注：希望我的翻译不会过于粗枝大叶。
这是一位朋友传来的福音。
（一） 与上帝的网上对话。
God : Hello. Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No.. who is this?
上帝：哈咯，你叫我吗？
我：叫你？没有。。你是谁？
God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.
上帝：我是上帝。我听到你的祷告，所以我想我们要谈话。
我：我的确祷告。只是给自己感觉安康。我现在很忙。我正在做着某些事情。
God : What are you busy at?
Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
上帝：你忙着什么？
我：不知道。但我没有空闲时间。生活变成混乱。每一刻都是繁忙时刻。
God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. But I still cant figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
上帝: 当然！排山倒海的活动给你忙透了。但，有效率的做会给你成绩并且把你从忙中抽离出来。
我：我明白。我还是办不到。无论如何，我没有想过您会跟我网上对话。
God : Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
上帝：我要给你讲明怎样解决时间不够的方法。在这个网路世界里，你会比较放心交谈。
我: 告诉我，为什么人生会变成这么复杂？
God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?
上帝：不要分析人生。活在当下。过于分析让人生变得复杂。
我：为什么我时常不开心？
God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
上帝：你的今天就是你明天担忧的昨天。你担忧因为你加以分析。担忧已成为你的习惯， 因此你会不开心。
我：当前的这么多的未知数怎不让人担忧呢？
God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.
上帝：我们不能避免未知数，但我们可以选择不去担忧。
我：但，未知数带来了很多伤痛。
God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
上帝：伤痛是不可避免的。但我们可以选择不去受苦。
我：如果我们可以选择不去受苦，为什么好人还是受苦呢？
God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
上帝：经一事，长一智。 好人尝过种种，他们的人生会变得更好而不是更苦。
我：你是说这样的经验是好的吗？
God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be free from problems?
上帝：对，经验是很好的老师。
我: 但，为什么我们要经过这些呢？为什么不能活在没有问题的世界里呢？
God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading.
上帝：有问题才有经历， 有经历才能锻炼毅力。
我：老实说，这么多问题困扰着，我迷了方向。
God : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
上帝：把心打开， 你就能看清方向。
我：有时感觉到不能成功比走错放方向更痛苦。我应该怎样做？
God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
上帝：成功与否是别人给你的肯定。自我的满足是你自己给自己的。
我：当你遇挫折的时候，你怎样给自己鼓励呢？
God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?
上帝：时常回头看一看你已走了多远，而不是想着你还有多远要走。时常记住你所得到的，而不是你失去的。
我：人类有什么让您感到惊然的呢？
God : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I can’t get the answer.
上帝：当他们受苦的时候，他们会问：“为什么是我？”。当他们活在富裕中，他们从不问"为什么是我？”每个人都要真理在他们那边， 但只有少数会靠近真理。
我：有时候我会问：“我是谁？为什么我会在这里”。我不能得到答案。
God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?
上帝：不要去找你是谁,去决定你要成为什么人。不要去寻找你在这里的理由， 制造一个。人生是要你来制造。
我：我怎样才能得到最好的人生呢？
God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
上帝： 对你的过去无悔无怨。充满信心的面对你的现在。无惧地迎接未来。
我：最后一个问题。 有时候我觉得我的祷告没有被回答。
God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy
to start the New Year with a new sense of inspiration.
上帝：没有一个祷告是没有被回答的。
我：谢谢您。我现在充满喜悦地迎接新的一年。
God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live。
上帝：保持信靠的心不再畏惧。不要相信你所怀疑的也不要怀疑你所相信的。人生乃一个待解的谜而不是一个要被解决的问题。只要你懂活出人生，你便知道人生是美好和精彩的。
这是另外一张来自香港歌手的福音专辑。 今年九月中推出，起初听只是注意歌的旋律， 歌词方面没有多加留意。上个星期从听才发觉它是一张福音专辑， 真的有一点后知后觉。这就是我，很多时候都是后知后觉，失去了才会后悔。有一首歌的歌名叫做挪亚方舟 （Noah's Ark), 它是《圣经旧约》里的一个故事。上帝因看到世界腐朽了，到处都是暴力，于是把心一往要毁掉这个世界。 上帝只给挪亚和他的家人留下，并应许他要带的动物一起上船。 故事发展到最后，其他的生物全都死光了。挪亚和他的同伴相安无事得回去陆地，并建了一座祭坛给上帝。 他选了各式各样洁净的鸟兽放在祭坛奉献给天主。天主闻到了供品的香味，心里想道：我再也不会因为人类的邪恶而大开杀戒。
