5 Spiritual Care Needs 五項靈命關顧的需要

Faith In The Lord

信靠上帝

“16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16

When we were children, we like to hear our elders telling us “stories” & we could not wait to hear how the stories end. Now we are older, we have our own families, careers and sphere of influences; do we need our elders’ stories? I think deep inside, we still want to hear their stories in how they make life choices & how they face when time is coming to an earthy end. Enoch Society works to build up elderly disciples, those whose faith in the Lord are renewed everyday in spite of the various physical & mental declines. We want to hear stories of how in sunset years one can lives larger than life because of their faith in the Lord. Helping and supporting our elderly to sustain them for the faith in the Lord is not merely to prepare them for the eternal life after earthy death. Rather, it’s to prepare them for the most severe battle of their lives, to help them to make each days and hours count for the glory of Jesus. Their sunset year testimonies of their faith in the Lord would be the most glorious stories, their gift to the younger generations to come.

*Please see Missionary to find out more what we do and ways to help.

所以，我們不喪膽。外體雖然毀壞，內心卻一天新似一天。 -- 哥林多後書4:16

小時候, 我們圍繞著我們的長輩聆聽他們的”故事”, 我們急不及待可以盡快聽到”故事”的結局。漸漸長大了, 我們有自己的家庭、事業和友齊, 我們還需要長輩的故事嗎? 深思中, 我想我們還是很需要長輩人們的故事。透過他們的人生經驗, 我們學習如何抉擇和面對生命的終結。燃協為那些雖然身軀漸漸衰弱但信心仍然每日更新的年長信徒建立團契 。我們希望從長者信徒的故事中聆聽著他/她們充滿信心的生命。

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Internal Peace

內心平安

“About death I go through different moods, but the times when I can desire it are never, I think, those when this world seems harshest. On the contrary, it is just when there seems to be most of Haven already here that I come nearest to longing for a patria (homeland).” CS Lewis on death

Many of different cultures, religions and ages struggle to have peace. Some believe by abstaining from wants we attain a state of peace. Some by absorbing in passionate pursuits when one is lost in time, and hence free of anguish. Our faith in Christ allows us to face life as it is, that it comes and pass us by with triumph moments as well as regrets. We believe in God’s mercy. Our time on earth allow opportunities for us to face our wounds & brokenness and ultimately be healed and before our departures. Like Moses in the old testimony, it is possible to have a glimpse of the promised land during our life on earth when reconciliation are made, sins forgiven, broken relations mended. Enoch Society would want to provide spiritual support for the spiritual healing of our elderly friends. We believe our sunset years on earth is meant to manifest divine blessings, when one can achieve internal peace not of this world, but from eternity through our Lord Jesus.

*Please see Missionary to find out more what we do and ways to help.

關於死亡，我經歷了不同的心境。當面對死亡的時候，我相信我永遠不會感受到這是世界上最難過的時刻，相反，我明瞭天堂在望，我就更渴想天家。

Many of different cultures, religions and ages struggle to have peace. Some believe by abstaining from wants we attain a state of peace. Some by absorbing in passionate pursuits when one is lost in time, and hence free of anguish. Our faith in Christ allows us to face life as it is, that it comes and pass us by with triumph moments as well as regrets. We believe in God’s mercy. Our time on earth allow opportunities for us to face our wounds & brokenness and ultimately be healed and before our departures. Like Moses in the old testimony, it is possible to have a glimpse of the promised land during our life on earth when reconciliation are made, sins forgiven, broken relations mended. Enoch Society would want to provide spiritual support for the spiritual healing of our elderly friends. We believe our sunset years on earth is meant to manifest divine blessings, when one can achieve internal peace not of this world, but from eternity through our Lord Jesus.

