Happy Valentine Day

A friend sent an early 'Valentine' to see if it will make it around the world by Feb. 14th.

For God so lo V ed the world,
That He g A ve
his on L y
Begott E n
So N
T hat whosoever
Believeth I n Him
Should N ot perish,
But have E verlasting life.'

John 3:16

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一生中最重要的人

事情發生在美國的一所大學。
在快下課時教授對同學們說?'我和大家做個遊戲，誰願意配合我一下。'
一女生走上台來。
教授說?'請在黑板上寫下你難以割捨的二十個人的名字。'
女生照做了。有她的鄰居、朋友以、親人等等。
教授說 ?'請你劃掉一個這裏面你認為最不重要的人。'
女生劃掉了一個她鄰居的名字。
教授又說?' 請你再劃掉一個。'
女生又劃掉了一個她的同事。
教授再說?'請你再劃掉一個。 '
一生中最重要的人
女生又劃掉了一個。 .....
最後，黑板上只剩下了三個人，她的父母、丈夫和孩子。
教室非常安靜，同學們靜靜的看著教授，感覺這似乎已不再是一個遊戲了。
教授平靜的說 ?'請再劃掉一個。'
女生遲疑著，艱難的做著選擇.....
她舉起粉筆，劃掉了父母的名字。
'請再劃掉一個。' 身邊又傳來了教授的聲音。
她驚呆了，顫巍巍地舉起粉筆緩慢而堅決的又劃掉了兒子的名字。
緊接著，她哇的一聲哭了，樣子非常痛苦。
教授等她平靜了一下，問道?'和你最親的人應該是你的父母和你的孩子，因為父母是養育的人，孩子是你親生的，而丈夫是可以重新再尋找的，為什麼丈夫反倒是你最難割捨的人呢？ '
同學們靜靜地看著她，等待著她的回答。


女生平靜而又緩慢地說道?'隨著時間的推移，父母會先我而去，孩子長大成人後肯定也會離我而去，真正陪伴我度過一生的只有 我的丈夫

A Valentine Prayer

I pray you have
All the love you need and want

Whether it be the romantic kind
The kind we know comes and goes
Sometimes ebbs & flows
Burning in newness
But hopefully simmering into
A lasting comfort
As it ages over time

Or the love of family
The warmth of blood
Of the bonds of kinship
Of belonging
With those whom you travel life
From the dawn of birth
To the dusk of death

Or the love of friends
That caring of people
With whom you choose
To spend your days
For they voluntarily love you
Just for being
Exactly who you are

And the love of God
Our blessed Creator
Who will love you
His unique creation,
Unconditionally love you,
Warts, quirks and all,
Every single minute of your life.

While the other loves
May let you down
May pass you by
Know that you are
God's Valentine
And His heart is yours
On Valentine's Day
And every other day
Of your never-unloved life.

Prayer for those growing older

Lord, You know that I am growing older.

Keep me from becoming talkative and possessed
with the idea that I must express myself
on every subject.

Release me from the craving to straighten out
everyone’s affairs.

Keep me from the recital of endless detail.
Give me wings to get to the point.

Seal my lips when I am inclined to tell of my
aches and pains. They are increasing with
the years and my love to speak of them
grows sweeter as time goes by.

Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally
I may be wrong.

Make me thoughtful but not nosey;
helpful but not bossy.

With my vast store of wisdom and experience it
does seem a pity not to use it all. But You know,
Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.

LOVE FOUND A WAY

Wonderful love that rescued me, sunk deep in sin,
Guilty and vile as I could be--no hope within;
When every ray of light had fled, O glorious day!
Raising my soul from out the dead, love found a way.

Love found a way, to redeem my soul,
Love found a way, that could make me whole.
Love sent my Lord to the cross of shame,
Love found a way, O praise His holy Name!

Love brought my Savior here to die on Calvary,
For such a sinful wretch as I, how can it be?
Love bridged the gulf 'twixt me and heaven, taught me to pray,
I am redeemed, set free, forgiven, love found a way.


