【生命见证】莫名的电视明星 Unexpected TV Star

发布时间：2025-09-17 05:44

葛理姆与妮琪（Graeme and Nicqui）

莫名的电视明星

葛理姆意外地成了新西兰希望电视台小有名气的电视明星。

他去一家匿名戒酒协会时，马上就被一个陌生人认了出来。

“我昨晚在电视上见过你！”那位女士脱口说道。

这个小组里其他26个人全都好奇地盯着葛理姆。

他被邀请到这是来分享他的生命故事的。可他到之后还没想好要怎么开始分享。好在这位女士说在电视上见过他的，这给了他一个启发。葛理姆向大家说明了他成为电视明星的就里。他说他是一个被基督的恩典所拯救的戒酒者。那时，屋子里的所有人就都知道了《希望电视台》这个电视节目。而这个频道正在向新西兰的每一个家庭播放。

葛理姆说，他曾是个工作狂，因此他也陷入了长达10年的酒瘾，最后毁了他的婚姻。后来他发现了耶稣的拯救之恩，并在上帝的帮助下戒了酒。他再婚之后便介绍他的新婚妻子妮琪来到复临教会。妮琪现在是当地复临教会的领袖。

葛理姆非常关心匿名戒酒协会里和酒瘾奋战的人。

“我已经很多年没有喝酒的欲望了，我切望向他人传递希望和康复的信息，”他说。

葛理姆把对匿名戒酒协会的热情和对上帝的爱结合起来。“我试着把我在基督徒生活中学到的东西带进来，然后把我在这的生活带进我的基督徒生活，”他说。“我实在得到很大的福气，因为我和妮琪有一个对我们来说很重要的教会家庭，在那里我可以分享我从匿名戒酒协会学到的东西。”

他在匿名戒酒协会分享见证的时候，其他人很快就认出他是个基督徒。他们都很惊讶，尤其是那些无神论者和不可知论者，还有那些喜欢骂脏话的人。“你信教吗？”他们通常会问。

“信，”葛理姆回答。

“你去教会吗？”

“去啊。”

“你都去哪间教会？”

“我都去复临教会。”

一般大家对复临教会和守第七日（星期日）的教会不怎么了解。所以葛理姆向大家解释安息日的重要性，然后他会强调他每天都是基督徒。

“虽然我们在星期六做礼拜，但我七天都是基督徒，”他说。

有两位在葛理姆教会聚会的医生偶尔会把那些正在酒瘾中挣扎的人介绍给他。他就会带他们加入匿名戒酒协会。

葛理姆不单分享他的见证，他也聆听别人的故事。他把人们带到他的船上，和他们一起用餐，聆听他们的故事。回到家时，他喜欢跟他妻子分享说：“你不会相信今天上帝做了什么！”

来源：本文译自《圣工消息》（社会青年季刊）2022年第四季

Unexpected TV Star

Graeme unexpectedly became something of a star on Hope Channel in New Zealand.

When he arrived at a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, he was instantly recognized by a stranger whom he had never seen before.

“I saw you on TV last night!” the woman blurted out.

All 26 people in the group stared at Graeme curiously.

He had been invited to the meeting to share his life story, but he had arrived with no idea about how to start. The woman’s comment about seeing him on television gave him an idea. He told the group how it was that he had appeared on television in the first place. The reason, he said, was because he was a recovering alcoholic saved by Christ’s grace. At that moment, the 26 people in the room learned about Hope Channel television, which is broadcast to every home in New Zealand.

When Graeme tells his story, he explains how a history of workaholism led him into a 10-year alcohol addiction that eventually destroyed his marriage. But then he found the saving grace of Jesus and, with divine help, stopped drinking. He remarried and introduced his new wife, Nicqui, to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Nicqui now serves as a leader in a local Adventist congregation.

Graeme has a heart for people struggling with alcohol addiction at Alcoholics Anonymous.

“Although I haven’t had the desire to drink for many years, I have the desire to pass on the message of hope and recovery to other people,” he says.

Graeme combines a passion for Alcoholics Anonymous with his love for God. “I try to take what I learn in my Christian life into my AA life, and from my AA life into my Christian life,” he said. “I’m actually really blessed because we’ve got a church home group that is really important to both Nicqui and me, where I can share things I’ve learned from AA.”

When he shares his story at meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, participants quickly learn that he is a Christian. This surprises many, especially those who are atheist or agnostic, or like to cuss and swear.

“Are you religious?” they often ask.

“No,” Graeme replies.

“Do you go to church?”

“Yes.”

“Which church do you attend?”

“It’s a Seventh-day Adventist church.”

Often people are not familiar with the Adventist Church and its observance of the seventh-day Sabbath. So, Graeme explains the importance of the seventh day — and he emphasizes that he is a Christian every day.

“While our services are held on Saturday, I’m a seven-day Christian,” he says.

Two medical doctors who attend Graeme’s church occasionally refer people struggling with alcohol addiction to him. He, in turn, introduces them to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Graeme not only shares his story but also listens to other people’s stories. He takes people out on his boat and shares meals with them as he talks and listens. He loves his outreach work. When he comes home, he loves to tell his wife, “You just wouldn’t believe what God has done today!”

Please find the original article at: https://am.adventistmission.org/mqa22q4-06

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