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寫作於2002/01/01奐均的見證－信仰之路
作 者: 林奐均
I have various memories of my house on Hsin-Yi Rd., the place where Gi-Kong Church now meets. I remember practicing on my very first piano there. I remember doing homework there. I remember spending a lot of time with my sisters, dancing, drinking chocolate milk, and watching cartoons together.
Most people may think that I would have terrible memories of that house, the place where my grandmother and two sisters were murdered. I do at times feel a little sad, but I never feel afraid anymore. In the last twenty years, God has shown me the truth in Psalm 56:10~“In God whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?”
Let me take you on a journey of the last twenty years of my life. After the tragedy, my mother and I left Taiwan just in time for me to start the fourth grade in Washington State. I didn’t even know the ABCs. I was very shy and intimidated by new environments and new people. We moved to Texas and then to California, finally settling down in Orange County. There, I began attending church and reading the Bibl. God began to open my eyes to understand the Bible. In high school, God convicted my heart, and I knew I needed a Savior. I knew that I could not live this life on my own. I needed a Savior to forgive me of my sins and to lead me the rest of my life. And I knew that Jesus Christ was the one true Savior of the world. So I yielded my heart and believed in Jesus Christ and became a Christian. Most religions in the world tell us to do good and be good. Christianity is different. Christianity tells us that no one is good and that no one is capable of doing good, except God Himself. Christianity is a religion for needy sinners. Jesus himself said in Luke 5:32 that he did not “come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Some people laugh when I tell them I am a needy sinner. “No,” they say, “You’re a wonderful good person. How can you call yourself a sinner?” I know I am a sinner because everyday I commit sins. I do not love others as myself, I wish others evil instead of good. I am self-seeking, these and many other behaviors and attitudes are all against God’s laws. Yet when I sin, I can go to God and be forgiven because I believe in Jesus as the sacrifice for my sins. It is a wonderful thing to be forgiven by God. It is freeing. It is not until one understands how much one has been forgiven that one experiences how much they are loved.
As I experienced God’s forgiveness and love, I wanted to share with others the good news that Jesus Christ is God’s savior to the world. During my undergraduate years at Indiana University, I began to consider missionary work. In 1995, I went to Teachers College, Columbia University to pursue a master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. I wanted to use my graduate degree to go to other countries and share the Gospel.
While I was in graduate school, I met my husband, Joel Linton. He, too, wanted to do missions work. After dating for six days, he asked me to marry him. I said yes, on condition that he would go to Taiwan and get my dad’s permission. So in December of 1997, Joel flew to Taiwan for the very first time. It was then that Joel felt a strong calling for Taiwan and its people. He wanted to spend his life serving and sharing with the people of Taiwan the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. Joel and I were married in 1998 and have spent the last couple of years preparing for our permanent move back to Taiwan. I am grateful to God for a husband who loves the Taiwanese people so much.
So this is where God has led me the last twenty years, out of Taiwan and now back to Taiwan. Everyday, He leads me, whether through difficult times or easy times. He has healed me of my wounds. He has removed bitterness from me. And He has given me true purpose for life. This is my testimony to the reality and greatness of God.
信義路的家---也就是現在的義光教會，充滿了我各式各樣的回憶。回憶中，我在那兒彈我生平第一架鋼琴、在那兒做功課，我也記得在那兒跟我的妹妹一起跳舞、喝巧克力牛奶和看卡通。
或許很多人認為這個地方會帶給我很不堪的回憶，畢竟這裡是我奶奶與兩個妹妹被殺害的地方。我的確有時感到難過，但我再也不害怕了，因為在過去這二十年裡，上帝用詩篇五十六篇10-11節的真理指引我：「我信靠上帝，頌讚祂的應許；我頌讚上帝的應許；我倚靠祂，我不懼怕。血肉凡人能對我怎樣？」
讓我帶領你們回顧這二十年的旅程。事發之後，母親帶我離開台灣好讓我能在華盛頓州開始四年級的學業。那時，我連ABC都看不懂，面對新的人事物，我變得害羞又膽小。之後，我們接連搬到德州和加州，最後終於在橘郡定下來。搬到那裡後，我開始參與禮拜與研讀聖經，上帝開了我的眼使我了解聖經的真意。高中時期，上帝進入我的心，我知道我需要一位救主，我也知道我無法獨自走生命這條路，我需要祂來赦免我的罪並伴我走完全程。我明白耶穌就是那個唯一的救主，於是我獻上我的心來信靠主，成為基督徒。大多的宗教都告訴我們要存善心、行善事；但基督教卻啟示，除了上帝以外，我們沒有人是善的，也沒有人有能力為善。基督教是貧困罪人的信仰，因為耶穌說：「我來的目的不是要召好人，而是要召壞人（路加福音五章32節）。」我常常跟朋友說我是個貧困的罪人，他們總是笑著回答：「才不是呢，你是個完美的好人啊，怎麼說自己是個罪人呢？」我知道我因為每天的罪行而成為罪人：我愛人不如愛己、我希望別人是惡的而非善的，我所尋求的、我的行為與態度都違背上帝的律法。但上帝原諒我的罪，因為耶穌為了我已成為贖罪祭。蒙主赦免是一件美好而自由的事，沒有經歷罪得赦免的，不會了解上帝的大慈愛。
因為經歷過上帝的寬恕與慈愛，我想分享耶穌來到世上拯救世人的福音。於是，在印第安那大學求學時，我開始考慮傳道的工作。一九九五年，我在哥倫比亞大學的教育學院研讀我的碩士學位，我念的是Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language，希望藉由這個學位能到其他的國家傳福音。
我在研究所求學階段，遇到了我的先生---Joel Linton，他跟我一樣想做傳道的工作。約會六天之後，他向我求婚，我也答應了，但前提是他必須到台灣來徵求我父親的同意。就這樣，Joel在一九九七年十二月第一次來到台灣，同時他也感受到強烈的呼召，希望用他的生命在台灣宣講上帝的福音與耶穌的救恩。Joel和我於一九九八年結為夫妻，我們花了幾年的時間來準備長久搬回台灣。我非常感謝主賜給我一個丈夫那麼熱愛台灣的人民。
這就是上帝帶領我離開台灣又在一次回到台灣的旅程，不論困頓或順利，祂每天都帶領我，祂治癒我的傷口、免除我的痛苦並賜給我生命的真義。以上就是我對真實與至上的主所做的見證。Copyright(C) 2006 本網站文章為各作者所有, 請尊重版權