Love found a way, to redeem my soul,
Love found a way, that could make me whole.
Love sent my Lord to the cross of shame,
Love found a way, O praise His holy Name!


Love opened wide the gates of light to heaven's domain,
Where in eternal power and might Jesus shall reign.
Love lifted me from depths of woe to endless day,
There was no help in earth below; love found a way.

Love found a way, to redeem my soul,
Love found a way, that could make me whole.
Love sent my Lord to the cross of shame,
Love found a way, O praise His holy Name!

St. Bernadett Body after 122 years.


This one of the 200+ miracle facts of incorruptible bodies can only be trace to most of the declared saints of the Roman Catholic Church.





'Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.' Psalm 37:4




Body after 122 years.!!!

These are the pictures of St.Bernadette who died 122 years
ago in Lourdes , France and was buried; her body was only discovered 30 years ago. After church officials decided to examine it they discovered Her body is still fresh until today and if you ever go to Lourdes , France you can see in the church in Lourdes .. Her body isn't decomposing because during her lifetime, the mother of Jesus would always appear to her and give messages and advice to all mankind on the right way to live on this earth. Many miracles have taken place in this place of Lourdes an still do until today.

These pictures show her body after 122 years.!!!

touching story

送給我所有已婚及未婚的朋友們
心打開，才會遇見對的人
拿掉他所有條件，你還願意跟他，就表示他是值得你愛的人。

陳月卿
星座：巨蟹座
婚姻：已婚，婚齡19年
資歷：前華視新聞主播，曾經主持《華視新聞雜誌》《天涯若比鄰》《放眼看天下》等節目，得過五座金鐘獎。
著作：《全食物密碼》《全食物再發現》
現職：作家、電視節目主持人、婦女救援基金會董事、新健康飲食推廣義工


「我們到桃源街吃晚飯，飯後散步到中山堂附近，坐在人行椅上，他會靠在我的肩膀上休息，」陳月卿柔柔地說著，她和夫婿──國安局秘書長蘇起的生活點滴。

明年是他們步上紅毯後的第二十個年頭，由陳月卿來回答「如何嫁對老公」，最適合不過了。

嫁對人很重要，經營婚姻更重要

蘇起是否符合陳月卿心目中白馬王子的條件呢？「我從不去想會嫁什麼樣的人，緣分到了，自然就會出現。重要的是選擇妳所愛，愛妳所選擇的。」

她認為找到好老公很難，每個人的好都不一樣，要選合適的人才重要。她引述作家羅蘭的話：「婚姻就像鞋，有的明明是雙好鞋，可是會打腳。穿上去舒不舒服才是重點。」

「嫁對人很重要，經營婚姻更重要，」一位是衝鋒陷陣的新聞工作者，一位是服膺「定、靜、安、慮、得」儒家思想的官員、學者，他們的家庭生活是什麼光景？

一九八七年，陳月卿和蘇起因相親而認識，兩年後結婚，這次婚姻是兩人的第二春。當時也有人介紹其他異性朋友，而陳月卿情歸蘇起，是因兩人有相同的價值觀、興趣，同樣都是政大畢業、外省第二代的背景，更重要的是，「我們聊得來，很能溝通。」

吵架三原則不可犯，夫妻謹守底線

她為自己找到可以談心的對象而高興，她的老師卻潑她冷水，「男人結了婚就會變的，」陳月卿信誓旦旦地說，「蘇起不一樣，他不會變。」

婚後，他們就和一般夫妻一樣進入磨合期，「誰該倒垃圾、誰該洗碗、我也上班，為何我做比較多，」這樣的問題常常出現。

不出老師所料，他們也不溝通了，蘇起認為該說的話在婚前都說完了，「沒問題就不用溝通，『我愛妳』說多了就不值錢，」陳月卿卻認為「不溝通就會有問題，而且愛要說出來，我才知道你在想什麼啊。」

