然後偶遇這首歌,
有心頭一震的感覺。
(對上一次,
是聽mayday的「我不是真正的快樂」了)
這個是原唱Joan Osborne的版本。
One of Us - Joan Osborne
If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
*And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?*
If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see if, seeing meant
That you would have to believe in things like heaven
And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?
(repeat *, *)
Back up to heaven all alone
No, nobody calling on the phone
No, just tryin' to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
*And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?*
If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see if, seeing meant
That you would have to believe in things like heaven
And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?
(repeat *, *)
Back up to heaven all alone
No, nobody calling on the phone
No, just tryin' to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome
這首歌在1995年推出,
在當年紅得很。
今天聽起來,還是很有啟發性。
有人說Osborne本身是天主教徒,
卻唱出一首質疑信仰,
質疑上帝的神聖地位的歌曲,
很奇怪。
我聽下來卻覺得,與其說這首歌是質疑上帝本身,
不如說是質疑基督徒本身的生命裏是否有上帝,
而他們又期待上帝能帶給他們怎樣的生活形態。
想起有天晚上跟J姊妹吃晚飯,
討論起見證分享。
她說,在教會聽到的見證,
只是人把許多事情硬塞給神。
「事情發生的過程裏,
其實並沒有意識要讓神參與其中。
只是事情發展順利,
就硬把神拉進去,
說一兩句感恩就是了。
就好像,大家一起做一個project,
你自己由頭做到尾,
從來無考慮過神,
只是做完才加上祂的名字。」
yeah yeah yeah, God is great.
yeah yeah yeah, God is good.
你的生活很順風順水,
你的神真好--幾乎任你擺佈。
一個個happily ever after的故事,
雖然沒有明文規定,
但似乎只有已經得着、已經合心意、已經有好結果的東西,
才算是見證,
才配得在講壇上分享。
神是有權能的,
是有能力的,
祂的見證怎可能是「失敗」的故事?
所以,我們想像不到,
好像歌詞裏所說,
神與祂的信徒一樣,都在掙扎。
似乎,神只屬於成功者。
我不相信是如此。
沒錯,上帝是神聖和大能的,
這是不容置疑的。
然而,若我們過於強調祂的神聖,
把祂困在那個遙不可及、高高在上的寶座上,
反而令自己與祂的距離越來越遠。
祂成為被鎖在教會裏的神,
給我們定期告解、認罪、敬拜和感恩。
祂是被動的,只用來滿足我們的宗教需求。
只要一離開教會,
我們一團糟的生活還只是我們的。
我們知道祂神聖的名字,
卻不懂呼求祂。
在工作、在感情、在生活的困局裏,
我們還是只相信自己;
待自己把事情弄好了,
變成一個完美結局,
才把祂拉進來。
也許這才是真正限制神的大能,
和摧毀祂神聖地位的mindset。
事後的「感謝神」,
只是一句無意義的咒語。
神蹟不需要是個賺人熱淚的dramatic change,
見證更不是童話。
它們是signs,一些記認,
是生活裏留下的痕跡--痕跡多是在掙扎裏留下的。
我感恩,God is one of us。
祂就在我們中間。
縱然我是個沒出息的糊塗蟲,
祂仍在;
縱然我在生活裏艱難地前行,
甚至質疑祂的工作,
祂仍在。
這不是低估祂的能力,
只是說明祂與人同行的決心。
祂的道成肉身,
已証明祂是一個最down-to-earth的神。
問題只是,我們是否願意,
無論在任何處境,
仍堅持與祂接觸,
問祂問題,
與祂對話。
我們是否願意坦白,
承認自己的生活本來就一團糟,
然後放開手,讓神與我們一同在這令人失望的現實裏,
一起有血有肉的掙扎。
「他 誠 然 擔 當 我 們 的 憂 患 , 背 負 我 們 的 痛 苦。」
(以賽亞書53:4)
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