After graduating from high school, she moved to Germany to obtain a nanny job for an American couple who were working in American base there. She stayed there for 3 years while saving money for college.
Regardless of these all hardships throughout her life, she stands still upon God's Word and says, " God is great!" with her beautiful shining eyes and smile.
She continues, " I did not even think my life is so unique and different until you( Tsukasa) told me. I have been to different countries for mission trips and saw children lying on the bed without getting any attention, care and love. Compared to those, I know my mom. I know my mom loved me. My mom also told me about God. My life is much better than those who do not know anybody around. I believe we are all children of God. It does not matter where you are from. American, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish or whatever, we all deserve to be loved by the same God, Jesus Christ. I really want people know that each of us is so precious in Him and want to keep working for the name of Jesus Christ. "
I got just stunned and could not say any words for a while when she finished her story. To me, the fact that she does not even think that her life is different or hard is amazing. In addition, she is not mad at God. She is thankful to all matters happened in her life and wants people to know God who gives us strength, courage, love, grace and hope. Because the God's presence working in her heart, she is like who she is. It is all about God's amazing work. Thank you, Lord, for working in her life. Please keep protecting her from anything which disturbs the relationship with you and guiding her according to your will. You are almighty God, above all. Praise to your name. Amen.
P.S She did not mind sharing her testimony and attaching video clip of orphanage where she was. I appreciate if you remember this facility and kids there in your prayer.
God, why do you bring such great and wonderful people into my life?
I did nothing and feel I do not deserve to recieve all gifts from you, father.
Today, ladies from my church took me to a exellent restaurant near the pier. They offered me a delicious dish of fried fish, french fries and coleslaw. Those were awesome!
Then, they gave me a lot of cards and gifts!
I am not moving to anywhere else! I am just going back to Japan for a while.
Regardless of how long I am out of town, they said they wanted to give me a good-by party!
Isn't it amazing?
People are so great. I mean people God allow me to meet are inspiring and delightful.
They are mature in the faith, so I am always encouraged and strengthened in the faith.
I am just overwhelmed!
Now I do not know what I can do for them and for God!!!!!!!!!!
Well I definitely keep praying for them even though I am not with them for a while and ask God
to keep blessing them and protect them as well.
I always think it is awesome to be a Christian because I feel we are all same as children of God regardless of where you are from, race, or even age!
We worship one great God, our great savior, Jesus Christ and there is no boundary between us in Christ.
It is great!
Again, I would like to say thank you to those ladies who spent time with me, gave great cards or gifts today and also to other members of Cross Point Fellowship Church in Bradenton.
I feel I am at home at the church and blessed.
I will be definitely missing great friends in Bradenton!
May the Lord Bless you!!!
I dedicate all my love and gratitude to God.
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end. Psalm 119:111-112
I want to say congratulation to my great fiathful friends, Mike and Jen:D 2010年5月、晴れて神学国を卒業した親愛なる兄弟マイクに心からおめでとうをささげたいと思います。
Mike graduated from RTS and completed his master degree of biblical counseling. マイクは2年前から神学校で聖書学的カウンセリングを学び、今年卒業しました。
Last 2 years Mike worked so hard for his education, works and voluntary jobs for Japanese ministry. He is very driven and willing to serve to others for God's glory. 神学校はカリキュラムも密だし、読み物書き物の量も私達が想像できないくらい膨大だときいています。その忙しい学校生活の中で、彼は仕事をし、日本人ミニストリーのための奉仕をし、また夫としての役割も果たし。いろいろと大変なことも多かったと思いますが、彼は本当に前向きで、神様のために他の人に尽くしていく姿勢もとても感銘を受けました。
Also I was also inspired about Jen's faituful atttitude as a wife. She is very supportive, understanding and sweet to her husband, Mike. She is such a godly and faituful women and I believe Mike would not be able to achieve his goal without her faituful encouragement. また、ジェンの妻として夫を理解し、支えそして愛情をもって仕える姿勢も大変印象的でした。彼女も神様を愛しそして神に忠実であり、彼女のそのような信仰的な励ましなしでは、マイクの学生生活もなりたたなかったのではないかと思います。
Whenever I see them, I could see how much God love them and bless their marriage relationship. Very Beautiful. They have been a good model of Chirstian marriage, and it meant a lot to me. Thank you so much!! いつも彼らをみるたびに、神様が本当に彼らを愛し、そして彼らの信仰がゆえに彼らを祝福してくださっていることが見受けられました。とても美しいです。クリスチャンとしての夫婦生活の良きモデルとして、私自身彼らから教えられたことがたくさんありました。本当に感謝しています。
I miss you them so much since they are moving to Maryland, but I believe God will highly use them regardless of where they are at, and people who see them will be able to see Christ. これから彼らは別の州に移るので、なかなかあえなくなり寂しくなりますが、彼らはどこへいっても、神様の祝福なる器として用いられていくことと思います。彼らを見る人々がきっと、イエス様をみていくことができるとおもいます。
I am so thankful to God who let us meet here in Orland and work together through Japanese Ministry. 神様がこのような素晴らしい夫婦に出会わせてくださったことに、心から感謝しています。
I also enjoyed attending to RTS commencement because God offered a re-union type of meeting with people whome I have not been able to see for a while!!! そして、RTSの卒業式で思いかけず出会えたお友達との再会も本当にうれしかったです。
I have been really encouraged in the faith by God this week especially from the scriptures of Dueteronomy. Mose keeps reminding us to remember what God has done for us. Because of what he has done for us, we need to be strong in the faith, obedient and active in action for God's kingdom. He constantly tells us, 今週はとくに申命記からモーセがイスラエルの民に神様がどのようなことをしてくださったのかを何度も思い出させることで、イスラエルの民がが信仰に強められ、神の命令に忠実に従っていくことの大切さを学びつつ、私の信仰も励まされていました。
Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time. Dueteronomy 4:40 きょう、私が命じておいた主のおきてと命令とを守りなさい。あなたも、あなたの後の子孫も、しあわせにり、あなたの神、主が永久にあなたに与えようとしておられる地で、あなたが長く行き続けるためである。 申命記4:40
Keep his decrees and commands!!! 神が命じたおきてと命令を守る!!!
Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. Dueteronomy 4:9 ただ、あなたは、ひたすら慎み、用心深くありなさい。あなたが自分の目で見たことを忘れず、一生の間、それらがあなたの心から離れることのないようにしなさい。あなたはそれらを、あなたの子供や孫達に知らせなし。申命記4:9
Mike and Jen are definitely people who faitufully follow God's command and leave the righteousness and truth on their journey with thier footsteps. A little Tyler must have already started seeing it!! マイクもジェンも神様のおきてと命令に忠実であり、真実なる実を彼らの歩みによってこの地に残してくださっています。彼らの間に生まれた赤ちゃんももうすでに、彼らの歩みから何か受け取り始めていることと思います。素敵です!!!
