Praise my Lord!

--- 上帝永遠給你最好最正面的答覆！

在一場船難中，唯一的生存者隨著潮水，漂流到了一座無人島上。
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small,uninhabited island..

他天天激動地祈禱神救他能夠早日離開此處，回到家鄉。他還每天注視著海上有否可搭救他的人，但卻是除了汪洋一片，什麼也沒有。
He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help,but none seemed orthcoming.

後來，他決定用那片帶他到小島的木頭造一個簡陋的小木屋以保護他在這險惡的環境中生存，並且保存他所有剩下的東西。
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.

但有一天，在他捕完食物後，準備回小屋時，突然發現他的小屋竟然陷在熊熊烈火之中，大火引起的濃煙不斷向天上竄。
But then one day, after scavenging for food,he arrived h! om! e to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

最悲慘的是：他所有的一切東西，在這一瞬間，通通化為烏有了。悲痛的他，氣憤的對天吶喊著：「神啊！你怎麼可以這樣對待我！」頓時，眼淚從他的眼角中流出。
The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried.

第二天一早，他被一艘正靠近小島的船隻的鳴笛聲所吵醒。是的，有人來救他了。
Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come t rescue him.

到了船上時，他問那些船員說：「你怎麼知道我在這裡？」
"How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers.

「因為我們看到了信號般的濃煙。」他們回答說。
"We saw your smoke signal", they replied.

人在碰到困難時，很容易會沮喪。不過，無論受到折磨或者痛苦，都不用因此失去信心，因為上帝一直在我們心裡面做著奇妙的工作。
It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shou! ld! n't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

記著：當下一次你的小木屋著火時，那可能只是上帝美妙恩典的表徵而已。
Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.

在所有我們所認為負面的事情，上帝都是有正面答案的。
For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves,God has a positive answer.

你說：「那是不可能的。」
上帝說：「在人所不能的事，在神卻能。」(路18:27)
You say: 'It's impossible'
God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27)

你說：「我累了。」
上帝說：「我讓你休息。」(太11:28-30)
You say: 'I'm too tired'
God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)

你說：「沒有人愛我。」
上帝說：「我愛你。」(約 3:16 & 約 3:34)
You say: 'Nobody really loves me'
God says: I love you (John 3:16 & John 3:34)

你說：「我做不下去了。」
上帝說：「我的恩典夠你支持下去。」(林後12! :9! & 詩91:15)
You say: 'I can't go on'
God says: My grace is sufficient (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

你說：「我想不通。」
上帝說：「我引領你前行。」(箴 3:5-6)
You say: 'I can't figure things out'
God says: I will direct your steps (Proverbs 3:5-6)

你說：「我做不到。」
上帝說：「你什麼都做得到。」(腓 4:13)
You say: 'I can't do it'
God says: You can do all things (Philippians 4:13)

你說：「我不配。」
上帝說：「你配。」(林後 9:8)
You say: 'I'm not able'
God says: I am able (II Corinthians 9:8)

你說：「這麼做不值得。」
上帝說：「做了，你馬上就會覺得值得了。」(羅 8:28)
You say: 'It's not worth it'
God says: It will be worth it (Roman 8:28)

你說：「我無法原諒自己。」
上帝說：「我原諒你。」 (約壹 1:9 & 羅8:1)
You say: 'I can't forgive myself'
God says: I Forgive you (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

你說：「我是窮苦的。」
上帝說：「我供應你一切所需。」 (腓 4:19)
You say: ! 'I! 'm poor'
God says: I will supply all your needs (Philippians4:19)

你說：「我害怕。」
上帝說：「我並沒有給你一個恐懼的靈。」(提後 1:7)
You say: 'I'm afraid'
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear (II Timothy1:7)

你說：「我常常在擔憂、受挫。」
上帝說：「放下你的重擔，我為你承擔。」(彼後 5:7)
You say: 'I'm always worried andfrustrated'
God says: Cast all your cares on ME (I Peter 5:7)

你說：「我信心不足。」
上帝說：「我給了每個人相同的信心。」(羅12:3)
You say: 'I don't have enough faith'
God says: I've given everyone a measure of faith(Romans12:3)

你說：「我不夠聰明。」
上帝說：「我給你智慧。」 (林後 1:30)
You say: 'I'm not smart enough'
God says: I give you wisdom (I Corinthians 1:30)

你說：「我是孤單的。」
上帝說：「我永遠不會捨棄你的。」 (來13:5)
You say: 'I feel all alone'
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you(Hebrews13:5)

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

歡欣之時, 頌讚上帝
艱難之時, 尋求上帝
安靜之時, 崇拜上帝
痛苦之時, 相信上帝
每時每刻, 感謝上帝

God has a positive answer......

