A Glimpse of Heaven

By Esther (Huanying) Qin

Jesus said: it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I havent come to call for the righteous, but the sinners. - Mark 2:17
My soul has been sick to death with the sinful nature inside. If there was only one person in the world that needs salvation, I would be that one person. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for you pulled me out of the water and resurrected my soul.
You are my life and my song in the heart. My every breath and heart beat are due to your grace. I joyfully breathe in your grace, and would like to joyfully breathe out my praise back to you. This small collection of poetry is a sample for that purpose. Words are never enough to paint Gods unfathomable love toward human kind. I just wish these poems could serve as a shadow to help us taste a bit of His goodness and beauty, and therefore will point more thirsty souls back to Him, because human souls can be truly satisfied only in Him!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493188185

Esther (Huanying) Qin

Esther Qin was born in JiangXi Province, China. Due to the nature of her father’s job, the family moved frequently since her childhood, which significantly shaped her personality being lonely and feeling nowhere to belong to. She constantly thought about issues pertained to life and death and purpose of life, and her mind was filled with pessimistic and negative thinking over the years until she came to America for graduate school in her twenties, where she encountered Jesus Christ and finally found the home of her soul. Since then, she started experiencing the life-changing power from above and the decision was made to praise and worship the Lord in spirit and truth. Esther is a biostatistician and lives in Dallas, TX with her husband and two children.

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CONTENTS

致谢

我真诚地感谢以下这些我有幸认识的人:

• 密西根州立大学兰莘华人基督徒之家的弟兄姐妹们带领我认识了上帝，帮助我真正找到了生命的意义和方向。

• 达福基督徒聚会的牧师同工团队和弟兄姐妹们为我属灵生命的成长给予了许多鼓励和帮助。

• 我的同事Bridget da Graca和生命中心教会的主任牧师Paul Cook认真地帮助校阅了英文翻译稿。

• Alfonso DeRose，算得上我属灵的导师，极大地鼓舞了我继续写诗的热忱。

• 我在中国的父母亲 – 秦宾元和邵卖妹，你们付出了极大的牺牲将我抚养成一个全心向善的人。再多的话语都不足以表达我对你们的感激！

• 我亲爱的先生 – 李豫蒙和两个天使般的孩子 – 沐恩和沐慈，因着你们的爱和支持，我才可以完成这本诗集。这一生有你们与我同行，是何等大的福分！

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I owe much to these people I am blessed to know:

• Brothers and sisters in the Lansing Chinese Christian Fellowship of Michigan State University led me to Christ and provided a loving spiritual family during my first a few years in America.

• The team of pastors and coworkers of Dallas Fort Worth Christian Assembly (DFWCA), and all the brothers and sisters of DFWCA have greatly encouraged my spiritual growth.

• My colleague Bridget da Graca, and Paul Cook, the senior pastor of Life Central Church in Plano, TX has generously helped with proof