原諒他人

原諒他人
聖經閱讀：希伯來書10:16-25 現代中譯本|合和本
2013年8月12日(一)

當有人傷害我時，有時候我會想怎麼回過頭來傷害他們。大概所有人都曾對原諒他人有過掙扎，我們通常可以原諒他們，但其實我們並不情願這麼做。 　當有人傷害了我們，我們也許會想要看到他們受苦，就像我們受苦一樣。但是，真正的原諒是我們饒恕他們所做的事，而不是讓他們受苦。假設有人傷害了我，而我掐住他們的脖子並用力搖晃，然後嘴巴說：「我原諒你。」這樣，我並沒有照著耶穌的方式去做，也沒有真的原諒他們。 　經文的第17節說，上帝會赦免人的罪，並且「不再記住他們的罪惡和過犯」。當原諒傷害我們的人時，我們就必須像上帝這樣。 　也許今天就會有人傷害你，而你會怎麼做呢？你是否會反過來傷害他們呢？或者，你會像耶穌一樣充滿愛和饒恕呢？ —BL 「讓我們彼此關懷，激發愛心，勉勵行善。」 希伯來書10:24 禱告：慈愛的上帝，如果今天有人傷害我，幫助我有一顆充滿愛與饒恕的心。奉耶穌的名，阿們！ (林煜茹譯)

Forgiving Others
Bible Reading: Hebrews 10:16-25
Monday, August 12, 2013

When someone hurts me, I sometimes think of how I can hurt them back. Probably all of us struggle with forgiving other people. Usually we can forgive them, but we don’t want to. 　When someone hurts us, we may want to see them suffer, just like we did. But true forgiveness means that instead of making them suffer, we forgive them for what they did. Suppose someone hurts me and I grab them by the neck and shake them. Then I say, “I forgive you.” I am not doing what Jesus would do. I am not truly forgiving them. 　Verse 17 of our Bible Reading says that God will forget people’s sins and “never again remember the evil they have done.” We need to be like that when we forgive people who have hurt us. 　Maybe someone will hurt you today. What will you do? Will you do something bad back to them? Or will you be like Jesus and be loving and forgiving? —BL “We should think about each other to see how we can encourage each other to show love and do good works.” Hebrews 10:24 PRAYER: Dear Loving God, if someone hurts me today, help me to have a heart filled with love and forgiveness. In Jesus’ name. Amen.