨意。我生命最大的使命就是把他的福音宣告给世人。感谢上帝在我生命里做的事!

Translated and edited by: Joawen Ho

 
 
 
  • Writer: Li Wen
    Li Wen
  • Apr 29, 2020
  • 3 min read

Updated: Aug 21, 2020


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Since Primary 1, I went to the Student Care Centre at Bethesda Bedok-Tampines Church. My brother and I would stay there for the whole day as our parents work from morning till evening. We would study and play with other students from all ages. At the student care at BBTC, I came to know the Lord through storybooks and animation movies shared with us through the teachers.



From Primary 4 onwards, I attended their Tuition Ministry which taught me English and Maths. Besides focusing on studies, the teachers would also conduct games and teach us biblical values to mould our character. They also shared godly advice to us and led us to sing praises and worship God.



I remembered one particular day near Good Friday very well. I watched a movie but this time round, it wasn’t a cartoon. The movie portrayed Jesus Christ who was arrested by the Jewish leaders till His last moments during His cruxification. As I watched the scene where Jesus was nailed on the cross, I realised that His people did not acknowledge Him and there is sin in every mankind. God caused me to understand how much I have sinned against Him, like those people in the movie. In my heart, I prayed to Jesus, “Lord, I believe in You.”



As I walked home that day, my mind was filled with the images of Jesus being flogged and spat upon by the religious leaders. He was mocked and laughed at by the crowd before finally being nailed to the cross. I felt extremely sorry for my sinful nature. I looked up to the blue sky, pondering over the blood that paid for the penalty of my sins.



On another occasion when I was Primary 5, I was with my closest friend at student care. She asked me if I was a Christian. I replied saying, “Not yet.” “How come?” “I thought you are”, she commented. I told her “Of course, I want to.” Though she was 2 years younger, she led me to pray the sinners’ prayer.



I want to praise God for how He has worked in my life. Ever since primary school, I experienced people looking down on me because of my family background and my weaker academic performance. I was bullied in class by a male classmate from primary school all the way till secondary school. On a number of occasions he would spit his saliva on me. During those times, I would wonder why there’s no justice in this world. I kept on asking myself and even God, “Why am I on this earth? Why do you bring me to existence? Why am I blamed for what I have not done wrong? Why don’t things go the way I hoped them to be?” There were times where I struggled to forgive those who bullied and looked down on me. I didn’t know how to love them because of the way they treated me. The more I remembered how they were to me, the more I think they are wrong and in my anger, I judged them.

Then God caused me to understand that Jesus Christ had the same encounter too. The religious leaders spat on Him. Yet God showed His love by choosing to die on the cross for our sins. God also taught me that there will be a time where He will judge all men. Similarly, because of the Good News of Christ’s redemption, God demonstrated His love and forgiveness. Therefore, I also ought to love and bless even those who hurt me.



God showed me the purpose of my existence in 1 Peter 2:9-10, which says

9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvellous light; 10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.



This verse taught me that I am a princess of God. I am God’s own special child and He is my King and my High Priest. I am chosen regardless of where I come from, whatever background I was brought up in and whichever culture I lived in. In Christ, I am called to be set apart to live a holy life in Christ. The most important reason for my existence is that I should make Him known – The Christ who brought me out of darkness into His marvellous light. All praise to God for His work in my life! Amen!

 
 
 
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