按：這也是在舊檔案中找到的，如果有寄出，應該是透過line與中生牧師分享的，只是連這也不可考了。
中生哥：
主日信息分享後，我發覺我跟小鴿子之間有一種更深的感情連結。他親我暱我如故，但我變得更加喜歡與他親暱：我喜歡看著他沉睡，喜歡聽他玩耍時發自內心的笑聲，喜歡他當我忙時，湊過來只為確定我人在哪裡……我覺得我內心這樣的柔軟好像一個媽媽，不像爸爸。
從小就聽過一句話：「上帝不能照顧每一個人，所以創造了母親。」當然，這話是為了頌揚母愛，無可非議，但我從信仰去省思這句話，我卻有了這樣的體悟：「上帝不能與罪妥協，所以讓人生養孩子。」每個誕生的嬰孩，純真可愛，不正是亞當夏娃受造的本相嗎？面對嬰孩，人總能發自內心地去愛著。隨著年紀漸長，孩子漸漸獨立了，不再順從父母的意志，這不正是人犯罪後的寫照嗎？看著孩子犯了錯，父母會傷心，但面對的態度不是毀掉他，而是繼續愛他，希望他悔改。中生哥，原來神要我們當父母，其實是要去經歷、去感受祂是如何愛我們的！所以明明罪的代價就是死，神卻給人「生養眾多」的祝福，因為生養孩子的過程，就是重建與神關係的過程！
為著神所安排的一切，我感謝神；照顧小鴿子，是神給我的祝福，是我的幸福。
Note: I found this in an old file as well. If I sent it out before, it was probably through LINE to Pastor Zhong-Sheng, though I can’t even verify that now.
Brother Zhong-Sheng,
After sharing the Sunday message, I realized that there is now a deeper emotional bond between me and Jabez. He kisses me and clings to me as always, but I’ve become even more delighted to be close to him: I love watching him sleep, I love hearing the genuine laughter that comes from his play, and I love how, whenever I’m busy, he comes near me just to make sure he knows where I am… This tenderness I feel inside seems more like a mother’s heart than a father’s.
Since childhood, I’ve heard the saying: “God could not take care of everyone, so He created mothers.” It’s of course meant to praise a mother’s love, which is fine. But when I reflect on it through faith, I’ve come to a different understanding: “God cannot compromise with sin, so He gave people children to raise.”
Every newborn—pure and adorable—reflects the original nature of Adam and Eve as they were created. Facing an infant, we naturally love from the heart. As children grow older and more independent, no longer obedient to their parents’ will, isn’t that a picture of humanity after the Fall? When children do wrong, parents feel sorrow, but they don’t destroy their child—they continue loving them and hope they will repent.
Brother Zhong-Sheng, I now see that God gives us children so that we may experience and feel how He loves us! Though the wages of sin is death, God still blessed humanity with “be fruitful and multiply” because the process of raising children is the process of restoring our relationship with Him.
For everything God has arranged, I give thanks.
Caring for Jabez is the blessing God has given me—my happiness.
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