私は今行っているBradentonの教会に行くことで、神様からたくさんの祝福を頂いています。 I have been really blessed at the church in Bradenton.
教会のメンバーは、まだまだ十分とは言えない私の英語力ですが、”できるよ!できるよ!”と励ましてくれいろんな形で奉仕をさせてくれます。 My English is not still good enough to do as much as other native speakers do, but the members of this church trust me and allow me to be involved in serving at the church.
たとえば水曜日の祈祷会。他国語で祈るというのはとても難しく、今でもとても躊躇しがちになるし、緊張します。 Prayer meeting on Wedneseday nights, for example, I tend to hesitate to pray in the big group of people in English. I worry if they do not understand what I pray about and it just makes me so nervous.
なので、祈祷会などとくに人数が多い集まりの時は”みんなの前で祈るのはちょっと”っとためらってしまうのが私でした。 So I have tended to avoid having eye contact from the person who asks prayer.
しかし、牧師先生が”つかさ、できるよ。今日は祈ってね。”と言われ、緊張しましたがそういう機会をあたえてくださった牧師先生にも感謝をし 神様にただ集中して祈らせてもらうことにしました。 Yet, Pastor Bob is different. He says, "Tsukasa you can pray for us tonight. I know you can do it." I felt, "Oh my goodness! Did he perticularly call my name as a prayer?" but he was not hursh. Instead he aked me to do it gently.
うまくいったか、そうでなかったかは別ですが、やはり周りのみんなと祈りの中に入っていくことができたことで、横のつながりでもさらに祝福されたような感じがしてうれしかったです。 I know my prayer was not organaized, but people were so patient and encouraged me to do so. After having a prayer, I felt blessed horizontal relationship with people in addition to vertical relathionship with God.
そして最近は礼拝でのパワーポイントの奉仕もやらせていただけるようになりました。 牧師先生は早口なので 牧師先生のペースに合わせてふさわしいパワーポイントを出していくことは 私にとっては大きな大きなチャレンジです。 Now people ask me to be incharge of doing powepoints for worship music or sermon lecture during Sunday service sometimes. Especially putting proper slide shows on the screen during sermon is challenging for me. Pastor Bob speaks so fast and just catching up his words is sometimes maximum I can do. Catching up the words is not necesarrily that I am understanding. So I thought again it is impossible!!!
他にももっと英語が話せてできる人がいるんじゃないのーー?って思ったのですが、周りの人の励ましによってできるようになりました。 I prayed about it, thought it must be again God's offering to me and decided to receive that offering. Thanks to encouragement from members of the church, I am getting to be used to do it!
もちろん全てのことにおいて、神様から頂く奉仕なのですが、周りの方がそのように信頼してくれてやらせてくれるということは本当に励ましになるし、感謝です。 I believe these little works for church are also coming from God and I am thankful to God who allows me to do things like that at church. Also I am thankful to members of the church who trust me and allow me to do. Thank you very much for their patience!!
小さな奉仕だけれど、少しずつできることが増えていくことによってさらに教会生活が楽しくもなります。 そのような手助けをしてくれた神様とそしてそれをサポートしてくれる教会メンバーに心から感謝です。 My works are so tiny things; however, I feel more joyful if I could see more things I can do at the church. Thank you Lord for your guidance to this great church in Bradenton!!!
第一コリント人への手紙12章では、たとえて言うなら私達一人は体の器官であって、その一つ一つの器官が互いに助け合って体を機能させていることから、個人の存在の尊さを教えています。 Paul tells us that each of us is like a organ in the body and emphasizes that the little parts are vital to perform a function of body syetem which is a metaphor of human society.
そこで、目が手に向かって、”わたしはあなたを必要としない。”といういうことはできないし、頭が足に向かって、 ”私はあなたを必要としない。”ということもできません。それどころか、からだの中で比較的に弱いと見られる器官が、かえってなくてはならないものなのです。また、私達は、からだの中で比較的に尊くないとみなす器官を、ことさらに尊びます。こうして、わたしたちの見栄えのしない器官は、ことさらに良い格好になりますが、格好の良い器官にはその必要がありません。しかし、神は劣ったところをことさらに尊んで、からだをこのように調和させてくださったのです。 1コリント12:21-24 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it.
Isnt it incredible and merciful words from God??? Amen!!!!!!!!!!
I have not been able to update my blog constantly any more since this semester started. I feel like this semester is the hardest one I have ever taken. Every day is like the repetition of reading and writing. I even feel I do not want to open my lap top if it is not necessary... English has been killing me....
ファイナルの時期に入り、本来なら勉強をするところなのですが、あんまりにもうれしいのと寂しいのとで気持ちが一杯なので、落ち着かない心を整理するためブログを更新することにしました。 It is a time of finals, but my mind can not be focused on studying since I just can not stop thinking about kids that I have been taking care of this week at church. So I decided to organize my heart while updating my blog and hopefully I can clear up my mind and get more focus later on.
In Japanese bible study of this week, we leaned about faithful action.
We need to produce actions as christian by faith.
例えわたしたちが、”私、信仰もっています!”と言ったとしても、その行いがともなっていなければ、クリスチャンでない人たちは主の愛、平和、寛容、自制、柔和、また義などの素晴らしい御性質みていくことができません。 Even if you say, " I have faith!" but did not have appropriate action according to whatever you say, people would not see great Christ's natures such as love, peace, steadfastness, patience or righteousness from us.
もし、兄弟また姉妹のだれかた、着る物がなく、また毎日の食べ物にもこと欠いているようなときに、あなたがのうちだれかが、その人たちに、”安心して行きなさい。暖かになり、十分に食べなさい。”と言っても、もし体に必要な物を与えないなら、何の役に立つでしょう。それと同じように、信仰も、もし行いがなかったなら、それだけでは、死んだものです。 ヤコブ2:15-17 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:15-17
Honestly, I was hesitating to take this role when I was asked while saying, " Wait a minute! It has been busy. Let me think." However, this verse helped me to make a dicision and decided to obey the Lord.
その結果、本当にたくさんの祝福を子供達から受けて、家に帰ってきても子供達のことが忘れられず勉強が手につかなかったので、手を休めてブログを更新することにしたわけですが。 As a result, God has blessed me so much and I could not even control my joyful and thankful heart!
Lord is just wonderful. He multiplies blessings or grace no matter how small our works are.Only thing I could do is just to play with kids, but it was such a blessing.
I also would like to say thank you to those kids who gave me big smilings and laughing coming from their pure heart. Those were very special.
私もいつか本当に マミー!と呼ばれたい!!
I thought I wish the day that I am really called "Mami-!" comes sometime soon.....!?
