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Responses from readers of Kingdom of God Magazine

Life is in the Lord, resurrection is in the Lord

2021年的復活節讀到63期的〈When death throws us a straight ball〉，看似一個沉重的話題，而我的心卻是充滿盼望，也和作者產生了許多的共鳴：生死的問題必須回到神的面前才有出路。因為職業的緣故，我比大多數人更近距離接觸死亡，兩年前也有一次直面自已生死的思考。廿多年前，我因著為一個生命作出選擇時遇見了上帝；也是在面對別人死亡的時候，看清楚自己作為一個人的有限。

Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau’s words, “Occasionally heal, often relieve, always comfort” often remind me and release me; only the Lord Jesus can bring ultimate healing and salvation to people, and life is in God’s hands. hands, and I'm just human.

People in despair and struggling to survive can come to Jesus. Only the Lord Jesus Christ is resurrection and life; whoever lives and believes in Him will never die. Physical death is only a doorway into eternity.

(Wang Lin, Texas, USA)

find the meaning of life

63期《神國》封面推薦文，陳德堅所分享的〈Discover a new meaning of life〉一文，引我深思。

"The meaning of life" is the goal that everyone pursues in life, but these four words seem ethereal. The author emphasizes that "leadership is influence. Before leading others, you must first know yourself." He proposed four dimensions of observation and analysis, which made me feel that the process of discovering the meaning of my life is step-by-step, concrete and feasible. By observing the intersection of the four dimensions of "professionalism", "passion", "mission" and "vocation", it is possible to transcend yourself and further meet the needs of yourself and the world. Almost all my friends are post-war baby boomers, born around the 1960s, and are getting closer and closer to retirement. Recently, we often talk about "When do you plan to retire? What do you want to do after retirement?" If you can seriously examine yourself again before retiring and be willing to change yourself first, then you can influence others. Combining your lifelong profession with passion, mission and vocation, and living out God’s calling, isn’t this the best practice for “discovering a new meaning of life”?

(Wang Zhiyuan, Pingtung, Taiwan)

Wave to those wandering outside the church

63期知行單元，馬睿欣所撰〈歸~作者和他的教會生活〉提到美國作家瑞秋‧埃文斯（Rachel Held Evans），她離開教會，在信仰流浪漢聚集的網路社交平台搭建教堂。

My son was injured in church during high school. As an adult, he wandered between different churches for many years and became a "Churchless" Christian homeless person. Fortunately, my son has not given up his faith and still firmly insists that Jesus Christ is his savior. He listens to messages online every week and establishes a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

In 2018, my son met an organizational pastor through a friend. This pastor led more than a dozen young people to form a campus fellowship, and they met every week for fellowship and Bible study. Almost all the young people in the fellowship are the "faith bums" that Rachel cares about. There are homosexuals, transgenders, suicides in family members, and people with broken families... They (she) have all wandered outside the church, feeling out of tune with the church, and finally left.

Thank you for the author’s reminder. Instead of preaching to this group of wanderers outside the church and criticizing them for being too self-centered, we should follow Jesus as an example and wave to them: “Come, come in!”

(New Jersey, USA, Shouxin)