OVERWHELMED BY AN OCEAN OF TROUBLES?
By: Whit Criswell
I remember seeing the ocean for the first time. I was 18, on my first weekend pass from the U.S. Marine Corps. We rode a bus from Camp Pendleton over to a beach in the San Onofre-San Mateo area of California. When I saw all that water, I was mesmerized! (I had been raised on a South Dakota ranch where the average annual rainfall is just 18 inches per year.)
I was with some guys from California who had grown up playing in the ocean. The first thing they did was head out into the waves for some body-surfing. I watched them for a couple of minutes as they swam out into the ocean, then turned toward the beach, letting the big waves propel them back.
It looked like tremendous fun, so I tried it. It was not fun.
The swimming out part was OK, and the ride back was exhilarating, but it sure didn't compensate for having a wave slam me down on the beach, or for the blood I lost and the gravel and sand that was ground into my knees and elbows. That day I began to develop a great respect for the power of the ocean-and a genuine fear.
Proceeding through life is somewhat like venturing into the ocean. Right now, you are in at least one of these three basic conditions:
a) You have been "slammed."
b) You are being slammed.
c) You are going to be slammed.
The question is, how do you respond?
Oswald Chambers, in "My Utmost For His Highest," writes: "Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them. Let's apply that to our own circumstances. The things we try to avoid and fight against-tribulation, suffering, and persecution-are the very things that produce abundant joy in us. 'We are more than conquerors through Him'...not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. A saint doesn't know the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it. Paul said, 'I am exceedinglyjoyful in all our tribulation' (2 Corinthians 7:4)."
In the Marine Corps, I spent a lot of training time in the ocean. Gradually my fear turned to respect, and I could experience the exhilaration of the sea-even to the extent that the last vacation my wife, Liz, and I had was last December when we spent a whole week on a sailboat in the British Virgin Islands.
In life, I'm learning not to fear the problems that confront me. I don't always respond in a Christ-honoring way, but more and more I see I'm willing to patiently endure the difficult times in life because I know my sovereign God is totally in control and I can trust that He will work things out for my good and His glory - if I will simply trust and obey Him.
被烦恼的海洋淹没吗?
作者：Whit Criswell
记得十八岁那年，我第一次看到海洋。那是我加入美国海军陆战队后的第一个周末。我们从潘得敦营区乘车到加州圣欧诺菲的海滩玩。当看见那一片汪洋大海的时候，我整个人都惊呆了。(我在南达克达州的一个牧场长大。那里的年雨量才十八英寸而已。)
与我同去的伙伴中，有些人来自加州，从小在海洋里玩耍长大的。他们看见海第一件想做的事，就是冲向海浪，玩身体冲浪。我专心看了好几分钟。见他们游向海洋，然后又回转，在大浪中冲浪回到海滩。
看起来有趣极了，所以我也想试试，结果并不有趣。
游出去的时候还不错，乘着浪回来也兴高采烈。但这些无法弥补我吃的苦头--我被大浪狠狠摔到海滩上，身上被划破，出了不少血，碎石和沙子混在伤口中。从那天开始，我心中涌起对海洋力量的无比尊崇和一股真正的敬畏。
生命的旅程就像进入海洋探险一般。此刻，你必定也在下列三种基本状况之一：
1．你已经被摔倒了。
2．你正在被摔倒。
3．你即将被摔倒。
问题是，你要怎样回应所面对的状况?
奥斯钱伯斯在他的《我的极限和上帝的最高》一文中写道："巨浪让普通的游泳者惊慌失措，却让乘驾巨浪的冲浪者无比兴奋。生活也是同样的道理。我们想要避开一些事情，诸如苦难、伤害和迫害等等，或者我们想着要与之对抗。其实正是这些事情会给我们带来生命中丰富深刻的喜乐。透过上帝的带领，我们就会得胜有余。不是让困难不发生，而是在困难当中得胜有余。没有困难，基督徒就不能明白上帝赐下的喜乐。保罗说："我们在一切患难中分外的快乐."(哥林多后书7章4节)
在海军陆战队中，我花了许多时间在大海中受训。慢慢的，我的恐惧转变成敬畏，我也能经历大海的欢乐了。甚至我和妻子度假也常去经历海洋。去年十二月，我们花了一个星期的时间在海洋中驾驶帆船，徜徉在英属维吉群岛之间。
在生活中，我不断学习不怕面对困难。虽然我还不是每一件事都按荣耀上帝的方式去处理，但我越来越多地发现，我会愿意有耐心地面对生命中的困苦时光。因为我知道至高的上帝在全然掌控。我可以信赖他。他必会为我人生的益处和他的荣耀把困难妥善解决。只要我单单的信靠他，顺服他。
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By: Whit Criswell
I remember seeing the ocean for the first time. I was 18, on my first weekend pass from the U.S. Marine Corps. We rode a bus from Camp Pendleton over to a beach in the San Onofre-San Mateo area of California. When I saw all that water, I was mesmerized! (I had been raised on a South Dakota ranch where the average annual rainfall is just 18 inches per year.)
