明州白東穎 獲全國擊劍賽分組冠軍

2015年從台灣移居明尼蘇達州的白東穎,日前在美國擊劍(USA Fencing)協會於肯塔基州(Louisville)舉辦的的全國比賽中,獲得男子40歲到49歲分齡組中(Veteran-40 Men’s foil)奪冠。

白東穎在該分組賽事中,取得與加拿大選手爭奪冠亞軍資格,最終他以10比5拿下金牌。

白東穎說,擊劍賽是高張力的比賽,選手心理狀態需要非常穩定,否則只要心中有一點害怕打不到對手,就無法得分,因此比賽中他全心專注做到自己想做到的動作,並盡情享受賽事而有最好表現。

白東穎表示,他參加擊劍賽是為了自我挑戰,並與他人切磋求進步的方式。高中時他就喜歡打籃球與跑步,在台灣念基隆海洋大學電機系期間,受前台北體專手球國手母親楊如曼鼓勵選擇投入一項體育活動,而加入了大學擊劍校隊,開啟他的擊劍訓練生涯。他曾獲選為台北市擊劍代表隊,退伍後考上海洋大學電機所讀書,堅持一邊求學一邊參加擊劍賽。

白東穎說,在大學時參加擊劍賽會很緊張、得失心重,但透過不斷練習,自己個性變得更堅毅,即便輸了比賽,也能克服挫折不放棄。

另外,他透過到不同地方參賽,認識了許多來自各地的人,經年累月下來培養出更成熟個性,並因此成為擊劍教練,將寶貴經驗傳授給年輕學生。

他常鼓勵學生,不要只練習自己喜歡或擅長的動作,也要多練習其他不同的招式,並跟著教練多學,多累積比賽經驗。他希望將來能繼續努力推廣擊劍運動,今年1月份開始,他也在明尼蘇達大學擔任體育課擊劍教授。

白東穎的父親白銘鎮也畢業於台北體專,常鼓勵他做對的事,至於什麼是對或錯?父母讓他從師長的建議及社會價值觀中去思考與體會。

白東穎開朗表示,決定沒有對或錯,而是有無進步的空間,並從這些決定中學習成長,他的座右銘是享受當下,把自己能做的做到最好。

他接著將參加4月及7月的全美擊劍比賽,白東穎期許再度戴著貼有中華民國國旗擊劍面罩,站上決賽及頒獎台。白東穎1月的冠亞軍賽事影片,可上網觀看:reurl.cc/nZKX32。

Royal family

I live as God’s royal family,

Shine His glory in the kingdom of Spirit.

As I humble self like Jesus Christ on earth,

The worldly standard doesn’t apply to my success,

For I bow down to God alone,

So I live with godly nature and dignity,

That transcends me above all human bondage.

Out of love to God,

I worship Him and respond in joy in His presence.

No matter if I hear Him or not,

I know through faith that He is with me,

And hems me in before and behind,

And His Spirit always dwells in me,

So I may sing His praise with His breath in me.

move mountains

Pray for anything, big or small,

With given faith as a channel.

God’s power flows through to accomplish.

Not because of the power of our prayer,

But due to the power of the great God,

Who moves anything under His reign.

(Matthew 21:22)

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Father God, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit,

You are amazing,

To set me free to live,

Now Your breath is in me,

So I may worship You,

As long as I live.

infection

With infection in my right eye and nose,

I went to bed praying that God may wake me up on time for the Japanese BSF.

My daughter was brave and helped me squeeze out the mucus from infection spot.

I felt better but still didn’t want to see it in the mirror and fell asleep.

I woke up at 3 am and went to the restroom.

Then I woke up at 5:3o am on time for JBSF.

***

I shared with my broken Japanese about my freedom in Christ.

He is my refuge on the final judgment day.

He is my source of joy,

His light and joy is shed upon me.

So I respond in joy as rejoice and praise His holy Name as long as I live.

***

The infection humbles me,

No self strength to grumble anymore,

But bow my head to quickly praise God and give thanks.

When my daughter squeeze the infection spots,

It hurt so much to drive out my tears.

