Let's talk Life: Life is NOT on your hand
我們的生命其實不在我們手的
I was about to sleep and somehow ran into this article: High school basketball player dies after collapsing on court at AAU event Saturday night. According to the article, "James Hampton, a Class of 2019 prospect out of Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina, collapsed on the basketball court during a Nike Elite Youth Basketball League game while playing for AAU program Team United and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter Saturday night. He was 17 years old."
我正想睡覺，但不知道為什麼就碰到了這篇文章：[高中籃球運動員在周六晚上在AAU比賽中在球場上倒塌後死亡]。 根據這篇文章，“James Hampton，在北卡羅來納州夏洛特的Liberty Heights Athletic Institute，是2019年的很有潛力的年輕球員，在耐克精英青年籃球聯盟比賽期間在籃球場上倒下，並不久在週六晚就宣布死亡，他只有17歲。“
I am sure James Hampton, like other student-athletes around the World, wanting to be a star one day with their God-given talent. I am sure he had a lot of dreams and plans with his life, and I am sure he worked extremely hard so that he can achieve his life-long dream one day - however, things ended prematurely, way too prematurely.
我相信 James Hampton 和世界各地的其他頂尖的學生運動員一樣，希望有朝一日能用他們的才能成為明星。 我相信他的一生中有很多夢想和計劃，而我相信他也非常努力地訓練，以至於他有一天能夠實現他終生的夢想 - 然而，他的生命過早地結束了，太過早了。
As much as we want to control and take the driver seat in our lives, there is just something we cannot control and we tend to not plan for that: death. As much as we don't want to admit, everybody needs to experience that. We all know life is limited and time is limited, but somehow we tend to live as if we will for sure be here on this earth forever. In Psalm 90, the psalmist says we should learn how to number our days so that we can gain a heart of wisdom:
儘管我們想要控制和想在我們的生活中的做駕駛員，但是我們不得不承認，每個人都會死。 我們都知道生活是有限的，時間是有限的，但不知何故，我們現在的生活，就好像我們將永遠在這個地球上活著一樣。 在詩篇90篇中，詩人說，我們應該學習如何計算我們的日子，以便我們能夠獲得智慧的心：
Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
我們一生的年日是七十歲，若是強壯可到八十歲，
但其中所矜誇的不過是勞苦愁煩；轉眼成空，我們便如飛而去。
誰曉得你怒氣的權勢？誰按著你該受的敬畏曉得你的憤怒呢？
求你指教我們怎樣數算自己的日子，好叫我們得著智慧的心。
and the extremely-wise King Solomon once said on Proverbs 9:10:
而極其聰明的所羅門王也在箴言9:10說：
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端，認識至聖者便是聰明。
Dear Friends, it is not too late to make a decision. There will always be tomorrow, but tomorrow doesn't need to or may not have me and/or you.
親愛的朋友，在我們還有機會的時候作出決定吧！
明天一定會來，但明天不一定有你有我。
Cheers!
Stephen @stepbie
(Joshua 24:15)
Amen!
I work in a hospital, even not as frontline as a nurse, I arrange some doctor's apponitments with patients and sometimes interview them. Last week, one of the patient's case manager called and said the patient won't come for his follow-up appointment on the next day because he had just passed away. It's very sad but I believe that God is letting him rest peacefully. And we should all treasure the time that God is giving us in this amazing journey on earth and continue to walk with Him.
Yes yes! and more importantly! Don't forget to count the blessings that our Lord has given us!