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祂選擇馬槽

辛名-

祂選擇馬槽，
無枕首之地的貧窮。
祂選擇木匠的家，
看不中侯門富戶裡隱藏的骯髒。
祂選擇做一個亡國的小民，
也不等到有人權和法律保障的年代。
祂選擇被釘死在羞辱的十字架上，
放棄了做人的最基本尊嚴和生存權利；
卻向人宣告，祂就是道路、真理、生命。
難道祂沒有理想？
難道祂沒有公義？
我們不能明白，
因我們的路是爭，
世世代代的爭。
爭出大大小小的人生戰場，
爭出血流成河，爭出核戰的恐懼，
仍欲罷不能。
人彷彿著了魔咒，
被千年的錯誤套牢，
惟「義人必因信得生。」（羅馬書一17）

Where Shall I go?

I, The Lord of Sea and Sky.  I have heard my people cry

All who dwell in dark and sin, My hand will save

I, who made the stars of night.  I will make their darkness bright

Who will bear my light to them?  Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord, it is I Lord

I have heard You calling in the night

I will go Lord, if You lead me

            I will hold Your people in my heart

 I, the Lord of snow and rain.  I have borne My people’s pain

 I have wept for love of them.  They turn away
  
I will break their hearts of stone.  Give them hearts for love alone

I will speak my word to them.  Whom shall I send?

I, the Lord of wind and flame.  I will tend the poor and lame

I will set a feast for them.  My hand will save

Finest bread I will provide till their hearts are satisfied

I will give My life to them.  Whom shall I send?

梅姓来源

梅姓在中国并不是一个常见的姓氏，但也是中国较为古老的姓氏之一。在《百家姓》中排第145位，在当今中国姓氏排行第一百三十六位的姓氏，人口较多，约占全国汉族人口的百分之零点一。

梅姓源出有二：

1、出自子姓，为商汤后裔。据《通志·氏族略》和《唐书·宰相世系表》等所载，殷商时，君王太丁封其弟于梅（今安徽省亳州东南），为伯爵，世称梅伯。至商纣时，梅国国君梅伯为纣王所醢，后世子孙以封邑为氏。

2、出自他族所改。据《魏书》所载，汉时南蛮有梅姓；据《旧唐书》所载，北狄奚酋长有梅姓；清朝满洲人姓，世居沈阳；又，清满洲八旗姓梅佳氏后改为梅姓；清贵州贵阳府开州土司有梅姓；今满、土家、彝、蒙古、黎、东乡、锡伯等民族均有此姓。

得姓始祖：梅姓的源自3000多年前的商朝诸侯梅伯，有许许多多的考据资料可恁，譬如，《唐书宰相世系表》指出：“系出子姓，殷王太丁封弟于梅是为梅伯，后以国为氏”；另一项宋濂的《梅府君墓志铭》也更详细地指出：“梅本子姓，其先梅伯，为殷纣所废，周武王既伐纣，封伯诸孙黄梅，号曰忠侯，遂以梅为氏”。

梅伯——商朝末年直臣，纣王时在朝任卿士。他为人正直敢言，见纣王荒淫无道，几次冒颜进谏，纣王不纳。时有臣劝他，忠言逆耳，以免招来杀身 之祸，而梅伯却慷慨陈词：“文谏死，如果人人都不敢直言，朝廷还要我们这些大臣干什么？”他依然如故，凡遇纣王无道，即当庭指出，纣王忍无可忍，就把梅伯 杀了，还残忍地把梅伯的尸体剁成肉酱，梅伯因冒死直言，忠贞不屈而流芳千古。武王灭商后，封梅伯之裔于黄梅，号为忠侯，其后世子孙遂以祖先的封邑为氏，称 梅姓。他们尊梅伯为其得姓始祖。

