Psalm 109

1 My God, whom I praise,
    do not remain silent,
2 for people who are wicked and deceitful
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
3 With words of hatred they surround me;
    they attack me without cause.
4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.
5 They repay me evil for good,
    and hatred for my friendship.

6 Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty,
    and may his prayers condemn him.
8 May his days be few;
    may another take his place of leadership.
9 May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.
10 May his children be wandering beggars;
    may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,
    their names blotted out from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy and the brokenhearted.
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
18 He wore cursing as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,
    into his bones like oil.
19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil of me.

21 But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;
    out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I fade away like an evening shadow;
    I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees give way from fasting;
    my body is thin and gaunt.
25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
27 Let them know that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
28 While they curse, may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.

30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

幸福比面子重要

听到一位朋友结婚的消息，一连使我难过了好几天。可别误会是那种「新郎结婚，新娘不是我」的悲剧发生在我身上。事实上，我只是为一桩情缘的错过而深深遗憾。」

结婚的朋友是个聪慧、美丽而纤细的女孩，因此她恋爱时我们自然十分好奇，是何方君子能赢得她的芳心。

某日在一个燠热难当的午后，办公室里，几乎每个人都被盛夏的天气，热得晕头转向，惟独这位朋友却埋首专心地在做剪纸。

「这麽热的天气，妳怎麽静得下心来做这麽细的工作啊？」终於有人抛出了心中的疑问。

「这张剪纸是要送人的。」女孩的回答很短，说完，她又埋头专心工作，脸上依然充满著愉悦而恬适的笑容。她的神情，让我相信，她的确很在乎大洋彼岸的那个男孩。

两年以後，女孩结婚了，我们正要向她道贺，却发现她结婚的对象并不是当时的那位男友。

对现代人来说，婚前换过几个男、女朋友似乎并不值得大惊小怪，女孩的婚事之所以令我们觉得意外，主要是因为她处理感情的是一向慎重。

她常说她对爱情有「洁癖」，除非是志趣投合、相知相契，否则难以令她动心。

对於那名隔海千里的男子，我们都相信她是用整个生命去爱的。

但是，为什麽没有美满的结局呢？

我们相约在一个人不多、气氛极佳的咖啡店，见面时彼此只是默然。

我仔细端详者她，总觉得她似乎没有一般新娘子的喜气。

「其实我现在过得蛮好的，只是有时候想起来，会觉得有点遗憾。」

接著，她告诉我，有一回，国外的那个男孩回来，他们因为某事而争执，双方都在气头上说了重话，男孩愤然返美，两人从此未再联络。

「啊？就这样断啦！？」我觉得不可思议。

「我一直很在乎他，吵架以後仍然深深期盼跟他再联繫，但谁也不愿意先低头，所以就僵了半年多。」

听到这里，我已经觉得很著呀异，按捺不住想知道结局为何如此，我很直接地问：「他知道妳结婚了吗？」

她点点头，眼眶些许溼润，继续说道：「我们就这样失去联络，在我最落寞的时候，一位同事对我十分照顾，也给予我很大的支持，後来同事向我求婚，我很为难。最後，我要他给我一个月的时间考虑。」

「我，终於丢开了所谓的面子和矜持，寄了封长信把我对他的牵掛和目前的情况都告诉他，希望他赶快和我联络.......」

「难道他没有回音吗？!  还是他已经变了？」

朋友摇摇头，很无奈地！

「我的信寄到美国的时候，正好在耶诞节前学校停课，他去度假了，所以没接到我的信。我一直等，等不到音讯。一个月以後，就和同事结婚了。他回到学校看到信的那一天，刚好是我举行婚礼的日子。後来，他同学告诉我，他接到信後当场痛哭。」

唉！该怎麽说呢？这时，纵使再问世间情为何物，怕也只能以造化弄来解释。

她临走前，很恳切地留下一句话：「陈玲，我觉得幸福比面子重要。」

我们告别後，我没有马上离开咖啡厅，独自坐在窗前，我反覆咀嚼著她说的那句话：「幸福比面子重要！」

的确，我们往往因为太在意「谁先开口」、「谁先低头」等面子问题，错失了许多生命中的重要机缘，而等待的日子，也许是一天两天、一年两年，也或许是长长的一辈子。

与一辈子的等待，甚至是终生的遗憾相比，「面子」实在是算不得什麽。

如果，你衷心地想向某人说些什麽，或者，想为他做些什麽，却迟迟不敢付诸实行。

那麽，想想看，幸福与面子，何者重要？

大內秘事--低級

在古代英國亞瑟王，大法官非常仰慕王后美麗迷人的胸脯，但他知道猥褻王后的代价是死亡。他把自己的祕密告訴了亞瑟王的御醫。御醫答應幫他實現他的愿望，作為代价，大法官答應付給御醫一千金幣。