I was with some guys from California who had grown up playing in the ocean. The first thing they did was head out into the waves for some body-surfing. I watched them for a couple of minutes as they swam out into the ocean, then turned toward the beach, letting the big waves propel them back.
It looked like tremendous fun, so I tried it. It was not fun.
The swimming out part was OK, and the ride back was exhilarating, but it sure didn't compensate for having a wave slam me down on the beach, or for the blood I lost and the gravel and sand that was ground into my knees and elbows. That day I began to develop a great respect for the power of the ocean-and a genuine fear.
Proceeding through life is somewhat like venturing into the ocean. Right now, you are in at least one of these three basic conditions:
a) You have been "slammed."
b) You are being slammed.
c) You are going to be slammed.
The question is, how do you respond?
Oswald Chambers, in "My Utmost For His Highest," writes: "Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them. Let's apply that to our own circumstances. The things we try to avoid and fight against-tribulation, suffering, and persecution-are the very things that produce abundant joy in us. 'We are more than conquerors through Him'...not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. A saint doesn't know the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it. Paul said, 'I am exceedinglyjoyful in all our tribulation' (2 Corinthians 7:4)."
In the Marine Corps, I spent a lot of training time in the ocean. Gradually my fear turned to respect, and I could experience the exhilaration of the sea-even to the extent that the last vacation my wife, Liz, and I had was last December when we spent a whole week on a sailboat in the British Virgin Islands.
In life, I'm learning not to fear the problems that confront me. I don't always respond in a Christ-honoring way, but more and more I see I'm willing to patiently endure the difficult times in life because I know my sovereign God is totally in control and I can trust that He will work things out for my good and His glory - if I will simply trust and obey Him.
被烦恼的海洋淹没吗?
作者：Whit Criswell
记得十八岁那年，我第一次看到海洋。那是我加入美国海军陆战队后的第一个周末。我们从潘得敦营区乘车到加州圣欧诺菲的海滩玩。当看见那一片汪洋大海的时候，我整个人都惊呆了。(我在南达克达州的一个牧场长大。那里的年雨量才十八英寸而已。)
与我同去的伙伴中，有些人来自加州，从小在海洋里玩耍长大的。他们看见海第一件想做的事，就是冲向海浪，玩身体冲浪。我专心看了好几分钟。见他们游向海洋，然后又回转，在大浪中冲浪回到海滩。
看起来有趣极了，所以我也想试试，结果并不有趣。
游出去的时候还不错，乘着浪回来也兴高采烈。但这些无法弥补我吃的苦头--我被大浪狠狠摔到海滩上，身上被划破，出了不少血，碎石和沙子混在伤口中。从那天开始，我心中涌起对海洋力量的无比尊崇和一股真正的敬畏。
生命的旅程就像进入海洋探险一般。此刻，你必定也在下列三种基本状况之一：
1．你已经被摔倒了。
2．你正在被摔倒。
3．你即将被摔倒。
问题是，你要怎样回应所面对的状况?
奥斯钱伯斯在他的《我的极限和上帝的最高》一文中写道："巨浪让普通的游泳者惊慌失措，却让乘驾巨浪的冲浪者无比兴奋。生活也是同样的道理。我们想要避开一些事情，诸如苦难、伤害和迫害等等，或者我们想着要与之对抗。其实正是这些事情会给我们带来生命中丰富深刻的喜乐。透过上帝的带领，我们就会得胜有余。不是让困难不发生，而是在困难当中得胜有余。没有困难，基督徒就不能明白上帝赐下的喜乐。保罗说："我们在一切患难中分外的快乐."(哥林多后书7章4节)
在海军陆战队中，我花了许多时间在大海中受训。慢慢的，我的恐惧转变成敬畏，我也能经历大海的欢乐了。甚至我和妻子度假也常去经历海洋。去年十二月，我们花了一个星期的时间在海洋中驾驶帆船，徜徉在英属维吉群岛之间。
在生活中，我不断学习不怕面对困难。虽然我还不是每一件事都按荣耀上帝的方式去处理，但我越来越多地发现，我会愿意有耐心地面对生命中的困苦时光。因为我知道至高的上帝在全然掌控。我可以信赖他。他必会为我人生的益处和他的荣耀把困难妥善解决。只要我单单的信靠他，顺服他。
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生词表:
- weekend [´wi:kend, ,wi:k´end]
n.周末休假 四级词汇 - propel [prə´pel] vt.推进；推动 六级词汇
- compensate [´kɔmpenseit] v.赔偿；补偿；酬报 四级词汇
- ridden [´ridn] ride 的过去分词 四级词汇
- totally [´təutəli] ad.统统，完全 四级词汇
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