成長

成長
聖經閱讀：羅馬書5:1-5 現代中譯本|合和本
2015年3月30日(一)

蘇是我認識的一位年長的女士，她的手有一些問題。她去開了刀，然後她的手就麻痺了。蘇寫一封信跟我分享她的挫折，信中有一句話這麼寫：「我成長的所有困難……。」 　蘇寫「成長」，但其實她是要寫「經歷」。這個錯誤讓我想到今天閱讀的經文，這些章節談到在基督裡成長。 　當面對生活中的困難時，我們有兩個選擇：我們可以抱怨，也可以藉著這些困難來讓我們成為更堅強的基督徒。保羅說，當我們遇到困難時應該要歡喜快樂，為什麼呢？「因為我們知道患難培養忍耐，忍耐蒙上帝嘉許，上帝的嘉許帶來盼望」（第3b-4a節）。 　懇求上帝在你面臨困難時幫助你在基督徒的生活中成長，祂會永遠與你同在！ —NM 「我們遭遇各樣的困難，卻沒有被壓碎；常有疑慮，卻未嘗絶望。」 哥林多後書4:8 禱告：親愛的天父，求祢幫助我面對困難並更加成長親近祢。奉主的名，阿們！ (江惠蓉譯)

Growing
Bible Reading: Romans 5:1-5
Monday, March 30, 2015

Sue, an older woman I knew, was having problems with her hands. She had surgery and then had numbness in her hands. Sue wrote me a letter and shared her frustrations. Part of one sentence of her letter read, “...all of the problems I am growing through.” 　Sue wrote “growing,” but she meant to write “going.” That mistake made me think about our Bible Reading for today. These verses talk about growing in Christ. 　When we face troubles in life, we have two choices. We can complain, or we can use those troubles to make us stronger Christians. Paul said that we should be happy when we face troubles. Why? “Because we know that these troubles make us more patient. And this patience is proof that we are strong. And this proof gives us hope” (verses 3b-4a). 　Ask God to help you grow in your Christian life as you face troubles. He will always be with you! —NM “We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We often don’t know what to do, but we don’t give up.” 2 Corinthians 4:8 PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, help me to face my troubles and grow closer to You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.