Genesis 4 Adam's son Cain killed his brother Abel, and God punished Cain.
From this story, we learn that God wants us mutual supervise and take care of each other.
We are sisters and brothers in the world. God is our parents.
In this earth, we must take care of each other.
But We all would have mistakes in the world. We, as brothers and sisters also need to supervise mutually to avoid making mistakes.
In very traditional China countryside family, parents always teach children to supervise mutually and take care of each other.
In very traditional China countryside family, Older brothers and Older sisters have the responsibility to supervise youngers and supervise mutually.
When children worked or studies together.
If one of youngers makes a mistake, the older brothers and sisters will be punished with the younger together.
If one of older brother or sister makes a mistake, all older brothers and sisters will be punished together .
Brothers and sisters also learned to take care of each other.
My family always remembers a story. When I was only 3-4 years old, my brother was 10-11 years old.
One day, my parents were not at home. Only my brother and sister looked after me at home. At lunch time, my brother only cooked one egg for me. I asked my brother and sister to have the egg together, but they just pretended to bite, and then asked me to finish it.
At that time, in countryside, China was very poor. Egg was scarcity and precious.
A 10 years old boy (my sister is even younger than my brother) already knew he had the responsibility to look after the younger sister.
When I was 5 years old, my sister was 10 years old. One hot summer's day, my sister and her friends went to field to pick edible herbs. There was a big pond near the field, it was at least 10 meters deep. All children felt hot after working hard and went to the pond to swim. Most countryside children had very good swimming skills. But I was too young and had not learned how to swim, so I only sat at brim of pond and put my feet in the water.
Suddenly, I slipped off into the pond. My sister saw that, dive into the water without any hesitate and caught me. But It was a 10 meters pond, and the wall of the pond was straight up and down, She was only 10 years old and not strong enough.
She hold her breath and struggled desperately. Suddenly, her feet toughed the wall of the pond, She put abruptly forth her strength, and both of us were out of the water. Her friends came to help her and pushed me to the Shore.
When she was struggling desperately under water, she gripped me very tight, she never had a mind to leave me. A 10 years old girl already knew she had the responsibility to look after the younger sister.
In a small family, we have brothers and sisters, we need mutually supervise and take care of each other.
We are also a big family in the world, we are all brothers and sisters, we need mutually supervise and take care of each other.
互相监督, 互相关爱
创世纪 4, 亚当的儿子该隐杀了他的哥哥亚伯.神惩罚了该隐.
但是从这个故事中,我们也学习到了一样非常重要的神的教诲, 那就是: 兄弟应该互相监督, 互相关爱.
在这个地球上,我们都是兄弟姐妹, 神是我们的父母. 我们都应该互相关爱.
但是,我们都不是完人, 所以, 我们也会犯错误, 因此, 神也要求我们要互相监督, 避免犯错.
在中国农村非常传统的家庭, 父母们总是教育孩子们要互相监督, 互相关爱.
而大孩子总要承担教育弟弟妹妹的责任.也互相监督.
孩子们一起读书,做家务, 玩耍的时候, 如果小孩子犯了错, 哥哥姐姐们要跟他一起受罚; 如果大孩子犯了错, 所有的大孩子都要一起受罚.
孩子们也要学会互相照顾.
在我的家里,我们经常会谈起我们小时候的两件事情.
我3,4岁的时候,我哥哥大约10,11岁. 有一天我的父母不在家, 只有孩子们在家. 中午, 我哥哥只煎了一个鸡蛋,给我吃. 那个时代,鸡蛋在农村是非常稀缺和珍贵的. 我坚持要我哥哥,我姐姐(她比我哥哥还要小)一起吃, 但是他们都只假装咬了一口,然后让我吃完.
一个10岁的男孩子,就知道照顾弟妹是他的责任了.
我5岁的时候, 我姐姐10岁.夏季的一天,我姐姐跟她的小伙伴们到山上挖野菜(除了人吃,也要喂猪,鸡). 天很热,他们挖完了野菜,便一起去池塘洗澡.
过去农村很多那样的池塘, 池塘挖得很深, 10米,20米深,下雨时蓄水，干旱时用来灌溉. 池塘边是用石头砌的,直上直下.
农村孩子大多很会游泳, 但是我年龄太小, 还没有学习如何游泳. 所以我只是坐在池塘边, 然后把脚放在水里.
我突然滑倒了,落进了池塘里,就像是一只扔到水里的秤砣, 迅速向下沉,我姐姐就在我的身边,一看到我落进水里,连一秒钟也没有迟疑, 一个猛子扎到水里, 抓住了我. 但是她刚刚10岁，力气不够大，抓住了我后，无法浮出水面。她憋住一口气,拼命地挣扎, 突然脚碰到了池塘的墙壁, 她用足了力,脚下拼命一蹬，拼命向上一窜, 我们俩重新冒出了水面. 她的小朋友们,也迅速赶过来,把我推到了池塘边, 拉上了岸.
在水里挣扎时,她一直死死地抓住我,从来没有想到要放手.
一个10岁的女孩子,就知道照顾弟妹是她的责任了.
在一个小家庭了, 我们都有兄弟姐妹, 我们需要互相监督,互相关爱.
在这个世界上,我们也是一个大家庭,我们都是兄弟姐妹, 我们也需要互相监督,互相关爱.
Comments
Thank you for telling this wonderful story... made me feel good reading about you and your family and how you were taught to look after each other. It is so important for the sort time we are on this earth. I hope your sister is still by your side. My son was in Chinese school in San Francisco for a period of time when he was very young, and it was a very positive experience... I've always thought it was a big reason why he is such a wonderful human being.