今日デボーションをしている中でこんな聖句が与えられました。 A scripture given from Today's devotion is below.
私たちは、この望みによって救われているのです。目に見える望みは、望みではありません。だれでも目で見ていることを、どうしてさらに望むでしょう。 もしまだ見ていないものを望んでいるのなら、私たちは、忍耐をもって熱心に待ちます。 (ローマ8:24-25) For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. ( Roma 8:24-25)
その言葉を通して私が日本で体験したことを思い出しました。 This scripture reminded me about a conversation I had with my friende in Japan.
私の日本の看護学校の時に友達は共同生活をしていただけに、今でも家族のように仲の良い親友の集まりですが、10人メンバーのうち私を含めて3人が独身組みです。 Only three of us including me is still single out of 10 girls best friends from my nursing school.
その3人で旅行がてら、いろいろ恋愛話だのと話をさかせました。 So three of us decided to travel together and talked different things, but gilrs mainly like to talk about something romantic stories that we have.
が、、、彼氏もいない、個人的にも誰とも男性とはやりとりしていない私。二人は相当私のことを心配していました。 But!!! I do not have a boyfriend. I do not have any boy's friend whom I perticurally consider any romantic relationship either. My friends concerned about me so much.
”私も人のこと言えないけど、つかさ大丈夫???” They said, " I can not say much about you, but are you really ok???''
私は大笑いして、”大丈夫、大丈夫。時がくればちゃんと結婚できるって!!!!”てゲラゲラ笑っていたのですが、二人は更に不安そうなんです。 I loughed so hard and said, " I am completely fine!! I do not worry because it'll happen when the time comes!!" They frowned.
一人は事情ある男性とお付き合い、もう一人は長いこと同じ男性とつきあっているけれど、結婚には踏み切れずと。そしてそれぞれの男性とだめになってしまったら他に自分を好きになってくれる人はいないんじゃないかとか、自分もいい相手を見つけられないのではないかとか。 One of the girl had a relationship with a guy who had a kind of complicated isues and broke up. The other girl has been dating with the same boy friend a long, long time, but nothing procceded. Additionally they even said that they might not be able to find anyone they like if they lose the contact with a guy who is in contact now or the guy who cares about them might not appear forever!!!
よくよく聞くと、わたしの方が二人に対して”おーーーい!!!大丈夫??????”と聞き返したいのが分かり、二人を励ますことに専念。 Oh my goodness. You are the ones who have problem!!!! " Excuse me, are you ok???" That I want to say to them.
すると一人の子が、 ”ていうかつかさって変だよね。状況的には一番望みがないはずなのに、なんか希望で一杯だよね。” て言ったんです。 Then one of girls said, " You are too optimistic. You have the worst situation than anybody else, but you do not worry. It is strange that you can still hope!!"
アーメン!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, the Lord! Amen. That is right!
そうそう希望なんです。 We have hope!!!
私には神様からもらっている希望のゆえに、心の元気が一杯あるんです:D!!自分でも気がつかなかった。 ありがとう教えてくれて!!と彼女に感謝:D My heart is full of joy because of the hope that God has given to me. I did not even realize it until she said that. So I am thankful to my friends as well!
デボーションの中では、ある収容所にいる囚人を対象にしたテストの話を分かち合っていました。 そのテストでは囚人を二つのグループに分けました。そしてAグループには毎日ネガティブな情報を流しました。(例:親が死んだ。友人の自殺。テロリストによる大量殺人、戦争の話など)そしてBグループには希望のある情報を与えました。 In the devotion, it tells us a study result from prisoners in a shelter. The examiners devided prisoners into 2 groups, and they kept giving negative information to one group and positive one to another group. Negative information was such as the death of family members or friends, multiple death from terrorist or war.)
そのテストの結果何が起こったかと言うと、Aグループの囚人の顔色はみるみる青ざめ、暗く、自殺をはかろうとするなど死を望むようになったということです。しかし、Bグループはなんとか生き延びようと力がわいてきたそうです。 The study showed that prisoners given negative infomation started being pale, depressed and even thinking suicide. On the other hand, prisoners given positive infomation started having more hope and being eager to survive.
希望は私たちに生きる力を与えてくれます。心がいきいきとしてきます。 Our heart becomes more joyful and passionate when hope is given.
また私たちクリスチャンに与えられている希望は 一時的ではなくて”永遠の命”という滅びることのない神様からの約束によって この地上にいるあいだずーーーと上を見上げて、生きていくという力を与えてくださるものです。 And the hope that Christian is given is eternal. It is never destroyed and perished. We can seek for living because of unchangeable eternal hope given by God. How strong courage it is for us to live on the earth if we have it in our heart!!!
この水を飲む者はだれでもまた渇く。しかし、わたしが与える水を飲む者は決して渇かない。わたしが与える水はその人の内で泉となり、永遠の命に至る水が湧き出る。(ヨハネ 4: 13-14) Jesus answered, " Anyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but who ever drinks the water that I give him will never thirst. In deed the water I give him become in him spring of water welling up to the eternal life." ( John 4:13)
今目の前にある状況だけにとらわれがちな私たちですが、上を見上げて永遠の命の喜びをもって、今あることを感謝して生きて生きたい!!! We tend to focus on something which is happening at this moment and suffere from it. I would like to be thankful to anything happening on the earth and overcome traials with my joy due to the hope he gives me! Help me Lord:D
前回ブログを更新してから、こんなに時間がたっていたとはーーー。 I did not realize how long it has been since I updated my blog last time.
その間に頂いた神様からの恵みはたくさんありすぎて 一言では書ききれないのですが 1月1日をもってアメリカに再び戻ってきました。 I can not even describe so many things that God has done briefly either.
現在はオーランドを離れて同じフロリダですがBradnotonというところに引っ越しました。 I came back to the U.S.A in Jan 1, moved to Bradenton and started atttending to new school here.
新しいホストファミリー、新しい環境、新しい学校と新しいことがだらけですが、またまた素晴らしいクリスチャン家族に囲まれて さらにクリスチャンとしての成長の恵みを頂くことができそうです!!! God provided new great chirstian family here and I have been supported by them. I am very sure that God will encourage and strength my faith through this wonderful christian family more.
引っ越してきてからも、祈りによって神様が本当に分かりやすい形でその存在と働きをしめしてくださっています!!! It has been about one month, but God has already shown his presence and great works through my prayer.
1)私のホストファミリーは80台、70台のご夫婦ですが信仰にあってめっちゃめっちゃパワフル:D!! 週に5日は教会奉仕で外に出て、聖書のびのとき、他のクリスチャンとの交わりのとき、そして伝道 と 忙しくしています。 私が負けそうです。 First of all, it is about my host parents. My host dad is about 80 and his wife is about the middle of 70. Their age is double as much as my age. However, they are just powerful!! They actively join different kinds of activities from their church, help people, pray for the others, nourish their faith from bible study and do more devotion at home. Amazing!!! I feel like I am behind.