The feeling of relief after that cleansing,

Will always remind me of rejoicing in all things,

And bringing Great peace to my heart as He promises.

I shall never forget to live on through rejoicing in Jesus Christ and praising His holy name.

(Psalm 98:9)

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Thank Jesus Christ for providing a way out,

Through His holy name,

In the trial of physical pain, like a cleansing fire,

Purifying my soul, firm my faith,

When I give thanks,

My pain is lifted up,

For I overcome the pain by running through the door of my Jesus Rock.

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Thank God for discipling me, and forgiving me,

So I have a pure faith through the Holy Fire,

May I be holy as He is holy,

In all my thoughts, will, mind and heart,

To display His glory among the nations.

(Psalm 99:8)

saint cannot abuse freedom

Having intimate relationship with God,

will lead you to give thanks to God in all things,

So that you shall not worry if you may abuse His grace to sin,

Or you shall not fear to fall into self pity in sufferings.

You shall discover His promises,

As you let the Lord reign in your heart,

Then your faith shall be firmly rooted in His love,

And established by His faithfulness in His truth,

Finally be rewarded greatly as a co-heir with His Son.

prayer for son

Praise God’s name.

Stop call the devil a friend.

God is Joy, Love, Peace

So I have joy, love and peace.

May my son have Jesus Christ’s mind,

同心才能同行,同心才會跟隨

Surrender his burden to Jesus Lord,

Then bear His easy yoke

And carry the light burden He gives,

To walk along with Jesus Christ to eternity.

Love is the greatest

Love is the greatest motivation,

To drive you to obey and follow Jesus Christ.

The more you use the measure of love to serve,

The more you receive the grace from His glorious richness,

To accomplish anything He sent you to do.

When you are motivated by love,

You shall not fall into prideful trap,

But treat each saint fairly,

And value them as God’s children,

Not causing guilt with contempt.

(1 Corinthians 16:10,11,13)

the journey of humbling

From saying to self, “I am the one”

To asking God, “Who am I?”

It took Moses 40 years to be transformed,

From zealous in flesh to humble in spirit.

So do I.

“Who am I?” I ask.

I am God’s child to rule through Jesus Christ.

It took me decades to be transformed.

But I know now that it’s all God’s grace,

I can work with my own hands,

After I am helpless to change my situation.

It’s all God’s grace,

I have whatever I never can imagine.

It’s all God’s grace,

I serve Him without having capability but receiving God’s ability.

Grace is God’s intervene in my life

To act what I cannot do on my own.

 A liar’s teasing

The man in prison teases the free man outside of the fence,

Who freely works hard and eats what he grows.

The prisoner says “ I am complacent without knowing who is the Creator and still enjoy to be the king of my own life.

But look at you who worship God and work hard with your hands like a servant under sun.”

The free man rebukes his evil lie, 

Jumping around in joy, like a calf out of cage.

And praising God releasing him from prison of devil,

Enabling him to do whatever he sees good.

Jesus came to destroy the devil’s work, (1 John 3:8)

His truth set you free and you are free indeed. (John 8:31-32, 36)

evil control vs sovereign governing

Bad thoughts are bubbling inside your mind,

But you are given free will to control it.

If you cannot guard it at all,

That could mean your mind is not free, but under evil bondage.

God’s good thoughts are bubbling in your spirit,

Flood to your mind to overjoy,

Then overflow out of your mouth, 

Cannot help but praising Him.

For my spirit surrenders to God’s governing,

So my soul is set free from any other ungodly control.

When I am under God alone,

I am above all.

When I fear God alone, 

I fear nothing else.

Do everything you like with God’s priority in mind.

Rather than comforting a person by saying “you are good”,

But assuring him/her by saying “You are loved by God no matter what you did if you repent.”

For Jesus has paid your price of debt,

Redeemed you from death of sin,

Reconciled you with the Holy Judge of love

By His blood, the fair Judge has justified you to be “no guilt”

And set you free to be able to love Him as He loves you.

The holy one destroys your evil bondage,

By His power of authority above all, on earth and in eternity.