即使生氣也不要犯罪，不可含怒到日落！~以弗所書4:26
五月到了!! 溫哥華的花，開的美麗、開的茂盛。不知道是否是疫情的關係，也因為人類被限制在家，今年的溫哥華，野生動物特別多，在鄉間、在郊外、鄰家後院、甚至是在街上都可能看到。從常見的加拿大鵝，coyote，到熊，都可能在你家後院出現。
也許這美景和大自然動物的出現與疫情有關係，人類活動減少了，卻給了野生動物更多的空間，人類的出現增加了環境的壓力。而疫情，意外的使人與環境之間，出現難得的休養機會。
環境需要休息，人的心也需要休息。生命中有許多壓力是我們看不見的，工作的壓力、經濟的壓力、每一個人在家庭中所扮演角色的壓力，甚至是自我期待的壓力，使得我們每一天都在不同的要求、不同的期待下想辦法生存。而社會不斷的改變，使我們也必須不停地跟上改變，免得成為社會邊緣人；一代過了一代，舊的一代過去，新的一代承接上來，生命就在這樣的交替中，不斷地往下延續。這樣的循環原本是美好的，但就在我們的生活壓力下，失去了享受生活的機會。
許多的花正盛開，但沒有心情欣賞，許多美好生命正在孕育著，但我們無心參與。世上有許多美好的事物正發生著，但我們卻看不到那美好。內心的沈重與緊張，使我們著急地走向下一站，卻無暇與我們心愛的人停下來，靜心享受美好事物的片刻。我們的心受傷了! 使我們無法用健康正確的態度來看世界，我們的靈未得釋放，這使我們的情緒一直在波動中，也在自我傷害中，更顯的軟弱與自卑了。
箴言4:23：「你要保守你心，勝過保守一切，因為一生的果效是由心發出」，我們需要讓我們的心得著新的養分，並且先讓我們的心得到飽足，當我們的心是被愛填滿時，我們就會看到愛。當我們的心感受到恩典時，我們才能看見恩典。一生的果效是由心發出，而心影響著我們的情緒，也決定著我們是否能享受這個世界所帶來的美好。
外面的花在盛開著，求上帝給我們一顆美麗的心，有快樂的情，好讓我們看見世界的美好。
In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry. ~Ephesians 4:26
May is here!! The flowers in Vancouver are flourishing so beautifully. I don’t know if it’s because of the pandemic, or because people are confined to their homes, there are a lot of wild animals roaming around in Vancouver, and they may be seen in the countryside, the suburbs, the backyard of the neighbor’s house, or even on the streets. From the common Canadian geese, coyotes, to bears, they all may pop up in your backyard.
Perhaps the emergence of this natural beauty and animals are related to the pandemic; the reduction of human activities has given more space for wild animals. People had been giving an increasing amount of pressure to the environment, and the pandemic has unexpectedly created this rare opportunity for recuperation between the people and the environment.
The environment needs rest, and the human heart also needs rest. In life, there are a lot of stress that we can’t see. The stress of work, the stress of the economy, the stress of each person’s role in the family, and even the stress of self-expectation, making different demands and expectations to ourselves every day for survival. The continuous changes in society requires us to keep evolving, so as not to become marginalized people. Generation by generation, the old passes, and the new inherits, this is the alternation of life, constantly moving forward. This was originally a beautiful cycle, but under all these different stress, we have lost the opportunity to enjoy life.
Many flowers are in full bloom, but no one is in the mood to appreciate them. Beautiful lives in nature are breeding, but we have no intention to be part of it. Many beautiful things are happening in the world, but we are blind from them. The heaviness and tension in our hearts make us anxiously moving to the next stop, there is no time to stop with our beloved ones and enjoy the beautiful moments. Our hearts are in pain! It prevents us from seeing the world with the right and healthy attitude. Our spirit are restrained, making our emotions fluctuate, inflicting self-harm onto ourselves, revealing our weakness and low self-esteem.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it (Proverb 4:23). We need to fill our hearts with new nutrients, when our hearts are filled with love, we will be able to see love; when our heart feels grace, that’s when we will see grace. Our way of life are created by our hearts, the heart affects our emotions and determines whether we can enjoy the beauty that this world brings.
The flowers outside are in full bloom, ask God to give us a beautiful heart and a joyful mind, so that we can see the beauty of the world.