2)良き友達が与えられるように祈っていました。祈り始めてから、学校内、教会、また日本人クリスチャン との出会いを頂く導きまで頂きました。 Then, God has been giving me really really good friends at school or church. He even offered Japanese Christian couple!!!
3)日本語での聖書の学び、お祈りの時間が私の家で始められるようになりました!! Additionally Japanese bible study started to be held at my house!!
まだここへ来て1ヶ月たっていませんが、神様は本当に私たちの祈りにも忠実でおられる、またこんな不信仰な私たちでも、その恵みを授かるにあたいされるという奇跡!!!!!!!!!!! It has been just one month since I moved to Bradenton, but he has aleady provided more than I was expecting. To me, it is almost miracle that we deserve to receive God's mercy and blessings like this.
主はやさしい。 God is very sweet.
主はいつくしみ深い。 God is merciful.
主は慰め主。 God is a comforter.
神様の何がすごいかって、この地球にはたーーーーくさんの人がいますが、神様にはその一人一人、”個人”を丁寧にとりあつかわれる素晴らしい方だということです。 Another essential point of our great God is that he cares each one of us. He takes care of each individuals no matter how many people are on this earth.
誰が特別だからとか、勝っているからだからとか、劣っているとかではなく、主を受け入れる者一人ひとりを しっかりと守ってくださって、助けてくださって、義なる祝福への道へと導いてくださるということです。 We do not have to try to be more special or superior to the other, and we do not have to be necessarily extremely bad either. God is capable enough to approve each individuals as a child of God, and he gives his support, help and guidance to the rigteousness.
”あなたがたのうちに羊を百匹持っている人がいて、そのうちの一匹をなくしたら、その人は99匹を野原に残して、いなくなった一匹を見つけるまで探し歩かないでしょうか?みつけたら、大喜びでその羊をかついで、帰ってきて、友達や近所の人たちを呼び集め、’いなくなった羊をみつけましたから、一緒に喜んでください、’と言うでしょう” ルカ15:4-6 "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' 10In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Luke 15:4-6
アーメン、ハレルヤ!!!!!
私が今結果的に恵まれているから、”結果論”とか”たまたま論”ではなくて、そう聖書を通して神様が約束してくださっているのです。 I am not sharing this as a result of my experience or probability. I am sharing this because God says so.
そして神様には聖書に約束されていることを成就される力があるということを信仰を持って信じます:D I belive God has power to fullfil his promises.
彼(アブラハム)は不信仰によって神の約束を疑うようなことをせず、反対に、信仰がますます強くなって、神に栄光を帰し、神には約束されたことを成就する力があることを堅く信じました。 ローマ4:20-21 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. Roma4:20-21
I am so sorry that I have not been in contact for a while with some of you.
I graduated from school in May, finished all board exams and went back to Japan to take a summer break. However, I needed to stay in Japan longer since I was diagnosed with Graves Disease. My primary physician suggested that focusing on treatments is the most important for me right now so I decided to extend my stay in Japan longer until my physical condition became more stable.
On the top of being diagnosed with Graves’ disease, my mom fainted, became unconscious and lost her memory temporarily while she was working. She was delivered and admitted to the hospital.
Because of these issues, staying in Japan was the best for me and it was God's will through my prayer.
I was almost paralyzed when my mom's episode happened and had very difficult days to understand God's will, but both of us are doing well and we have been given very peaceful days.
We still do not know the exact cause of my mom’s symptoms yet. I consulted with my friend who is a brain surgeon about this episode with my mom, but he thinks it shouldn’t happen again. She went back to her work now and we just depend on God.
I am still in the middle of treatments for my Graves Disease. I have been learning other alternative treatments on the top of western medication now and have also been trying those. There were difficult days for me to understand why it happened and to trust God. I kept asking God about his will and crying. However, I can now understand patients' frustration, pain, struggles or physical difficulties.
As most of you know, I love the medical field and I have been believing that this is the only gift that I can show God's glory and I really think God really agreed with it. I always felt I do not have many talents, but he gave me a great one to this sinful girl. Whenever I am at the hospital, my heart is always filled up with my joy and gratitude to God. Also he really helped me to be nourished in the medical field in the U.S.A as well. To me, it is almost a miracle because he is the one who forgives our sins from the past and even fills up our life with his blessings. Therefore, I wanted to do my best for God and was passionate about being used in the medical field. Especially after graduation and being certified as RRT, my heart was full of excitement and hope of God's plan for my life.
On the other hand, my body was not able to follow my feelings. My heart was beating really really fast. I sometimes could not even climb up the stairs of the station. I needed to stop. I had difficulty breathing because of that. I fainted due to hypoglycemia. My fingers started trembling so that I needed to stop writing.
Once I realized these kinds of changes in my physical condition, I felt really really sad. I wondered what God has been thinking. I just could not see God's will in these events and I was very discouraged in the faith because I felt God was taking my favorite thing away from me again. I really thought that God was taking my nursing job away from me. I got really disappointed.
Just understanding the fact of the disease was difficult for me. Then my mom fainted. I just had a broken heart. I shouted to the Lord. " I do not want to have any more challenges! I’ve had enough!!!"
I experienced that just believing God and trusting God is difficult. It is very easy to say, but very very difficult to really do so. I could not do that for a while.
It has been about 3 months. I have finally started being able to see God's will. It was after a lot of arguments with God.
God is not trying to take my favorite nursing job away from me. He wants me to understand people struggling from disease or sickness.
I have listened to a speech of one of the famous Christian physicians in Japan before. He said, " medical staff should have some kind of physical issues which are controllable and do not cause too much complications”.
Now I can understand what he meant. Our job is usually available compared to other jobs. We receive pretty reasonable salary and we can establish our fame or classification in the society. It is very easy for medical staff to boast about ourselves.
However, we need to stand on the same standard as the patients and are required to have a humble attitude to understand them like Jesus did to us.
I finally understand how frightening and painful it is if we have heart or breathing issues. I now know how frustrating it can be if our life is regulated because of disease. It is not fun to live with long-term medication. So I can be sweeter to patients. God let me be humble. God gives me more wisdom so that I want to try to think what kind of desire each patient has and how we can help.
The hospital I work at has a long-term patients. Communication builds up trustworthy relationships which are not easy sometimes. People's smile during their disease condition is very impressive and beautiful. I would appreciate if you remember diseased people in your prayers somehow.
Since I am required to rest for a while, I decided to stay in Japan until the end of December. I work at the hospital and receive treatments for myself at the same time. I am planning to go back to U.S.A and continue finishing my next degree. Since I need to take care my health really carefully, I would like to narrow down the things to do. I prayed about Japanese Ministry and I think God has prepared other great brothers and sisters to lead now, so I decided to pass the leading of JM to those great brothers and sisters.