*請參閱頁面- 使命 -以暸解燃協更多資訊和燃協的工作及支持燃協的途徑。

Eternal Hope

永恆盼望

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:1-6

One cannot live without hope of some kinds. It is however not enough for human to live just for surviving. Often we found that when the temporal hope of getting success, wealth and life comforts were reached, we are left in utter disillusion. Life felt fragmented with no focus or lasting meanings. The hope in the Lord gives those who believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ a hope that anchors in eternity. This eternal hope makes our earthy journey purposeful; it gives direction and fulfillment we are all going Home to our Heavenly Father! Our life on earth are story, it has its schemed beginning and the designated end. Our elderly are possible authors of the eternal hopes like those characters mentioned in the book of Hebrews. How our stories end speak of the present or the absent of an eternal hope that again bring messages to the next generations.

*Please see Missionary to find out more what we do and ways to help.

以諾因著信，被接去，不至於見死，人也找不著他，因為上帝已經把他接去了;只是他被接去以先，已經得了上帝喜悅他的明證。人非有信，就不能得上帝的喜悅;因為到上帝面前來的人必須信有上帝，且信他賞賜那尋求祂的人。--希伯來書11:5-6

One cannot live without hope of some kinds. It is however not enough for human to live just for surviving. Often we found that when the temporal hope of getting success, wealth and life comforts were reached, we are left in utter disillusion. Life felt fragmented with no focus or lasting meanings. The hope in the Lord gives those who believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ a hope that anchors in eternity. This eternal hope makes our earthy journey purposeful; it gives direction and fulfillment we are all going Home to our Heavenly Father! Our life on earth are story, it has its schemed beginning and the designated end. Our elderly are possible authors of the eternal hopes like those characters mentioned in the book of Hebrews. How our stories end speak of the present or the absent of an eternal hope that again bring messages to the next generations.

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Genuine Purpose

人生義意

“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Genesis 28:14-16

Some people depart life on earth at younger age. Some live a long biological life. We believe that even our hair is counted by God and we are wonderfully and fearfully made. We are our Heavenly Father beloved children. Our lives have purposes & meanings for His kingdom and glory. The fact that some of us live a ripe old age speaks of a unique calling and divine mission in one’s old age. In many encounters with older people, I am touched in the most unexpected way. Like strings of the violin, they play a beautiful symphony of life. I remember in a remote village in China, an elderly widow who lives on subsistent farming hosted us the overseas visitors a most splendid afternoon tea with roasted chestnuts and hot tea boiled made from an earthy stove. On another occasion, our volunteers made visit to some elderly friends in an improvised care facility in the countryside on a cold winter day. After help making dumplings, a resident in limping steps brought out a basin of hot water (from her hot water thermos) for us to wash our hands. Stories like this stay with us. They are like road signs. They touch us & keep pointing us to go on with our mission in reaching out to the isolated elderly. We are here to help each other and particularly our older friends to discover God’s calling where genuine purpose and fulfillment can be found in one’s old age years.

*Please see Missionary to find out more what we do and ways to help.

我也與你同在。你無論往那裡去，我必保佑你，頜你歸回這地，總不離棄你，直到我成全了向你所應許的。--創世記28:15

Some people depart life on earth at younger age. Some live a long biological life. We believe that even our hair is counted by God and we are wonderfully and fearfully made. We are our Heavenly Father beloved children. Our lives have purposes & meanings for His kingdom and glory. The fact that some of us live a ripe old age speaks of a unique calling and divine mission in one’s old age. In many encounters with older people, I am touched in the most unexpected way. Like strings of the violin, they play a beautiful symphony of life. I remember in a remote village in China, an elderly widow who lives on subsistent farming hosted us the overseas visitors a most splendid afternoon tea with roasted chestnuts and hot tea boiled made from an earthy stove. On another occasion, our volunteers made visit to some elderly friends in an improvised care facility in the countryside on a cold winter day. After help making dumplings, a resident in limping steps brought out a basin of hot water (from her hot water thermos) for us to wash our hands. Stories like this stay with us. They are like road signs. They touch us & keep pointing us to go on with our mission in reaching out to the isolated elderly. We are here to help each other and particularly our older friends to discover God’s calling where genuine purpose and fulfillment can be found in one’s old age years.

*請參閱頁面- 使命 -以暸解燃協更多資訊和燃協的工作及支持燃協的途徑。