在假期的最後一天
   在圖書館中遇到Alister McGrath寫的J I Packer的傳記
   才看了一小部份
   但已深深看到許多的塞翁失馬

   背後有神的深意在其中
   
   七歲的Packer
   剛上學就被同學欺凌
   結果被追到街上
   被恰好經過的麵包車撞倒
   以致直到讀大學前都要帶着保護頭部的東西
   但這也令他不用服兵役
   讓他可以安心讀書
   完成學業
   
   我剛讀到他信主的經歷
   本來在宿舍中悠閒地讀着的我
   也忍不住跑回辦公室
   把文字節錄送給遠方一位未信主的朋友
   
   是Alister McGrath寫的To Know and Serve God
   其中頁17至18寫到Packer在牛津大學讀書時信主的經歷
   
   The meeting began at 8.15 p.m. Its high point was a sermon preached by
   the Revd Earl Langston, an elderly Church of England parson from the
   south-coast resort of Weymouth. The first half of his sermon ( which was preached in a
   rather ponderous manner) left Packer unmoved. But the second half
   spoke to him deeply. During the next twenty minutes, Langston told his
   audience of his own conversion, which took place at a boy's camp.
   There had been some minor thefts from the camp, and some of the boys
   and leaders had stayed up all night to ensure there were no further
   losses. He told of how he had been on this 'night watch' at the camp,
   and had been challenged by one of the camp leaders as to whether he
   was a Christian or not. It was this challenge which forced him to the
   recognition that he was not, as a matter of fact, a Christian, and
   thus led on to his personal response to Christ. He told his audience
   of how he had then written to his parents and told them of this
   momentous decision.
   
   During this narrative, Packer suddenly- and traumatically, as he
   recalls-realized that he was not a Christian. Though not a person
   given to thinking in images, he found a picture arising from within
   his mind. The picture was that of someone looking from outside through
   a window into a room where some people were having a party. Inside the
   room, people were enjoying themselves by playing games. The person
   outside could understand the games that they were playing. He knew the
   rules of the games. But he was outsider; they were inside. He needed
   to come in. He had never come in. His mind focused on the thoughts:' I
   need to come in.'
   
   是的，我們會否也是那位站在窗外
   深知遊戲的規矩
   但只是一個旁觀者
   無法享受箇中的喜悅呢
   
   我想起了那位朋友
   他也知道許多有關基督教的知識
   但卻沒有come in
   
   但願
   一個人的故事
   可以改變另一個人
   而其中
   我想也寫着神的心意