I believe there are so many thing I would not be able to do throughout JM activities, but I am thankful to God who has given me great advisers and supporters to continually do JM. I keep praying that Japanese ministry will be used for a part of God's kingdom and people will be healed, encouraged and nourished in their faiths.
Since we are all sinners, but know righteousness, there is a time that we feel disappointed about ourselves. However, the love of our great God is much greater than that. He is the one who gave us life and brought us to this earth; He knows who we are. If we have any troubles, we just need to ask his help honestly. My heart was unfaithful and it sounds such an unbelievable gospel to believe, but I experienced that his mercy and love is amazing. He puts his hand in front of us, helps us and lets us know He is always with us.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm32:8
夏休み中から今まで 私はどこへ行ってしまったのだろう?と思われた方もいるようでした。 すみません。消して隠れていたわけではないのですが、今年の夏も日本では本当に 深ぶかな 主の御心をじーっくりと祈り 考えさせられる。そんな時となりました。 I am so sorry that I have not bee in contact for a while. I guess some people wondered where I went. It was very ver deep summer for me in diffrent ways and became a great opportunity for me to take more time to pray and ask God's will for my life.
あまりにもたくさんありすぎてどこから手をつけたらいいのか分からないのですが。。。 So many events were going on and I do not know how I can start sharing my story of this summe.
実は日本では田舎生活を送っていました。静岡県の最南端で 看護師が本当に不足している 常勤医師も二人という なんとも都会では考えられないところへ勤務することになりました。 Well..let me explain where I was at. I was in the country side of Japan where was the most south of Shizuoka prefecture. They have a serious shortage of medical proffessionals and there were only 2 regular doctors at my hospital.
結論から言うと、田舎は違う!!都会で育った私は 日本を知らなかった自分にショック!!! Let me tell the conclusion of country side of Japan. It is just different world of Japan from one I know in dwontown.
教会は一時間半離れたところにあります。 It takes one and a half hour to get to the church.
コンビニは駅前にもありません。There is no supermarket near the station, either.
海が目の前なので 景色は最高です。また温泉はそこらじゅうにあります。しかも無料。 The view around there is gorgeous since the place is near seashore. Hotsprings are here and there and some of them are even free.
町の人は漁師が多く、とてもフレンドリー。町を歩いていると、地元でとれたみかんや野菜を知らない人なのに渡してくる。 There are somany fishermen in the littel town and they are really friendly. Vegetables and fruit are very fresh too. If I take a walk in that town and meet people, people give me fruit or vegetables which were cultivated in there even though I do not know them!!
電車は単線で 東京から海沿いを静岡半島をずっと走っていく。 オーシャンビュウ:D The train line is just simple one line. The train sometimes has to wait until the other one pass. It goes along the seashores of Shizuoka Island to get to my station, and the ocian view is just going on and on. Amazing.
病院では ご家族がお礼にって手土産をよく持ってきてださる。それも、 魚!!! We someimes receive gifts from patients or their family members. What we receive is.............FISH!!!!!!!!!!! Very interesting. Yes I can see his little mouth, eye and tails....hum...
魚大きいの3匹、鯛一匹、ひじきに寒天の海草が 一パックになってボンと手渡された時には びっくりした。 Wher I received three big fishes, one really really big fish , seaweed and another special type of seeweed to make gello in one package, I was just surprised!!!!! It is just intresting!
そんなギフトは今までもらったことがなかったので。。。I have never seen that kind of gift before.
さすが日本の田舎の人。やることが違う!! People from country side of Japan do something different! It is just a cultural shock. Ifelt like that even though I am not a foreigner in Japan.
ともかく、なぜそんな田舎へ行くことになったかについて振り替えると、そこに主の大きな計画と恵みをみていくことができる。 Anyway, interesting things has been going on, but I can see so many blessings from God and a big plan from God in there.
そんな田舎なので、仕事場以外でのインターネットの場がない!! 現在オーランドに戻ってきており、すこし時間があるので 時間に余裕があったらアップデートします。 Since my personal internet conection is not avaialble in that country side, I barely could chek my e-mail while I was working and have time to do so. Now I am Olando and have time to update....hopefully/ I am thinkign that'll be geate if I can share my difficult time in faith during summer and how God helped me so that I can rely on him more.
本当に大切な人を思うから、何かあったら落ち込むし、へこむし、時に絶望も味わうのではないかと思います。 Because there is somebody we care about, we sometimes feel dissapointed, depressed and even hopeless when something unexpect happens.
主に真剣だからこそ、主に喜怒哀楽を覚える。素直にそれでいいんじゃないかなって。 Because we are serious about God, we sometime become very emotional with God. I believe it is ok.
私の不信仰記録。 My unfaithful record.
その中で見える、それ以上の主の愛情の深さ。 God's much bigger love in our unfaituful nature.
それを分かち合えていけたらと思います。 I wish God helps to restore our faith for somehow by sharing my experience with God.
主は幾たびとなく彼らを救い出されたが、彼らは会い計らって、逆らい、自分たちの不義の中におぼれた。 それでも彼らの叫びを聞かれた時、主は彼らの苦しみに目を留められた。 主は、彼らのために、ご自分の契約を思い起こし、豊かな恵みの故に、彼らをあわれまれた。 詩篇106:43-45 Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin. But he took note of their distress when he heart their cry; For their sake he remembered his covernant and out of his great love he relented. Psalm 106:43-45
Today I went to the ocean with kids from my church.
日本に帰ってきて 初海!しかし、今週一週間 横浜は曇り。
This is my first visit to the sea in Japan since I came back to home.
However, the weather of this week in Yokoham is cloudy.
曇りといっても雨が降らなければと、決行した海でしたが。。。。
Anyway we decided to go to the sea even though it is cloudy unless it is not raining.
大雨に見舞われました!!
Well...it tunrned into a blessing rainy day after we arrived at the beach.
しかし、子供は雨など気にすることなく ひたすら遊びます。
In spite of such a strong rain, kids' power is stronger!
魚をとったり、かにを取ったり、無我夢中。
They do not care about the rain. They were busy from catching fishes or crabs.
自分の子供の頃を思い出します。
It remeinds me when I was a kid.
自然をいっぱいあびて、神様から与えられたものを思う存分楽しむ。
私たち大人は、そんな喜びを忘れてしまっていますね.
I realized the adults tend to forget about enjoying the nature which is given by God.
全てのものが 神様によって造られています。
Whenever we go to natural area, we then realize that all creatures are created by God.
主の恵みによって与えられた自然。
Natures from God's grace.