Lawrence's Daily 041210'-041710'

041210'

*Books we read: Swing!/Waddle!

*Words we write:

swing/run a relay race/cartwheel/Penguin waddle/Frog hop/Pig prance/Elephant stomp

*Math book: P40-45

041510'

Woke @7:10, we hurried to Taipei Main Station to take THSR to Zuoying.

He was quite okay on the train, still lots of questions.

Arrived at Zuoying, we transferred to local train to Gangsan. Lori kept asking about how to say the stop name in Chinese and English repeatly (He tried to pronounce it on his own)

In WP, he played w/ pyramid game, and designed a maze game and some pages of his math workbook. Was a chatter box while doing every steps!!

On the way home, he tried to take a rest, but couldn't fall asleep.

I asked him to write the stop names in his note book and found his handwriting is terrible.

Arrived home, I asked him to practice the alphabet writing (Capital/Lower case). Some were doing good and some were bad. When I asked him to rewrite, he started to get irritated and started bending his head and tears were in his eyes. Keeping saying "Mom, are you angry? I can feel that you're so angry to me!"

Finally, he had corrected some of his re-writing and we headed to mom's. On the way to mom, Lori said that mom you've been so mad at me, I am about not liking anyone on this world because of you. You know, you shouldn't be so tough on me....

Later at mom's, he was so upset about me not bring him his play toys and tried to became clingy on me again. I also find out that he blink his eyes quite often while get stressed and I showed him that what if I blinked my eyes just like he did and asked him what was his idea about it? Lori replied it was not very good looking!

I told him that once he finished his dinner before 18:30, he can watch Doraemon until 19:00.

And he managed to make it work and later he had banana chiffon cake and fruit/chicken soup when done the TV watching.

Later when we got home, he became so tame and took very good care of Zoe, and asked me if I can pamper Zoe to sleep alone and he would like to read his book in his room and I granted his request. He read a book that we bought in the bookstore with very little help while I was with him and later he read other 5 books before Dad came home and read him another bed time story book-Mooncake.

041610'

Comments from class teacher:

I have read Lawrence's psychological report - it is very interesting and hopeful. I will use the information to help me organize the lessons/class time to ensure Lawrence has as little stress as possible and hopefully a happier time.

On a positive note, he sat thru an entire assembly today (on a chair next to me) and even sang a little bit during singing time.

He brought home a reading book (blue label) with 400 words reader, a much more difficult reader than it's normal reader. Don't know why Ms. Mayhew let him choose this one. The first time reading was a little bit hesitated, but it went pretty well; just a little paused at the words like "Tortoise, Kay, guess.."

Since Lori was doing good yesterday at school, I took him to see a movie- “How to train your dragon馴龍高手“ in I-MAX theater in Miramax Shopping Mall. We wore a 3D effect eyewear thru a whole movie. Lawrence actually complained several times about the very loud speaker during watching the movie. But, I believed he enjoyed a lot in watching it!

When we arrived home yesterday, Dad was already at home. And Lori seemed very happy today, so he drew some maze and game plots on his own. And we read a book called "Olivia acts out!"

041710'

Went to Da-an Park this morning, and Lori actually did pretty good w/ his sis, zozo. He took care of zozo for some times, but also searched for my attention while not seeing me around.

After having his favorite spaghetti, he went to his room to take a rest as I told him. Unfortunately, he couldn't fall asleep at all. Instead, he was reading books, and tried to roll over and over in his bed, and was doing rather quite activities in the room. But I do notice a loud noise from his room once like try to phlegm out. And he managed to read the reader "The Tortoise" all by himself fluently.

Later we went to Grandpa's, he actually watched a lot TV and was games played by his cousins. And ate lots of snack than usual. While stayed in grandpa's, he liked to play games such as throwing balls and building blocks...

Tonight, he stayed at 婆's.