于是，御醫配制了一种癢癢水。一天，趁王后洗澡時，把癢癢水抹在了王后的胸罩上。王后穿上衣服后，感到胸脯奇癢難忍。亞瑟王急忙傳御醫給王后看病。御醫說這是一种怪病，要解癢，衹有用一個人的唾液，要讓這個人在王后的胸脯上舔四個小時。這個人便是大法官。

亞瑟王急傳大法官進宮為王后治病。御醫已經把解癢的葯放在了大法官的嘴里。于是，大法官終于實現了他長久以來的愿望，在王后美麗的胸脯上足足舔了四個小時。大法官過足了癮，王后的病也治好了。

大法官回到家里，御醫赶來向他索要報酬。大法官已經過了癮，而且知道御醫肯定不敢把事情的真相稟報國王，于是便想賴帳。御醫忿忿地离去，發誓要讓大法官付出代价。于是，他又配制了一些癢癢水。這天，他趁亞瑟王洗澡的時候，把癢癢水涂在了國王的內褲上。

第二天，亞瑟王又傳大法官進宮了...

Clinton Joke

by Bob Schlegel

After much arguing and deliberation, historians this week have come up with a phrase to describe the Clinton Era. It will be called: SEX BETWEEN THE BUSHES.

The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta announced that Clinton has proven that you can get sex from Aides.

Jennifer Flowers was asked if her relationship with Clinton was anything like Monica Lewinski's. She replied, "Close, but no cigar."

The FBI has coined a technical term for the stains found on Monica's dress: "Presidue."

Clinton now recruits interns from only four colleges: Moorhead, Oral Roberts, Ball State and Brigham Young.

Did you know that Clinton had asked to change the Democratic emblem from a donkey to a condom? It represents inflation, halts production, and gives you a false sense of security while you are being screwed.

Arkansas is very proud of Bill Clinton.  All these women coming forward, and not one is his sister!

Finally, Hillary Clinton recently went to a fortuneteller who intoned, "Prepare to become a widow. Your husband will soon suffer a violent death!"
Hillary took a deep breath and asked, "Will I be acquitted?"

Bush & Powell Joke

Bush and Powell are sitting in a bar.
A guy walks in and asks the barman, "Isn't that Bush and Powell?"
The barman says, "Yep, that's them."

So the guy walks over and says, "Hello, what are you guys doing?"
And Bush says, "We're planning world war"
And the guy says, "Really? What's going to happen?"
And Bush says, "Well, we're going to kill 10 million Afghans and one bicycle repairman."
And the guy exclaimed, "Why are you gonna kill a bicycle repairman?!!!"

So Bush turns to Powell and says, "See, I told you no one would worry about the 10 million Afghans!"

Two Tough Questions

Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis; would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before scrolling down to the answer of this one.

Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:

Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.

Candidate C: He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

Decide first, no peeking, then scroll down for the answer.

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Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt
Candidate B is Winston Churchill
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler

And by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone.

心情與選擇

心情不是人生的全部，卻能左右人生的全部。
 
你的選擇，就是你的世界；你的世界，就是你的選擇。人生充滿選擇，所以人生充滿變數。關鍵的選擇決定一生，細小的選擇影響心情。不要抱怨，抱怨就是一種選擇；要努力改變，這才是正確的選擇。過去的選擇造就了現在，現在的選擇決定未來。無論怎樣，學會積極吸收正能量，這是關乎一生的選擇。
 
在做人上，精明不敵氣度；
在做事上，速度不敵精度；
在交友上，較真不敵大度；
在賺錢上，無度不敵適度；
在工作上，能力不敵態度；
在知識上，廣博不敵深度；
在思想上，敏銳不敵高度；
在成事上，才華不敵韌度；
在氣質上，外貌不敵風度；

很多人失去了某種重要的東西，都會在在心裡留下陰影。實際上，與其為失去的而懊惱，不如正視現實，換一個角度去想問題：也許你失去的，正是他人應該得到的
有時，失去不一定是憂傷，而是成為一種美麗。失去不一定是損失，也可能是奉獻。只要我們抱著這樣積極樂觀的心態，失去也會變的有意義、有價值！

一個人雖然可以選擇許多路，但不能同時走兩條路。
一步登不上高山，但一步不慎，卻能從懸崖上掉下來。
向昨天要經驗，向今天要成果，向明天要動力。
寧肯與好人一起咽糟糠，也不能與壞人一起吃筵席。
人生道路上的每一個里程碑，都刻著兩個字“起點”。