大いに喜んで、感謝をもって楽しませてもらう。
We should be thankful more and enjoy natures.
そんな大切さを子供から学んだ気がしました。
I felt that I learned thankful mind toward the natures form kids today:D
これからも 自然の中で 両手いっぱいひろげて
Now I feel like I want to strech my body in the grace of nature and enjoy it more!!
主の偉大なる創造物に感謝!!
Be thankful to all creaturs that God made for us!!
神はそれらのものを祝福して言われた。
”産めよ、増えよ、海の水に満ちよ。鳥は地の上に増えよ。” 創世記1:22
He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increse in number. Genesis 1:22
日本、久々の豪華結婚式に圧倒させられた。 It has been for a while since I attended to a pretty gougeous wedding last time in Japan.
うん、やっぱりやることが派手だ。消して悪いことではなく、とても華やか。 I could tell it costed a lot. She changed her dresses three times in total a day!!
式場のスタッフも細かいところまでしっかり手配されていて、時間通りにきっちり進行。 Here is Japan, so everything was very organized and went on time.
飾りのものも、整えられてきれいに置かれ、清潔感もばっちり。 Decorations were pretty and gougeous and looked cleanly.
二人の誓いが始まると フロントのブラインドがあいて空に十字架が浮き上がるように配置されていて、
海を眺めながらの式は最高だった。 Especially I really liked the wedding ceremoney room which as a big cross on the window. The blind was raised up when they started promising a marrige each other. The big view from the window was very beautiful and the cross on the window looked floted in the air!
ホテルの牧師さんは バイトの外人さんだと聞いたことがある。 Sad part is that I have heard that the pastor at hotel in Japan is usually fake and a part time worked as a English speaker.
式では聖書で有名な箇所 第一コリント13:4 愛は寛容であり、愛は親切です。。。と聖句を読み上げ、目を閉じてお祈りもささげる。お祈り箇所は英語なので 何を言っているか100%分かる人のほうが少ないだろう。 そして アーメンでお祈りを閉じる。 We read bible scripture of 1 Cor 13:4 in Japanese at first. Then everybody closed eyes and listened to the prayer from Pastor. However prayer was English; therefore, only a few people would be able to understand what he was saying.
アーメンをいつ言うのかそのタイミングさえ 英語なので分からなければ、それを言うものだを知っている人も少ないだろう。 Who can say Amen after prayer? How peoplw would be able to say Amen after listening to English based prayer? It would be difficult to figure out the closing of prayer. Nobody might not even know if we supposely say Amen in the end of prayer though....
不思議な気持ちだった。 It was awkeward to me.
まあいい、私は心の中で、主に二人の祝福を願おう。 Anyway I prayed in my heart by myself and asked God to bless their marriage.
私たちの余興の歌もなんとか無事に終わり、朝から晩までにぎやかな一日でしたが、とても和やかで 素敵な一日でした! We would be able to sing well for them as well....!? It was very wonderful and beautiful wedding of my friend today!!
愛は寛容であり、愛は親切です。また人をねたみません。愛は自慢せず、傲慢になりません。 第一コリント 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1Cor13:4
何がと聞かれると分からないのですが、単純にそう思っていたことを覚えています。 I still remember I used to think this old women is very beautiful and wonderful even though I was not Christian yet back then but was in the service at my church. I do not know why I felt something was different to this women, but I felt so whenever I was seeing her from behind.
中でもある一人のご老人は背もちっちゃくて 前に丸まって 椅子の上にチョコンと座っているのが印象的でした。 This old lady was very very tiny and leaning toward since her back was bent. It was quite impressive that this little women was sitting on the chair.
とっても穏やかな表情で、平安に満ちた様子で 説教に耳を傾けている。そんなある一人の女性の姿をみながら、 She always looked calm and peaceful and was listening to the sermon very carefully.
何か不思議。この人はあんなに年をとっているのに、苦労のかけらも見せないような穏やかな表情をされているなんて!っと疑問をよくもっていました。 I always wondered why I can not see any bitterness or tiredness from her.
そして、分かったんです。このおばあさんには神様が働かれているからなんだって。 Then, I finally realized that was God's works.
愛情に満ちて、平安に満ちる。 Love and Peace.
たくさんの苦労を重ねてきたのに、それにも勝る癒しと恵みの奇跡を主がその女性に見せてくださっていたのですね。 I am sure that she went through a lot of trials or challenges in her life; however, the Lord was showing his victory which overcomes anrything with his healings and grace.
そして、私に主の深い慰めと愛をその女性を通して流してくださっていたのです。 The Lord was giving me his deep mercy and love through her as well.
今は体も大分弱りはててしまし、老人ホームでの生活になってしまい、教会に来れていないのですが、お会いしにいかせてもらいました。 This old lady is too aged to come to church now. She also stays at nursing home.
励ましをこのおばあさんからたくさんまたもらいました。 I decided to visit her and encourage the faith each other!!!
痴呆で少し会話が混乱してしまっても、神様の話になると涙を流されるんですね。 Her dimentia has been progresed; therefore, our conversation was sometimes confused. However, amazing thing is that she cries a lot whenever we talk about God!
主へのたくさんの思いが心にたくさん詰まっているのだなと思いました。 I felt that the Lord definitely lives in her heart and she also has a deep heart to the Lord:D
神様のご栄光を示すのに、年齢は関係ないということをこのおばあさんが示してくださったのではないでしょうか? I guess this lady told us that the age is not matter to shaw the the glory of God.
年をとって、体の自由がきかなかったとしても 主はその人の心の中にいてくださって 御霊とともにその素晴らしさを周りに流してくださるのですね。 Even if we are aged and have physical difficulties, our Lord is always with us and show his great love, peace or hope with his holy spirit.
おばあさん、ありがとう。 I am very thankful to this old lady and the Lord.
私たち次の世代に主を覚えさせてくれてありがとう。 I also appreciate to old generation who has helped us to be guided to the Lord.
私は日本で看護学生時代は寮で暮らしていました。 I had been living in a domitory when I was a nursing student in Japan.
寮で一緒に暮らすということは、本当にたくさんの事件を巻き起こします。 Living togetehr with many firends under the same house causes sometimes problems or some kinds of events.
とくに病院は隣に隣接されていて、看護学生はとにかく寮と病院で生活の大半を拘束されます。 Especially, my domitory was next to the hospital where I was doing clinicals; therefore, students needed to be stuck between hospital and the domitory.
友達は家族同様。 Friends become like a family.
表面的に仲良くなんてことはできません。 We can not be nice each other on the surface.
自分ていうものを思いっきりだして、ぶつかりあって、仲直りして、もっとお互いを理解できるようになる。 We have to be ourselves. We sometimes fight against each other and forgive each other, then we can understand each other more.
