March 27th was my 60th birthday, and I intend on recounting God’s grace in my life.
At the age of 17, I collapsed due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Because it is one of the world's few untreatable conditions, up until now I have been sick for more than 40 years, without being cured. I have no money for the treatment of the incurable disease, but God uses this disease to discipline me, save me, and renew me.
I suffer from severe disabilities, including pain, swelling, deformity, paralysis, loss of self-care ability, and loss of the use of limbs. Since I fell ill in the early spring of 1980, I have been paralyzed in bed for many years. In the eyes of many people, I am a useless cripple who can’t survive.
However, the Father keeps me alive, without taking my breath away. He gave me a husband, a son, a daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.
In the most difficult days, God chose us who were called by His name with salvation. Our relatives, neighbors, and believers have all given us much help, such as planting seedlings, doing farm work, and sending us some clothes.
During the hardest time, my parents and relatives didn’t forsake me but supported me.
In particular, my second elder sister and their family, who are very kind and charitable, were sent by God to help me with financial and material assistance.
Sixteen years ago, at the age of fifteen, my son went to my sister’s family to learn decoration from his cousin. Even after getting married, he worked there with his wife. My sister and her husband treated them as their own son and daughter-in-law with discipline and love. They also love my grandchildren who were born there.
In poverty and sickness, my Father has comforted me, as I receive care from my husband and welfare subsidies from the government.
When I first got sick, the doctor said that if RA affected my heart, I would die soon. After the marriage, my husband went to ask the doctor how long I could live. “At most two or three years,” the doctor answered. When my son was young, some people said that I would not live to watch him grow up. My husband said, “I didn't expect you to be alive this day. In those years, when I worked outside, I always thought that you would die at home.”
Suffering from severe swelling, pain and deformity due to RA, I was told that the painkillers were indispensable. But God healed me, and so I have not taken painkillers for more than ten years.
More than 20 years ago, God started to use my home as a gathering place, as a hymn said that from the worst days to today, everything is the grace of God.
On my 60th birthday, a female believer surnamed Zhou brought me some eggs laid by her own chicken, saying “I couldn't eat them up, so I take them to you.” Another Christian woman with the surname of Zheng sent me an old hen that was just killed and cleaned. I said that I would buy it myself if I wanted to eat it. She insisted on giving it to me.
It's amazing as they don't even know that that day was my birthday, but the Father knows because He is an omniscient God.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
今天（3月27日）是我的生日，从今天开始，我就进入了人生岁月的六十岁旅程。
我17岁的时候，患了类风湿关节病，很快就瘫倒了。因为这个病是属于世界疑难杂症，所以至今已四十多年了，也没有治愈。一是因为没有钱治疗，二是因为这个病本身就不好医治，最主要的是，父 神借此病管教我，拯救我，更新我。
肿痛，变形，瘫痪，失去自理能力，四肢功能重度丧失，属重残。我是1980年初春患的病，长年累月瘫在床上。像我这样的一个人，在很多世人看来是没有用的废人，也是不可能活下来的。
然而，慈爱的天父上帝，不收走我的气息，却让我活着。他赐给我伴侣，给我一个家，又赐给我儿子、儿媳、孙子、孙女。
最苦最难的日子……神的救恩临到了我们，拣选了我们，归在了他的名下。亲戚本家，左邻右舍，主内亲人，都给了我们家很大的帮助，栽秧种地等，还送给我们一些衣物……
最难最苦的时候，我的父母亲人对我一如既往地爱着，帮助我，支持我，特别是我的二姐他们一家人，不管是在经济上，还是物资上。我特别还要说的，我二姐他们一家很善良，很有爱心，成为天父上帝使用帮助我们的人。
十六年前，我儿子十五岁，就去了他们家，跟他的小表哥学装修。儿子结了婚，带着妻子也去了他们家。她和姐夫，把他们当成自己的儿子儿媳妇，一样的教管和爱护。我的孙子孙女都是在他们那里出生的，他们像爱自己的孙子孙女的一样爱他们。她的儿子们对我的儿子，就像是亲兄弟，对我的孙子孙女，就像是自己的孩子。
