誠實

誠實
聖經閱讀：創世記43:16-24 現代中譯本|合和本
2014年1月12日(日)

有一次，我跟家人到一家二手商店，店家的女老闆跟我們說了一個故事。她說，有一天一位女士在店裡買了一個皮包，當她回到家、打開皮包後，發現裡面有一袋的戒指，於是那位女士就回到店裡歸還了那些戒指。那位女士原本可以留下戒指，然後賣出得到很多錢，但她反而誠實地將它們歸還。 　今天的經文告訴我們約瑟兄弟們的故事。當他們打開其中一袋的糧食時，發現原本帶去要買糧食的錢如數在裡面。約瑟的兄弟原本可以保留這些錢，但他們沒有，他們反而誠實以對：「我們另外帶錢來買糧；我們不曉得上次誰把錢放回我們袋子裏」(第22節)。 　我希望能像這位買皮包的女士一樣，我也希望能像約瑟的兄弟一樣，我希望每一天我都是誠實的人。—DE 「誠實人以公正待人；邪惡人只圖謀欺詐。」 箴言12:5 禱告：親愛的上帝，在我所做的每一件事上，請幫助我誠實以對。奉耶穌的名，阿們！ (尤榮輝譯)

Honesty
Bible Reading: Genesis 43:16-24
Sunday, January 12, 2014

My family and I were at a secondhand store. The woman who owned the store told us a story. She said one day a woman came to the store and bought a purse. When she got home, she opened the purse and found a bag of rings. This woman went back to the store and returned the rings. That woman could have kept the rings and sold them for a lot of money. Instead, she was honest and gave them back. 　Our Bible Reading tells us about Joseph’s brothers. When they opened a sack of grain, they found the money that they had brought to pay for the grain. Joseph’s brothers could have kept the money. Instead, they were honest. “We don't know how it got there, but we brought that money with us to give it back to you. And we have brought more money to pay for the food that we want to buy this time” (verse 22). 　I want to be like the lady with the purse, and I want to be like Joseph’s brothers. I want to be honest every day. —DE “Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.” Proverbs 12:5 PRAYER: Dear God, help me to be honest in everything I do. In Jesus’ name. Amen.