後來陳月卿發現，蘇起不說甜言蜜語，並不是不愛她，而是他認為說出口的話都是承諾，不可隨便說說。

他們約法三章，吵架有三原則不可犯：不能掛電話、不能摔盤子、不能說離婚。結婚以來，不管吵得多兇，他們謹守這條底線。不過，通常是蘇起冷靜的離開吵架現場。

蘇起誠心讚美，陳月卿甘心下廚

「我的居家本性是被蘇起誘發的，」雖然陳月卿的星座是以居家著稱的巨蟹座。

蘇起喜歡待在家裡，堅持在家吃飯。交往時，蘇起曾經問她：「會不會做飯？」陳月卿回他：「聰明的人學什麼都快。」

婚後第二天，蘇起「示範」了一桌好菜，讓陳月卿感受在家吃飯的溫暖，「不過，他就做那麼一次，」她笑著說如何被哄下廚，而且是心甘情願，因為不管她煮得如何，即使半生不熟、味道不對，蘇起都是面帶微笑吃下去，然後說「在家吃飯最幸福了」。

蘇起告訴陳月卿最希望回家時有一盞燈是亮的。結果點那盞燈的人經常是蘇起，等著晚歸的陳月卿回家，「有人點燈等我回家，感覺好好。」從此她喜歡往外跑的個性漸漸收斂。

「不要怕付出，不要以為下一個男人會更好，」這是陳月卿的婚姻經營之道，「要常常讚美另一半，」就像她無論做什麼，蘇起永遠給予讚美。即使不做飯上館子吃飯，也會稱讚她很會點菜。早上起床還沒刷牙、洗臉，蘇起會讚美她，「老婆，妳好迷人。」

婚姻只有雙輸或雙贏，不可能單方勝利

夫妻之間要彼此尊重。陳月卿說，如果要請老公做事，不要用命令的口氣。她以自己為例，有一天，她告訴蘇起，「我好喜歡接送小孩，在車上和小孩獨處時，我們講好多好多話喔。」結果隔天，蘇起早早起床，他說要送小孩上學。
信任是婚姻的基石。蘇起給陳月卿最大的信任和安全感。他們每天會定時通電話，有了孩子以後，還是會營造兩人世界，一個月約會一次。

夫妻角色也會因狀況而調整。當陳月卿忙著出書、演講，蘇起對她說：「我會好好照顧家庭的。」而當蘇起入閣忙於公事，她就會擔起大部份家事，讓他無後顧之憂。

在這段婚姻，蘇起的最大貢獻，就是讓她愛上運動、喜歡居家生活，改變急躁的脾氣，腳步開始放慢，生命不再只是工作而已。有時候，陳月卿在家用新聞人急迫的口氣說話時，蘇起會提醒她，不要把工作情緒帶回家。「把我安定下來，是他最大成就。」

她的豁達、開朗是從蘇起身上學到的。「我看到他真誠的一面，他的言行都符合佛家思想，原來佛家所說的是行得通的，」雖然蘇起不是佛教徒，陳月卿卻因他而信佛。

難怪，眼前這位曾經拿過五座金鐘獎，訪問過無數名人的昔日華視當家主播，眼神不見犀利，只有溫柔與詳和。

而個性內斂的蘇起，在陳月卿「調教」之下，現在每天都要和家人親親抱抱，而且是用力擁抱，他要讓家人感受到他的愛。

「婚姻應該是1加1大於2，讓雙方變更好，在婚姻裡只有雙輸或雙贏，不可能單方勝利的。」這是陳月卿的肺腑之言，因為她的幸福得來不易。

蘇起罹患肝癌，陳月卿人生大轉彎

時間要回到一九九一年五月。當時兩年的婚姻磨合期加上流產的打擊，陳月卿到美國短期進修時，開始思索婚姻的意義。然而蘇起的一通越洋電話，打亂了她的行程，自稱患有「工作上癮症」的陳月卿，人生順位重新排序。

「我得到肝癌，」電話那頭蘇起的語氣平靜，也叫陳月卿不必趕回家，繼續完成行程，「他是體貼我才這麼說的」。

為了確定病情，她打電話回台灣問醫生，「肝臟上的腫瘤很少是良性的，」聽到醫生的回答，她當下決定回台，放棄到美國哥倫比亞廣播公司「六十分鐘」節目、CNN實習，為工作生涯加分的大好機會。

