How Faith in the Divine Has an Effect 對神的信仰是有作用的

Dear friend,

親愛的朋友：

We have reached 100 subscriptions!!!! This truly is a cause for celebration! I would like to take this festive opportunity to publish our first article.

我們已經達到了100個訂閱者了!!! 這確實是一個值得慶祝的理由！我想利用這個節日的機會，發表我們的第一篇文章。

As a visitor to our channel “古典音樂小站 - Classical Music and Nature” you may have seen wandering clouds, growing shadows, moving sun rays, or disappearing fog while listening to our classical music videos. Capturing these images takes patience to allow the cameras to do their work without moving them, even if the environment or the changes aren’t that grand.

作為我們古典音樂小站 - Classical Music and Nature頻道的訪問者，你可能在聽我們的古典音樂視頻時看到過遊蕩的雲朵、移動的太陽光線，陰影，或消失的霧氣。捕捉這些圖像需要耐心，讓相機在不被移動的情況下完成它們的工作，即使有時拍攝環境並不理想，風景的變化也不那麼壯觀。

While we are near our cameras, it’s important to be as quiet as possible so as to not be captured by our sensitive recording devices. During this time my thoughts began to wander, as the clouds did.

當我們靠近相機時，必須盡可能地安靜，以免被我們敏感的記錄設備捕捉到。在這段時間裡，我的思緒開始徘徊，就像雲朵一樣。

Here is where one of my thought journeys led me:

下面是我的一次思想之旅：

He who firmly believes in the divine feels protected, guided, led, and accepted as he is. For the Creator has created everything in this way and is there for him, protecting and guiding him. As history develops according to the arrangement of the divine, he who believes will not become nervous when he does not understand why history develops in a certain way. Sorrow and anxiety will be unable to enter his life.

堅信神的人感到受到保護、指導、引領，並接受他自己。因為造物主就是這樣創造了一切，並在他的身邊保護他，引導他。當歷史按照神的安排展開時，信神的人即使不明白為什麼歷史會以某種方式發展，也不會變得緊張。悲傷和焦慮將無法進入他的生活。

He who does not believe in the divine has -- in his opinion -- no one to protect him, so he has to protect himself. No one to arrange his life for him, so he has to do it himself, so he will do anything for his career, for money, and for fame. Eventually, egoism will become his religion. As he has no one to guide him, he will have to bend everything himself so that it is "good". He will snatch things from others out of fear of survival because he cannot assume he will be given what he needs. Envy and jealousy will gnaw at his heart, as he can’t trust. How would he be able to trust that he will be given what he needs if he thinks that there is no divine force looking after him? Inevitably, he will live in constant struggle, in self-protection, in the pursuit of power and fame. It would be a terribly strenuous life.

不相信神的人，他會認為，沒有人會保護他，所以他必須保護自己。沒有人替他安排生活，所以他必須自己做，所以他將為事業、為金錢、為名聲做任何事。最終，利己主義將成為他的宗教。由於他沒有人指導他，他將會為了得到想要的而不擇手段。出於對生存的恐懼，他將從別人那裡搶奪東西，因為他不認為自己會得到自己需要的東西。羨慕和嫉妒會啃噬他的心，因為他無法信任。如果他認為沒有神聖的力量在照顧他，他怎麼能相信他會得到他需要的東西呢？不可避免地，他將生活在不斷的鬥爭中，生活在自我保護中，生活在追求權力和名利中。這將是一種非常艱苦的生活。

Whereas the one who knows that the Creator has arranged everything for him can follow his mission in peace. He will have everything he needs in his life. It will be much easier for the one who believes in the divine to have a calm heart and clear thoughts in these troubled times. It is literally a question of belief!

而知道造物主已為他安排好一切的人，可以安然地履行他的使命。他的生活中會有他所需要的一切。在這個混亂的時代，相信神的人更容易擁有一顆平靜的心和清晰的思想。這就是一個信仰的問題！

Can you imagine how different their lives will be?

你能想像他們的生活會有多麼不同嗎？

These thoughts helped me enormously in maintaining inner peace. It is not always there, but now I know what I lack when I am restless.

這些想法對我保持內心平靜有很大幫助。它並不總是在那裡，但現在我知道，當我煩躁不安時，我缺少什麼。

From the bottom of my heart, I wish you all a happy Advent season.

我從心底里祝愿大家有一個快樂的，慶祝神的降臨的季節。

Yours sincerely,

您真誠的，

Your friends from

古典音樂小站 - Classical Music and Nature

Switzerland, Beginning of December 2022