12月3日
怎样才是爱?
What About Love?
你们要追求爱……—— 哥林多前书 14:1
Let love be your greatest aim…
—1 Corinthians 14:1 (TLB)
怎样才是爱?如何确定你是在爱中?我可以提供给你一些简单的测试,你可以自己做出判断。你的爱是否有忍耐?是否有体恤?是否能在婚后才在身体上合一?经验告诉我们真爱的忍耐是无尽的。真爱不是以自我为中心,不主张权利,或是要求权利。真爱首先想到的永远是对方。圣经中的表述就是“不求自己的益处。”真爱总以善意看待所爱之人。真爱从不怀疑,而是永远支持和鼓励。真爱包容一切。没有任何事物可以削弱和破坏它。真爱是磐石,是船锚,是未来岁月的基础。
这些简单的测试好比一面镜子已被运用过无数次。生理学家、心理学家和婚姻顾问都已证明了它们的有效性。大约两千年前一位名叫保罗的人在哥林多前书13章中首次提出。这一章提供了世界上“爱”这个字的最佳定义。
What about love? How can you be certain you’re in love? I suggest these simple measures that you can apply to yourself. Is your love patient? Is it considerate? Can it wait until marriage for physical fulfillment? Experience says that true love’s patience is inexhaustible. True love does not assert itself, claim rights, or demand privileges. It always thinks first of the other person. The biblical phrase is it “is not self-seeking.” True love never thinks evil of the beloved. It is never suspicious, but always supportive and inspiring. True love bears all things. Nothing weakens or undermines it. It is a rock, an anchor, a foundation for all the years to come.
These simple tests are a mirror that millions have used. Physiologists, psychiatrists, and marriage counselors attest their validity. They were first recommended almost two thousand years ago by a man named Paul, in 1 Corinthians, chapter 13. That chapter provides the finest definition of love the world has received.
今日祷告
主耶稣,祢无限的爱使我看到了自己的狭隘。求你用你爱的灵来充满我。
Prayer for the day
Your limitless love causes me to see the narrowness of mine, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your loving Spirit.
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