在紐約機場，她和送行同伴相擁而泣，為了蘇起的病，也為了人生這個突然出現的轉彎。

天天喝精力湯，拾回全家人健康

陳月卿回台後，辭去忙碌的電視節目製作人工作，以家庭為重，展開夫妻倆的抗癌大作戰。為了養生抗癌，她開始發揮新聞工作者的精神，研讀國內外健康飲食書籍，也當起神農，嘗試各種飲食方法。

《食物是最好的醫藥》一書是她的聖經，她相信「食物就是你的藥，藥物並不能帶來健康，心靈喜悅會帶來身體的健康……」而《用營養擊退癌症》一書裡所提的「全果汁」營養概念，讓她從此埋頭研究「精力湯」。

妳會常常在電視上看到陳月卿賣力介紹精力湯，那是他們全家人每天飲用的聖品，讓蘇起的肝癌不再復發，連原本是藥罐子的她，做身體檢查時，醫生都告訴她，腸胃漂亮得像嬰兒。那麼好的東西，當然要告訴更多人。

從電視主播，變成養生達人

人生的每個轉彎，都是新的起點。她感謝二○○四年逼她離開工作崗位的人，因為他們的逼退，陳月卿才能擁有現在的一片天。

二○○五年及二○○七年，她集結自身的體驗，出版兩本養生暢銷書，從主播變成養生達人。

在二○○五年的新書發表會上，蘇起上台致詞感謝妻子為他所付出的一切時大哭，令在場人士為之動容。「假如她生病的話，我恐怕沒有辦法花那麼多力氣來照顧她，她的事業也在高峰啊，說放開就放開。」

一心只想生孩子，讓蘇起有求生意志

樂觀的陳月卿，從沒想過會失去蘇起，只想到如何讓他活下去。除了改變飲食，在蘇起還沒度過肝癌復發危險期，一九九四年，她生女兒，一九九七年，她生兒子，「我一心只想生個孩子，讓我先生有求生意志。」

如果妳聽到有人在丈夫罹癌後，不離不棄，還生下兩個孩子，只為了激起他的求生意志，這是笨女人，還是真愛？

人有時候好像必須藉由老天給的考驗，才知愛的深度。曾在紐約思索婚姻意義的陳月卿，原來愛蘇起如此深。「當你拿掉他所有條件，你還願意跟他，就表示他是值得你愛的人。」

該如何像陳月卿覓得良緣、嫁對的人呢？「心打開，才會遇見對的人；選合適的人，不是最好的人；女性要獨立，無論是情緒上還是經濟上，自己的喜怒不要依附在別人身上，不要因為對方沒讚美妳就生氣；要有能力付出，不能只是一味要求；給自己一個角落，也給別人空間；不要想改變別人，不要以為婚後他會為妳改變……」陳月卿不吝惜地告訴大家她的秘訣。

採訪尾聲，問她蘇起是什麼類型的老公？「他EQ高，有智慧，成熟穩健，有愛心，有責任感，孝順顧家，具有專業、人文素養……」陳月卿的答案多到超出選擇範圍，看她談到蘇起時的眼神，你會以為她是熱戀或新婚的女人。

誰說婚姻是戀愛的墳墓呢？

Let us have a laugh

An elderly gentleman...
Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%

The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.

I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'



Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim says, ' I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'



An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love?
You know... The one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'


Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
' I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.'



Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.

Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure.'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so's not to forget it?'
He says, ' I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries..'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, ' I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes,
The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast ?'



A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Naw, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
' I don't know.'
'Why in the world do you want to marry her then ?'
'Because she can still drive!'




Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'
Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a soda.'



A man was telling his neighbor, ' I just bought a new hearing aid. It costs me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty.'



Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, ' I didn't say that. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'


One more. . .!


A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'

Like those?

Now, before you 'forget', send them on to some other folks you know who could use a good laff