愛與光明

愛與光明
聖經閱讀：約翰一書2:9-11 現代中譯本|合和本
2015年5月13日(三)

我高中的自然老師告訴我們，光是一種能量，所以我們可以測量它。然後老師就問全班：「我們可以測量黑暗嗎？」我們回答說：「可以」，但老師說我們不能測量黑暗，因為黑暗就是沒有光，當沒有能量時，我們就無法測量。 　愛與恨也是同樣的道理，恨就是沒有愛，在今天閱讀的經節中，愛與恨分別被比作「光」和「黑暗」。那些彼此相愛的人「就是生活在光明中，他不會使別人失足犯罪」（第10b節），而心存恨意的人則活在黑暗中，「不知道自己往哪裏去，因為黑暗使他眼睛瞎了」（第11b節）。 　我希望你願意去愛人並活在光中，當你活在光中時，你就能看見上帝並且明白祂希望你活出什麼樣的生命。 —MP* 「你們原是在黑暗中，可是自從成為主的信徒，你們就在光明中。你們的生活必須像光明的人。光明結出一切豐盛的果實，就是良善、正義，和真理。」 以弗所書5:8-9 禱告：上帝，我願去愛人並活在祢的光中。奉耶穌的名，阿們！ (盧姵茹譯)

Love and Light
Bible Reading: 1 John 2:9-11
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

My high school science teacher told us that light is energy, so we can measure it. Then my teacher asked the class, “Can we measure darkness?” We answered, “Yes.” Then my teacher said that we cannot measure darkness because it is the absence of light. When there is no energy, we cannot measure it. 　It is the same with love and hate. Hate is the absence of love. In our Bible Reading, love and hate are compared to light and darkness. The people who love others, “live in light, and there is nothing in them that will make them do wrong” (verse 10b). And people who hate live in darkness. “They don’t know where they are going, because the darkness has made them blind” (verse 11b). 　I hope that you want to love others and live in the light. When you live in the light, you will be able to see God and understand how He wants you to live. —MP* “In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light. This light produces every kind of goodness, right living, and truth.” Ephesians 5:8-9 PRAYER: God, I want to love others and live in Your light. In Jesus’ name. Amen.