繁衍播迁
梅姓发祥于今湖北黄梅一带，后不知什么原因，大批迁衍于河南汝南。根据《姓氏考略》的记载，早期的梅姓，主要是活跃在现在的河南省汝南县一带。先秦之后， 才渐有梅姓人散见于史册。秦有丹阳（治所在今安徽宣城）人梅姑，汉初有益阳（今属湖南）人梅，西汉中叶有南阳（今属河南）人梅免，新莽时有九江寿春（今安 徽寿县）人梅福。这些史实表明，秦汉之际，大多梅姓移居相对富庶的中原一带，其他梅姓则以黄梅为中心，呈放射状向四周扩散。魏晋南北朝时，梅姓在汝南郡繁 衍地尤为昌盛，并呈族大人众，枝繁叶茂之势，后逐渐发展成为梅姓历史上最重要的郡望——汝南郡。此际见诸史册之梅姓人依然不多，除上述汝南郡出了梅赜、梅 陶父子外，还有吴兴（今属浙江）人梅虫儿。可见在隋唐以前，梅姓已分布于今湖南、湖北、江苏、江西、安徽、浙江等江南广大地区。隋代末年，农民起义军四 起，加之杨广穷兵黩武，中原一带十室九空，汝南梅姓也在劫难逃，避居南方势在必行，其中有一支迁居四川。唐朝中后期，安史之乱加藩镇割据，阉宦专权，又加 唐朝所请的援兵回鹘烧杀掳掠，黄巢起义又紧随而来，社会激剧动荡，梅姓在南方分布更广，今广东一带也有了梅姓人定居。宋元之际，梅姓在江南各省繁衍昌盛， 尤其以安徽宣城为最，可谓人丁兴旺，名人辈出，并且此际梅姓已有人定居于甘肃。明初，梅姓作为明朝山西洪洞大槐树迁民姓氏之一，被分迁于河南、山东、河 北、江苏等地。明末清初，张献忠屠川，始有大批四川梅姓避居云南。清代以后，梅姓在全国分布更广，并有渡海赴台，侨居海外者。如今，梅姓在全国分布较广， 尤以云南、浙江、江西、安徽、江苏、河南多此姓，上述六省之梅姓约占全国汉族梅姓人口的百分之七十四。

郡望堂号
梅姓在长期的繁衍播迁过程中，形成的主要郡望有：汝南郡——汉置郡。治所在平舆，故城在今河南平舆北。辖境相当今安徽颍河、淮河之间。

4/9 of the semesters are done!

wow... unbelievable... it's been almost half way done for my seminary study... time pass real quick!  Too bad that I still don't think I've learned much so far... anyhow, I'm very happy that I've finally finished my homework for the first semester of my second year's M.Div program.  It was very busy this past semester, it seems like I didn't do anything special except focusing on homework and reading... sigh... what a life... I feel so sorry that I didn't spend much time to care about others this past semester which I've promised myself that I would.  I think it's a sign for me that I need to change my life pattern some how.      

Anyway, it's time to look forward now... first thing is... the trip that I've long for a long time... it'll come true this Sunday... I'm very excited that I'll go to Taiwan with one of my best friends here at ABS.  We'll visit my roommate first at Tainan, then we will take a trip to a beautiful place called KengDing in southern part of Tainan.  We will spend a week there... yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... it's time to relax after a long period of intensive and stressful life  yeah...after the trip, I still have a few weeks off for my term break... oh.. it seems like they're already full too... intensive but relax =P

By the way, another happy thing is that I've attended Spring & Joe's wedding last Sat... it was a beautiful day, and the bride was so pretty, and the groom also very handsome too...hehe... It was a very successful and beautiful wedding.  I'm very very happy for Spring and Joe... although they were so busy that I didn't have time to talk with them, the most important thing is that I could be there to witness the most important moment with them, and very happy to meet with so many Boston friends there too.  Here are some of the pictures I took on their wedding day...

這個星期非常的忙...... 現在非常的累...... 剛剛看了SOL的照片，見到大家就非常想念大家了，真希望自己也能在當中參與呢...