God is Good: Revised Second Edition

By Margaret Liu Collins

God is Good is the story of the transformational power of faith in our everyday lives. While the world portrays God as wrathful and scolding, our Heavenly Father is the most loving kind of father. He wants for all of His children to live in safety, joy, health, and prosperity, fre

• Language: 中文
• Publisher: Bookside Press
• Release date: Mar 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9781778830532

Margaret Liu Collins

Margaret Liu Collins is called to share the Good News about God in every aspect of her life from her intimate life with her family to her business practices and philanthropy, and into her leadership and testimony in her Christian Community and beyond. She was born in Chongqing, China and attended high school, St. Stephen's Girls College, Hong Kong. She later graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley. After being a science teacher, she later became the founder and CEO of a real estate brokerage firm, Liu Realty, Inc., and is the founder and CEO of Liu International Management LLC. Margaret has served as a director of nonprofit organizations including Grace Cathedral, The Episcopal Dioceses of Northern California, California Pacific Medical Center, The University of California Berkeley Foundation Board, and the San Francisco Symphony. Her for-profit board memberships include: Cmos, ComplianceEase, and Servgate. With God's prompting, Margaret has supported her Alma mater, University of California, Berkeley, establishing a fellowship endowment, "T. O. Liu Memorial Fellowship" in Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute in honor of her father. In 2010, she established an undergraduate scholarship to provide financial resources for deserving students who come from families led by single parents. San Francisco Business Times, in 2011, named Margaret one of the "150 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business". In 2016, Margaret endowed Chair Professorship in Traumatic Brain Injury to world-renowned neurosurgeon, Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PHD, Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Weill Institute of Neurosciences and Chief of Neurological Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. In 2013, she collaborated with her late Aunt, Qin Ziao-men to write a book about her beloved father A Twentieth-Century Chinese Profile Tien Oung Liu available on Amazon. Margaret and her adoring husband, Ted Collins split their time between homes in San Francisco and Sonoma County, taking special pleasure in watching their grandchildren grow. Margaret offers support for fellow Christians along with inspiring articles, videos, and resources on her website at: VictoryGlory.com

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感言

我和劉文采女士相識多年，偶爾得知她曾經體驗過一段極精彩的信仰之旅。這本美好的書，述說了她的故事，亦充實地展出她心路歷程的每個細節。這是一部個人歷史，是她和上帝間關係的見證，更是給讀者一種具體的邀請，讓人可以更深入地探索自己和神的互動與未了的復和。閱讀這本書，就好像在看一封在耶穌時代裏使徒寫的信一樣。劉女士講述這真實的故事，可以說是跨越了年代、地域、和一般的期望。

聖公會加州教區第七任主教、United Religions Initiative 創辦

人及主席

The Rt. Rev.William E. Swing

拜讀過劉文采女士的回憶錄，甚有共鳴。特别是作為美國亞裔移民，嘗試在繁複的生活中，回應耶穌基督賜予滿有聖靈的生命的這一方面，我深同此感。但願和她一般曾經歷過這樣生命旅程的人，也體會到聖靈如何讓你從過去的痛苦中解放出來， 重新得力，去迎接上帝為我們預備的將來。

五旬節神學家、Fuller 神學院教授

Amos Yong

劉文采女士通過親身的經歷，由衷地寫出了她在信念和信心生活的見證。這真是我們這時代的一個滿有盼望的見證，是她對於信仰生命的見證，强而有力，誠實而充滿盼望。讀者即使沒有相同的個人經歷，也會感受到這震憾人心的見證。劉女士送給你的是：原來在逆境和困難時，仍可歡慶上帝的愛 那種和 我們憂戚與共的愛。

三藩市 Grace 座堂永遠堂牧、Our Lady of Chartes 座堂榮譽法政牧師

Alan Jones, Ph.D, O.B.E

劉文采女士是個受聖靈引領的基督徒，在生命中永遠把耶穌放在第一位。她很熟識聖靈，極之想讓他人多認識上主。她很勇敢地公開與别人分享她靈性的生活及和人共處之道。這令我想起一個聖經故事，是關於在以馬仵斯路上兩個人遇見顯現的基督的，他們後來說：「我的心如火熱」。這就是當聖靈來到時的感覺。劉女士也曾有此經驗，在這書中提及到。她鼓勵人通過耶穌去尋找永生，在生命中每一方面，由聖靈指引。她把一生的成就及生命裡得到的福樂，都歸恩於耶穌，這位帶領她生命，指示她道路的神。

國際佈道家、Peggy Cole 聖工

Peggy Cole

我有幸曾和劉文采女士同工。從她處學習到很多專業和靈性的東西。她在我和友人於 2001 年創辦的監管科技公司Compliance Ease 裡任董事會成員。劉女士在中國正值動盪的1940 年代出生，少年時己經接受基督。即使生活不如意，她仍虔敬地跟隨祂，求祂指引。在這本書中，劉女士很清楚地描述她如何在一個偏愛男性的傳統家庭中成長，如何作為一個年青的單親媽媽，依靠神的力量，以微薄收入維持生計，如何不管受過蹂躪的經歷，仍用堅定的信心祈求主，以致她兒子在嚴重車禍中得免一死。她聽從神的話，把上帝作為她房產生意的伙伴，而祂真的讓她在財務上多多蒙福。劉女士的故事表彰出: 只要我們信任順服祂，聖靈會把我們的生命轉變，並帶引我們向前邁進。

Compliance Ease 公司執行主席

John I. Vong

這本書是劉文采女士體驗到「神為至善」的活生生的見證。讀者可以領悟到在面對生活最艱難、最心傷及轉折的遭遇時服從上主。盡心盡意愛主，又愛人如己，都是蒙福和得真平安的途徑。作者在這書裡展示出真理，並用實際例子來幫助讀者認識神，去在信心中成長，並和上帝發展完美的關係。感恩我從她作的榜樣處學習到很多。神是至善的，祂每時每刻都是至善的。

神的特使、主內姊姝

Charmaine Shen

目錄

前言 出版緣起

書評

第一篇 神從毒害的關係中讓你得釋放並享自由

第一章