6月5日 光明与阴影 Light and Shadow

6月5日

光明与阴影

Light and Shadow

……做传道的功夫，尽你的职分

——提后4:5

Stand steady, and don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Bring others to Christ . . .

—2 Timothy 4:5 (TLB)

所有经典的艺术作品都包括光和影的搭配。幸福的生活不会只充满阳光，而是由光明和阴影共同组成以达到它的美 。通常情况下，伟大的音乐家知道如何运用歌曲中的悲伤情绪。芬尼·克罗斯贝（Fanny Crosby）在耶稣基督里发出属灵的光辉，她用失明的双眼看到比正常人更多的属灵异象，写出很多首伟大的诗篇，深深鼓舞人心，给生活带来希望。保罗和西拉在腓立比的监狱里受到酷刑，半夜时分，他们祷告唱诗赞美神，禁卒看到他们在患难和逼迫中的忍耐也信了神。

All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is one filled not only with sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. The greatest musicians, as a rule, are those who know how to bring song out of sadness. Fanny Crosby, her spirit aglow with faith in Christ, saw more with her sightless eyes than most of us do with normal vision. She has given us some of the great gospel songs which cheer our hearts and lives. In a rat-infested jail in Philippi, Paul and Silas sang their song of praise at midnight to the accompaniment of the jailer’s whip. But their patience in suffering and persecution led to the heathen warden’s conviction.

今日祷告

主耶稣基督，当我处于困境中的时候，求你的恩典临到我，使我荣耀赞美你。

Prayer for the day
Let my heart learn to sing when everything around me seems so dark. Give me Your grace to praise You, Lord Jesus.