6月18日
哀痛者得安慰
Comfort in Mourning
愿颂赞归于我们的主耶稣基督的父神,就是发慈悲的父,赐各样安慰的神。我们在一切患难中,他就安慰我们,叫我们能用神所赐的安慰去安慰那遭各样患难的人。——林后:1:3-4
What a wonderful God we have . . . who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us . . .
—2 Corinthians 1:3,4 (TLB)
圣经教导我们可以在哀痛中得胜,诗歌上说“一宿虽然有哭泣,早晨便必欢呼”(诗30:5)。自怨自艾无法带来持久的安慰,实际上,它只会增加你的痛苦。长久的悲伤无法带来安慰,只会越陷越深。一个基督徒的生活中遇到悲伤或者哀痛,会产生内在的安慰。“哀恸的人有福了,因为他们必得安慰”,哀恸中有安慰,因为我们知道神与我们同在。神说过“我就常与你们同在,直到世界的末了”。我们不必独自承受持久的痛苦;我们拥有的同情心越多,感到的痛苦越少。
The Bible teaches unmistakably that we can triumph over bereavement. The Psalmist said, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Self-pity can bring no enduring comfort. The fact is, it will only add to your misery. And unremitting grief will give you little consolation in itself, for grief begets grief. Sorrow, or mourning, when it is borne in a Christian way, contains a built-in comfort. “Happy are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.” There is comfort in mourning, because we know that Christ is with us. He has said, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Suffering is endurable if we do not have to bear it alone; and the more compassionate the Presence, the less acute the pain.
今日祷告
慈爱的天父,谢谢你应许哀恸中与我们同在并且安慰我们。我曾经历过你的安慰,因此知道你永不丢弃我。
Prayer for the day
Thank You, loving heavenly Father, for the promise that when we mourn You will comfort us. I have felt the healing of Your consolation in the past and know You will never fail me.
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