废墟是怎样绽放出美丽的
http://brilliantperspectives.com/ashes-turn-beauty/
By Allison Bown
Many years ago, I remember asking God, “How can this ever be fixed?” What I was really asking was, “How can I ever be fixed?” But that wasn’t the question that God was asking. He was looking at me and smiling, fully knowing what He was about to do next.我记得很多年前困境中的自己曾经问过上帝,当下我所面临的这一切问题要到底要怎么解决?实际上,我的问题的潜台词是,我自己要受到怎样的“修理”才能度过这个难关。但是呢,这并不是上帝的逻辑。相反的,他总是微笑着看着我,对下一步早就成竹在胸。
He had no intention of fixing me—but of helping me see who He really, really was.The Father had kindly allowed me to exhaust all my self-help options—waiting to be gracious to me (Isaiah 30:15). He really is a genius in not rushing in too soon, because for Him; nothing is wrong. There’s just something missing of our experience of Him。上帝从来就没有要“修理”我的打算——相反的,他的出发点,永远是帮助我看到他最真实最真实的样子。他总是无比耐心的等待我耗尽所有的自救的选项,然后慷慨的施恩给我。他不会急不可耐的介入,因为对他来说,事情没有绝对的错误。只是我们已有的经历在我们心里所塑造的上帝,只是一个有所缺失的形象.
The Lord has only love for us when we’ve come to our end—because He adores becoming our beginning.It’s not His preferred way, but He knows how to make the most of it. He created us to magnify. And at some point, we stand at an ancient crossroads with a choice of what we will make bigger than we are: God or the enemy. Goodness or evil. Majesty or mayhem.Trying to problem-solve those situations only creates a new kind of chaos. It may provide a temporary fix, but not a long-term relationship with Him of joy, peace and overcoming. 当我们黔驴技穷的时候,神对我们只有满满的爱。他甚愿成为我们走到自己的尽头后的那个崭新的开始。当然这样山穷水尽后才柳暗花明,并不是神最偏爱的行事模式。他创造我们的一个很大的目的就是彰显(有诸内必形之于外的那种彰显)。某种程度上,我们像是站在两难选择的古老的十字路口:是选择让自己的生命彰显上帝还是魔鬼撒旦?是选择被良善主导还是被邪恶奴役?在那些抉择的困境中,试图通过自己的能力去解决问题往往反而会制造出更多的混乱。它们也许能提供一种暂时的解决方案,但是却是与跟神建立持久稳定的关系所带来的平安,喜乐和得胜的状态所无法比拟的。
And at the end was a song that saved me from continuing to circle round and round my problem-solving, self-improving wilderness. A song of the Lord called, “I Will Always Love You,” sung by Joe King, but really written by Jesus. I took the invitation to hand over my ashes once and for all and began a beautiful journey that continues to this day.That cassette was the first time I’d ever heard Graham Cooke. I played it scores of times and every time I heard something different. Truth layered upon truth about who God wanted to be for me in these challenging places… and I began to believe it.于我自己而言,最终帮助我从这周而复始的自救和自我提升而不得的旷野中逃脱出来的,是一首叫做《我永远爱你》的诗歌,作者是Joe King,更确切说,作者是主耶稣基督。神借着这首歌邀请我把我生命中各种各样的灰烬一次性完完整整的交托在他手中,开始了这段延续至今的与他同行的美好旅程。这首歌我反反复复听了很多次,每一次都听出来不一样的东西。当自己的内心所信被真理一层层覆盖,自己也能够更清晰的看到在所经历的各种困境当中神真正的形象。
In the end, we’re all fellow travelers on a journey of discovering more of who God really is—and who He passionately wants to be for us.What’s your story of beauty? 最终的最终,我们不过都是正走在一个更多发现神的真实面目的旅程当中,更多发现神渴慕在我们生命中扮演的角色。你因为上帝的介入而得以从灰烬中生出美丽的生命故事是怎样的呢?
材料(方子改自君之):
水油皮:中筋面粉150g,细砂糖35g,猪油40g,水60g
油酥皮:低筋面粉100g,猪油50g,绿茶粉5g
豆沙馅:去皮绿豆瓣400g,椰子粉30g,糖50g,黄油一根(113g)
做法:
1.豆沙馅:绿豆瓣洗净放入高压锅,加水至没过手背,压35分钟后,水分已经干了,加入糖和椰子粉,用打蛋器打成泥。干净干燥的平底锅放入黄油小火融化,倒入打好的豆沙泥,中到大火不停翻炒到水分刚好干到用手可以把豆沙捏成团,这个需要手感~嘿嘿 太湿了后面烤的时候容易开裂,太干了冷下来又像吃黄龙绿豆糕(喜欢这种口感的自便嘿嘿)
2.千层酥皮(折被子):
2.1 水油皮和油酥皮的材料各自揉成团,揉的过程我都喜欢预留出一小部分的面粉逐次加入。大面团包入小面团,大面团可以稍微擀开成大一点的正方块,小面团用手整形成小正方块,包起来后就就着这个正方体擀开成长方形的面片。
2.2. 面片目测等分成三份,像叠被子一样两头往中间对折成三层,旋转90度再擀开成长方形,再对折再擀开成长方形后,就可以从长的一边卷起来成一个圆柱形的长条
2.3. 长条成20小等分,横切面就可以看到漂亮的螺旋,用手压平再擀面杖稍微擀开,酥皮就做好了
3.包/烤: 酥皮包入揉成球的豆沙,虎口往上推,收口整形成光滑的球面,入烤箱375F(190C)烤20分钟左右就可以啦
虽然既不是基督教徒,也不是天主教徒活着佛教徒,但我信奉中国的一句古话:离地三尺有神明。
在我看来,上帝也是这些神明中的一个。他们在冥冥中制造着天下众生的命运和际遇。
所有的发生,都有它的原因,无论即时看来好或者不好。
年轻时,遇到波折,爱问:为什么我如此不幸。。。:)
后来知道,那是神明给你设下的周末的种种磨练,只为引领你走向优秀的你。:)
Like always, your focus and derails in cooking amazed me.
I believe it is a kind of medidition for you?
:)