そんな 3年間の共同生活を終えたからこそ、今でも本当に気を使うことなく友人としていられる。 We went through many things toghether throughout the domitory life of 3 years, so we can have a good friendship even now.
ガハガハ笑って、自分を出して何ぼ。 We lough a lot and can be ourselves without worrying how the other thinks. It is such a relaxing relationship.
本当に私たち 一人一人自分勝手にやってきた3年間だったけど、今はちょっと大人になったよねなんて 思えるようになってきた。 It has been 11 years since we met each other. Are we growing??
もちろん、私の友達、高校時代、看護学校、病院の職場の仲間、誰一人としてクリスチャンはいません。 でも、すごい時間かかったけど、 あっクリスチャニティーって別に普通なんじゃんって思えるようにまでなってきた。 There are no Christian friends from High School,nursing school and hospital which I used to work. It takes really long time,but it has finally become normal for them that I am a Christian. My friends started thinking that Christianity is not abnormal. You might think it the lowest standard about gospel, but it is still a big stage for them. So I am very thankful to God.
それって、日本ではものすごい成長なんです。 It is a big change!
ただでさえ、宗教をひとまとめにして偏見視するこの世の中。それを抵抗ないものととして捕らえることは大きなステップアップです。 In Japanese society, people tend to generalize the religion and it is biased like people who depend on the religion is either extremely weak or psychologically crazy.
私たちの仲間の一人が7月25日に結婚します!そのための余興の練習に今 励んでいます! One of our group member from nursing school is going to get marry on July 25.
まとまりのない私たちですが、なんとかまとまって何か結婚する友達にできたらいいなと思っています。 None of us can organize a group work well, but I hope we can do well.....
私は、そういうまだ神様を知らない友達とのお付き合いを大切にしたいと思っています。今はまだ神様を知らなくても、何かの時にきっと神様の愛や癒し、励ましを体験できる機会が与えられると思うからです。 I really want to make the relationship with non-Christian precious. Even if they did not understand God, I believe the time that they can see the real love from God will come sometime.
神様、これからもどうぞ私たち友人関係の中に大きな祝福を与えてください! Lord, please bless our relationship and satisfy with your grace!
あなた方のすることは、ことばによると行いによるとを問わず、すべて主イエスの名によってなし、主によって、父なる神に感謝しなさい。 コロサイ316 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Collosians 3:16
Therefore, what I did the other day was............ I put the letter of ロ and let people read it as a sound of RO. What is wrong in this picture is that this letter, , can be a mouth as Kanji, but it can be RO sound as Katakana characters. When I looked at the other nurse's paper, I saw Kanji with has ロ mark, but she pronounced Ro Retsu. Since I could not remeber how to write Roretsu with Kanji and saw something of ロ mark, I put ロ so that people can read it as Ro of Katakana. I know it is cheating, but it is still acceptable as long as letters are Japanese. By the way, Roretsu refferes to articulation.
など、結構恥ずかしながらの有様です。。。自宅へ帰ってきて、漢字の練習です!!
Anyway, not knowing Kanji is pretty embarrasing in Japan; therefore, I practice those once I come home:D
そんなアメリカで4年間留学していた障害は少しありますが、感謝なことは ブランクにも関わらず
現場では今のところオッケーということです。
I have been doing good as a nurse, however, I think it is amazing that I have been accepted in the hospital regardless of 4 years' blank activities as a RN in Japan.
The saff I am working with do not know my educational history. Therefore, they can kick me out if I did not have enough knowledge or skills as much as they expect.
ですから、しっかりと宛がわれた仕事をこなすということは最低条件です。
In another word, doing good works is the minimam requirement from hospital.
その中で、”また是非来てください”とそこに戻していただけることは本当に感謝のことなのです。
So, being told that I am a good worker is very gracious thing.
Actually I needed to come back to Japan 2 times a year at least because of finance issue no matter if I want or not. He let me come back and work as a nurse.
I would completely forget a nursing job based on Japanese system or Japanese based nursing principles in addition to forgetting Kanji characters.
けれど、主は日本でも仕事が継続して行えるように計画され、私を導いてくださっていたのです。
Regardless of my will, God has lead me to Japan and let me work so that I can continually work as a nurse in Japan as well. I can see that was definitely God's plan.
Moreover, I can think that I want to support patients to be healed like Jesus has been healing me. He let me meet different people and give the best care as much as possible.
How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. Psalm116:12-14
私が神様と出会って6年。私の人生がこんなにも祝福されるとは夢にも思っていませんでした。
It has been 6 yrs since I met Christ. I have never imagined how much he blesses my life.
海外留学をできるだけのお金などまったくない家庭で育ち、
I grew up in a family which did not afford to let a kid go to study abroad.
家族はばらばら。 Our family always had issues about different things.
聖書の中で語られる放蕩息子のように、自分の好き勝手な道を歩み。
I also did whatever I wanted to do like the bible story of the parable of the lost son.
Since I met Jesus 6 years ago and repented my sins, God allowed me to have a completely new life and he has blessed my life so much. However, I still did not know he blesses me about this much.
もちろんいつも幸せいっぱい、希望いっぱいと元気満々でいられるわけではありませんでした。
I do not say that I always felt happy and had a hope all the time.
乗り越えなくてはならないたくさんのチャレンジ、試練を通らなくてはいけませんでした。
There were so many challenges I needed to overcome and my faith was tested by different kinds of trials.
" God. I want to helo more people through medical service. I believe I would be able to take care of more people if I could speak English. I have not studied English for a long time and do not have enogh money to finish all schoo work yet. Yet, please help me to accomplish my wish."
If you hear the only result of the event, it sounds like such a successful story and I kept receiving his blessing and grace all the time. However, like I said before, it was not such a simple and easy process I needed to go through.
I beliave that the charanges or trials are sometimes essencial for us to grow in our faith.
If we did not get any pain or difficulties in our life, we might not choose the way to ask the Lord to crush our heart, to be humble before him, to depend on him and to be obedient to him.
At least I know that my heart is that hardened and sinful.
主からのオーダーを受け、それを”する”と決めたら、最後まで誓いを果たす。
If we received the order from the Lord and decided to do it by your faith, we need to make a comittement and fullfill our vow to the Lord.
私たちの目では不可能に思えることでも、それが主の計画なら必ず主が最後まで導いてくださる。
Even if the plan looks like impossible from our thought, he will accomplish it as long as it is his will.
Since we know his purity, we feel embarassed and disappointed about ourselves and look down our self image while comparing our sinful heart to the Lord's perfect righteousness.
Especially when we look down ourselves and have a negative view of our self-image, we might feel annoyed by His commands. " I can not be like that even though you ask me to be holly, gentle, kind or patient!!!!"
He Also helped me to be guided into his path whenever I was confused in the World.
この聖句も、とても私の信仰を励ましてくれていました。
This scripture is another one which has encouraged my faith.
