What Do You See First?
When you walk into a forest
what do you notice first?
What comes to mind?
We never look at the world without assumptions
Our experience, values, and faith
shape what we notice first
当你走进一片森林
你第一眼看到的是什么？
又会想到什么？
我们并不是毫无预设地看这个世界
经验、价值观和信仰
都会影响我们先注意到什么
你第一眼看见了什么？
就像你现在正在读这些文字
是因为你认识它们
一个不认识这些文字的人
来到同一个页面
可能首先看到的只是照片
You are reading these words now
because you can understand them
Someone who cannot read them
may come to the same page
and notice the image first
一个基督徒研究汉字时
也可能注意到一些别人不会马上想到的联系
一个字的意义、结构或历史
有时会让我们看见神在文化与历史中留下的
痕迹
这样的看见可以很有意义
也可能带来很深的个人领受
但它们并不能因此证明古人已经清楚认识上帝
也不能自动成为历史或考古证据
In the same way
a Christian studying Chinese characters
may notice connections that others might not immediately see
The meaning, structure, or history of a character
may sometimes reveal traces of God within culture
and history
These observations can be deeply meaningful
and may lead to personal spiritual insight
But they do not by themselves
prove that ancient people clearly knew God
nor do they automatically become
historical or archaeological evidence
Life, however
is not only about waiting for evidence
Faith is not built only after
everything has been proven
We cannot wait for complete certainty
before moving forward
But neither should we act
simply because we feel something strongly
可生活也不只是等待证据
信心更不是建立在所有问题都已经得到证明之后
我们不可能等到证据完全充分才前进
也不能只因为一种感觉就采取行动
What we can do is
keep discovering
keep discerning
and remind ourselves
that what we see is never the whole picture
我们所做的，是继续发现，保持分辨
也提醒自己：
我们看到的，永远不是全部