标签存档: 怜悯

灵命日粮:火和雨


读经:以赛亚书16章1-5节 

熊熊森林大火在科罗拉多州附近美丽的大峡谷燃起,狂烧多日,摧毁了野生动物的栖息地,以及数以百计的房屋。全国各地的百姓都向上帝呼求,求祂降下雨来熄灭烈火、终止灾难,使消防队员有喘息的机会。有些人的祷告似乎很有趣,因为他们求上帝显出怜悯,降下大雨,但却不要发出闪电,因为他们怕闪电会引发更多火苗。

这让我想到生命中有的事情经常十分微妙,正如「水能载舟亦能覆舟」一样,一些事情能让我们生,也可以致我们死。因为有火,我们得以煮食取暖,但同时它也能烧毁我们。同样的,水让我们维持生命,浇灌土地,但我们也可能会因水而溺毙。两者之间无论过与不及,都足致害命。

属灵的原则也是一样。要建设文明社会,需要执法公正和怜悯这两个相对的特质(撒迦利亚书7章9节)。耶稣曾责备法利赛人,因他们为 [....]

灵命日粮:期盼的生命

读经:路加福音6章27-36节 

每年在德州奥斯丁市举办的图书节,吸引成千上万的人前来。他们享受浏览丛书的乐趣,参加名作家主持的研讨会,以及搜集专业作家的智慧锦囊。有一回,有位撰写青年小说的作家,对一群有志于写作的人说:「写一本你想要在架上找到的书!」不管是对写作或对生活来说,这都是一项相当有力的建议。试想,若是我们决定活出自己想要他人活出的样式,会是什么情况呢?

在路加福音6章27-36节里,耶稣劝诫祂的跟随者,追求能够展现上帝恩慈的生活方式:「你们的仇敌,要爱他!恨你们的,要待他好!咒诅你们的,要为他祝福!凌辱你们的,要为他祷告!」(27-28节)祂也提到,对于无理的对待,我们应当以宽容与不报复的行为作为回应(29-30节)。耶稣如此说:「你们愿意人怎样待你们,你们也要怎样待人。」(31节)

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音乐视频: Compassion Hymn (吉他独奏)


一起来欣赏澳大利亚吉他表演家Jesse L.用一把吉他演奏出来的美妙赞美吧!
再微小的事情上,也要显出对主的忠心哦!

Compassion Hymn
There is an everlasting kindness
You lavished on us
When the Radiance of heaven Came to rescue the lost;
You called the sheep without a shepherd
To leave their distress
For your streams of forgiveness
And the shade of Your rest.

And with compassion for the hurting,
You reached out Your hand
As the lame ran to meet You
And the dead breathed again;
You saw behind the eyes of sorrow
And shared in our tears,
Heard the sigh of the weary,
Let the children draw near.

CHORUS
What boundless love,
What fathomless grace
You have shown us, O God of compassion!
Each day we live
An offering of praise
As we show to the world Your compassion.

We stood beneath the cross of Calvary
And gazed on Your face
At the thorns of oppression
And the wounds of disgrace,
For surely You have borne our suffering
And carried our grief
As You pardoned the scoffer
And showed grace to the thief.

How beautiful the feet that carry
This gospel of peace
To the fields of injustice
And the valleys of need—
To be a voice of hope and healing,
To answer the cries
Of the hungry and helpless
With the mercy of Christ.


Words and Music by Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2008 Thankyou Music