5月14日 为基督活 Live Creatively for Christ

5月14日

为基督活

Live Creatively for Christ

爱弟兄，要彼此亲热；恭敬人，要彼此推让。

——罗12:10

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love . . .
—Romans 12:10

无论对于男人还是女人来说，在家庭中为基督而活都是十分严峻的考验。当你关注公众舆论，把自己最好的一面展现出来，那么很容易在朋友中变得优秀；然而在家中为基督活却艰难得多。你的家人透过你的真实行为知道基督是否在你里面。如果你是一名真基督徒，你在家庭中就不会失控发脾气，不耐烦，挑剔，讽刺，不友善，怀疑，自私，懒惰等，反而你会透过日常生活表现出属灵的果子，就是仁爱，喜乐，和平，忍耐以及基督徒应具备的其他美德，并拥有像基督一样的品性。

Living creatively for Christ in the home is the acid test for any Christian man or woman. It is far easier to live an excellent life among your friends, when you are putting your best foot forward and are conscious of public opinion, than it is to live for Christ in your home. Your own family circle knows whether Christ lives in you and through you. If you are a true Christian, you will not give way at home to bad temper, impatience, fault-finding, sarcasm, unkindness, suspicion, selfishness, or laziness. Instead, you will reveal through your daily life the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, and all the other Christian virtues which round out a Christ-like personality.

今日祷告

主啊，我的家人了解真实的我，他们忍受了很多，愿我每天靠近你，让你的爱透过我流露出来，使我可以去爱他们。

Prayer for the day

My family, Lord, knows the real me—they deserve so much more. May I live so close to You that Your love will flow through me to them.