もしあなたのみおしえが私の喜びでなかったら、私は自分の悩みの中で滅んでいたでしょう
私はあなたの戒めを決して忘れません。
それによって、あなたは私を生かしてくださったからです。 詩篇119:92-93
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. Psalm 119:92-93
私たちの人生はいつも 楽しい!完璧!!というわけではありません。 Our life is not wlways fun or perfect.
自由に持てる感情を与えられている私たちは、悔しい思い、辛い思い、悲しい思い、いらだち、喜び、うれしさ、様々な感情によって We are given emotions which we can enjoy different feelings by God; therefore, we feel frastrated, sad, miserable, regret, joy or happy!
ひとりひとり与えられた様々な人生の航路にしたがって、たくさんの思いを経験します。 We just experience various kinds of feelings according to the journey that each individuals encounters.
私は今年30歳になります。 I became 30 years old this year.
他の30歳の人たちに比べて、とても幼稚だなとか、成長が遅いなと思わされることがたくさんあって、自分でも嫌になってしまうのですが。。。。 Compare to other 30 years old people, I am much more immature and I grew really slowly.
同時にたかだか30年。 私の家に一緒に住んでいるおじいさん、81歳に比べたら彼の人生の半分も生きていません。 At the same time, 30 years are such a short time compred to the period of the life my host grandfather whose age is 81 has experienced.
しかし、いろんな経験を与えられ、大抵の人よりもずいぶん遠回りして、やっと人並みになったなぁなどとも思います。 However, I feel sometimes I needed to go through many kinds of journey to be just a decent person at the sametime.
普通の人が1ステップで覚えることを、10ステップ踏まなければならないのが私です。 I need to proceed 10 steps to learn one thing while pepople usually lean it with just one step.
でも最近私は、スコットランド出身の48歳女性、スーザンの歌を聞いてとても励まされました。 Recently I was very encouraged by a 48 years old lady from Scottland on TV. Her singing voice was really amazing!!
年は関係ありません。 It does not matter if how old you are.
見た目も関係ありません。 The appearance is not the issue either.
人は スーザンが歌う前に あざ毛笑ったかもしれません。 People loughed at her before her singing.
でも、彼女から出てきた歌声は 世界一でしした。そして、彼女を見下した笑いで始まったステージが、 彼女の歌声による癒しと慰めによって感銘で終わりました。 Yet, her voice was the best in the world! Her show started with loud loghing voice of the audiences, but it ended up with highly inspiration to them. Everybody was just amazed by her singing.
彼女は消して素晴らしい見てくれでもありません。 Again, her appearance is not really inspiring.
学習を十分に受けてきたわけでもありません。 She is not well educated throught her life.
でも彼女の夢は 歌手になることでした。 Her dream was to be a singer.
そして今回 ステージの上にたち、多くの人に感動を引き起こしました。 This time, she inspired all of nations by her beautiful voice.
彼女もここまで来るのに、たくさん遠回りをしなくてはならなかったかもしれません。 I guess she needed to detour until she accomplish her dream.
でも、年齢ではありません。 However, she told us the dream can be true no matter how old you are.
夢に向かって、自分なりのペースであせらず、あきらめず、希望をもって歩みます。 We do not have to hurry. Even with a slow pace, we do not give up and we keep walking forward to our dream with hope.
神様との歩みもそんな感じかも知れません。 The walk with God is likely similar.
神様をもう知っているけれど、自分が思っているように、主とまっすぐなる道を歩めていない。 We can not sometimes walk straight up to the God's path even though we have already known God.
また神様を知ってみたいけれど、なにか妨げがあって、神様を避けてしまう。 Or you migh avoid seeking God even though you have desire to know God.
私は自分のこの短い人生の経験上、神様が本当に私の心を変え、生活をかえ、自分の人生を全きも のに変えてくれたことを知りました。 I really leaned that God changed my heart completly and convereted me and lead me to his path since I met him.
そして、聖書に書かれている神様の約束が必ず成就されているとことも、信仰をもって本当であるということを経験しました。 I also experienced God is the one who really fulfill his promises exactly like the bible tells us.
だから、くじけそうになって、神様がよく分からなくなった時も、”信じなさい”という神の言葉に従いました。 ”あなたの道を主にゆだねよ。主に信頼せよ。主が成し遂げてくださる。” 詩篇37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this Psalm 37:5
私たちの神は 希望を与えてくださる神様です。 Our God is the God who gives us the hope!
まっすぐ、まっすぐ、まーーっすぐ。 私たちの人生を天国まで導いてくださいます。 He keeps leading us straight up to the heaven as long as we chose to live in him and are obedient to God.
人が笑っても、ばかにしても、かっこわるくても、自分のするべきことを信じて 疑わずに行う! Even if people lough at you, look down on you and you feel embarrased, we should hung in there and press things on without doubting him.
私もどーみても 成熟している30歳には見えず、30歳のような落ち着いた行動はとれず、人よりも2倍も3倍もどこかに欠けている30歳ですが、 I also sometimes feel embarassed because I do not look like 30 and act like a mature 30 years old woman even though I have tried.... Something might be lacking in me so that I do not deserve to be called a 30 years old woman...???
主の言葉に癒しを覚え、感謝します。 It is not ture. Each of our jouney is different and it is ok.
幸いなことよ。悪者のはかりごとに歩まず、罪人の道に立たず、あざける者の座に着かなかった、その人。まことに、その人は主のおしえを喜びとし、昼も夜もそのおしえを口ずさむ。その人は、水路のすばに植わった木のようだ。時が来ると実がなり、その葉は枯れない。その人は、何をしても栄える。 詩篇1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Psalm1:1-3
神様に受け入れられるのに”いい子”になる必要はないって神様が教えてくれたとき、心からうれしい、ありがとうって思った。そのままの”とーと”で愛しているといってくれる神様ってどんな方?その神様は私が知らなかった時も、知っている今も、私の歩みと共に確かにおられることを実感できるなんてすごい恵みなんです!!
わたしの目には、あなたは高価で尊い。 わたしはあなたを愛している。 (イザヤ 43:4)
しかし私たちがまだ罪人であったとき、キリストが私たちのために死んでくださったことにより、神は私たちに対するご自身の愛を明らかにしておられます。 (ローマ 5:8)
I never forget how joyful and thankful I was to God when he spoke to me, for I did not have to be "a good girl" to be saved. God who saved me never stop loving me whether I feel him or not. What a tremendously great god he is!
Since you are precious and honored in my sight and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life.
(Isaiah 43:3)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
( Roma 5:8)
Dear Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example -- to slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those who will delete this without sharing it with others. I pray for those who don't believe. But I thank you that I believe.I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly..This is my prayer.In Jesus' Name, Amen