theme passages
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
约翰福音 15: 主是真葡萄树
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 6 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。
John 15: I Am the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求，就给你们成就。 8 你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
当效法主的爱
9 “我爱你们，正如父爱我一样，你们要常在我的爱里。 10 你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里。 11 这些事我已经对你们说了，是要叫我的喜乐存在你们心里，并叫你们的喜乐可以满足。
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
Enjoy the Summer: Ecclesiastes
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning� than to go to the house of feasting,�for this is the end of all mankind,� and the living will lay it to heart. (Eccl 7)
2 往遭丧的家去强如往宴乐的家去，因为死是众人的结局，活人也必将这事放在心上。(传道书 7)
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning� than to go to the house of feasting,�for this is the end of all mankind,� and the living will lay it to heart. (Eccl 7)
2 It is better to go to [a funeral]� than to go to [a party]... (Eccl 7)
2 往遭丧的家去强如往宴乐的家去，因为死是众人的结局，活人也必将这事放在心上。(传道书 7)
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
4 我为自己动大工程，建造房屋，栽种葡萄园， 5 修造园囿，在其中栽种各样果木树， 6 挖造水池，用以浇灌嫩小的树木。 7 我买了仆婢，也有生在家中的仆婢；又有许多牛群羊群，胜过以前在耶路撒冷众人所有的。 8 我又为自己积蓄金银和君王的财宝，并各省的财宝；又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜爱的物，并许多的妃嫔。 (传道书 2)
4 I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. (Eccl 2)
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them” [older people tend to get seriously sick]; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain [older eyes are getting weaker], 3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble [older people frequently have the “shakes”], and the strong men are bent [kyphosis from osteoporosis], and the grinders cease because they are few [did not get enough dental care when younger], and those who look through the windows are dimmed [cataracts], 4 and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low [need hearing aids], and one rises up at the sound of a bird [elderly frequently wake up early, even when they do not need to anymore], and all the daughters of song are brought low [more hearing problems]— (Eccl 12)
你趁着年幼，衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说“我毫无喜乐”的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。 2 不要等到日头、光明、月亮、星宿变为黑暗，雨后云彩返回。 3 看守房屋的发颤，有力的屈身，推磨的稀少就止息，从窗户往外看的都昏暗。 4 街门关闭，推磨的响声微小，雀鸟一叫人就起来，歌唱的女子也都衰微。 (传道书 12)
5 they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms [these trees have white flowers, just as old peoples’ hair turn white], the grasshopper drags itself along [the limp], and desire fails [need more Viagra], because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets— 6 before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it [death is sudden, final and complete].
5 人怕高处，路上有惊慌，杏树开花，蚱蜢成为重担，人所愿的也都废掉。因为人归他永远的家，吊丧的在街上往来。 6 银链折断，金罐破裂，瓶子在泉旁损坏，水轮在井口破烂， 7 尘土仍归于地，灵仍归于赐灵的神。
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http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/288096/the-chinese-in-america-by-iris-chang/9780142004173/
http://randalrauser.com/2013/09/gordon-t-smith-on-christian-conversion/
9 Rejoice, [the elder generation], in your [young people], and let your heart cheer [them] in the days of [their] youth.
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
约翰福音 15: 主是真葡萄树
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 6 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。
John 15: I Am the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求，就给你们成就。 8 你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
当效法主的爱
9 “我爱你们，正如父爱我一样，你们要常在我的爱里。 10 你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里。 11 这些事我已经对你们说了，是要叫我的喜乐存在你们心里，并叫你们的喜乐可以满足。
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
约翰福音 15: 主是真葡萄树
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 6 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。
John 15: I Am the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
Abide : to conform with
I am
the true vine
https://worryisuseless.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/he-who-abides-in-me-and-i-in-him-he-it-is-that-bears-much-fruit/
约翰福音 15: 主是真葡萄树
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 6 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。
John 15: I Am the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
http://virginiaplantation.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/some-more-progress/
https://depositphotos.com/6578856/stock-illustration-doctor-and-caduceus-symbol-illustration.html
http://virginiaplantation.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/some-more-progress/
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423730/ben-carson-wife-cand
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3311025/Ben-Carson-s-parents-NOT-bigamist-father-child-bride-23-siblings-describes.html
http://jpupdates.com/2015/05/04/ben-carsons-jewish-connection-goes-way-back-to-king-solomon/
约翰福音 15: 主是真葡萄树
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 6 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。
John 15: I Am the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
7 你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求，就给你们成就。 8 你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
当效法主的爱
9 “我爱你们，正如父爱我一样，你们要常在我的爱里。 10 你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里。 11 这些事我已经对你们说了，是要叫我的喜乐存在你们心里，并叫你们的喜乐可以满足。
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
7 你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求，就给你们成就。 8 你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
当效法主的爱
9 “我爱你们，正如父爱我一样，你们要常在我的爱里。 10 你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里。 11 这些事我已经对你们说了，是要叫我的喜乐存在你们心里，并叫你们的喜乐可以满足。
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
约翰福音 15: 主是真葡萄树
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 6 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。
John 15: I Am the True Vine
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
9 少年人哪，你在幼年时当快乐，在幼年的日子使你的心欢畅。行你心所愿行的，看你眼所爱看的，却要知道，为这一切的事神必审问你。 (传道书 11)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11)
I am
the true vine
https://worryisuseless.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/he-who-abides-in-me-and-i-in-him-he-it-is-that-bears-much-fruit/
7 你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求，就给你们成就。 8 你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
当效法主的爱
9 “我爱你们，正如父爱我一样，你们要常在我的爱里。 10 你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在他的爱里。 11 这些事我已经对你们说了，是要叫我的喜乐存在你们心里，并叫你们的喜乐可以满足。
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.