我虽然在贫病交加中生活，但是慈爱的父 神给了我安慰，使我有丈夫的照顾，有国家好政策的福利补助
我刚患病的时候，大队医生就说，风湿一到心脏，我很快就会死了的。
我嫁给丈夫的时候，他去问医生我能活多长时间？医生说，最多二三年……
我儿子小的时候，有人说，我活不到我儿子长大的时候。
丈夫说，我没有想到你还能活到现在。那些年，我在外面，总想着你在家里会死了的。
类风湿病，肿痛变形厉害，医生说是离不了止痛药的，神却医治了我，使我已有十多年都没有吃止痛药了。感谢阿爸父 神！
二十多年前，神拣选我们家接待服侍他. 有首赞美诗唱道：从最苦的日子走到今天，一切都是神的恩典。
今天，是我进入六十岁人生旅程的生日。昨天，周姊妹，给我送来了一些鸡蛋。她说这是我自家的鸡下的蛋，她吃不了，专门拿来给我吃的。还有郑姊妹，给我家送来了一只杀了弄干净了的老母鸡。我说，我不要，想吃了，我们自己会买。她非要我收下了……
今天想想，这是很奇妙的，因为她们都不知道，今天是我的生日。可是天父却是知道的，因为他是无所不知的 神！
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写在60岁生日：流泪谷是恩典，耶和华祝福满满！
March 27th was my 60th birthday, and I intend on recounting God’s grace in my life.
At the age of 17, I collapsed due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Because it is one of the world's few untreatable conditions, up until now I have been sick for more than 40 years, without being cured. I have no money for the treatment of the incurable disease, but God uses this disease to discipline me, save me, and renew me.
I suffer from severe disabilities, including pain, swelling, deformity, paralysis, loss of self-care ability, and loss of the use of limbs. Since I fell ill in the early spring of 1980, I have been paralyzed in bed for many years. In the eyes of many people, I am a useless cripple who can’t survive.
However, the Father keeps me alive, without taking my breath away. He gave me a husband, a son, a daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.
In the most difficult days, God chose us who were called by His name with salvation. Our relatives, neighbors, and believers have all given us much help, such as planting seedlings, doing farm work, and sending us some clothes.
During the hardest time, my parents and relatives didn’t forsake me but supported me.
In particular, my second elder sister and their family, who are very kind and charitable, were sent by God to help me with financial and material assistance.
Sixteen years ago, at the age of fifteen, my son went to my sister’s family to learn decoration from his cousin. Even after getting married, he worked there with his wife. My sister and her husband treated them as their own son and daughter-in-law with discipline and love. They also love my grandchildren who were born there.
In poverty and sickness, my Father has comforted me, as I receive care from my husband and welfare subsidies from the government.
When I first got sick, the doctor said that if RA affected my heart, I would die soon. After the marriage, my husband went to ask the doctor how long I could live. “At most two or three years,” the doctor answered. When my son was young, some people said that I would not live to watch him grow up. My husband said, “I didn't expect you to be alive this day. In those years, when I worked outside, I always thought that you would die at home.”
Suffering from severe swelling, pain and deformity due to RA, I was told that the painkillers were indispensable. But God healed me, and so I have not taken painkillers for more than ten years.
More than 20 years ago, God started to use my home as a gathering place, as a hymn said that from the worst days to today, everything is the grace of God.
On my 60th birthday, a female believer surnamed Zhou brought me some eggs laid by her own chicken, saying “I couldn't eat them up, so I take them to you.” Another Christian woman with the surname of Zheng sent me an old hen that was just killed and cleaned. I said that I would buy it myself if I wanted to eat it. She insisted on giving it to me.
It's amazing as they don't even know that that day was my birthday, but the Father knows because He is an omniscient God.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Testimony: God’s Bessings on Me, a Disabled Christian
