Jul30,07大腸息肉患者年輕化+不變的愛 Unchanging Love+只．．．一杯涼水

靈命日糧 - 2007年7月30日
不變的愛
讀經: 雅各書1章12-20節
金句: 「各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜都是從上頭來的，從眾光之父那裏降下來的。」(雅各書1章17節）
全年讀經: 詩篇51-53篇；羅馬書2章

在最近參加的一場婚禮上，新娘的祖父即席背誦了一段有關夫妻相處之道的經文，十分感人。接著新人的朋友，朗讀了莎士比亞的十四行詩，就是第116首。然後，主禮的牧師就引用詩中的一句話，來闡明基督徒婚姻中愛的特質：「會變的愛，不算真愛。」詩人的意思是，真愛不會隨環境而改變。
然後牧師提醒這對新人，他們以後共同生活會經歷許多改變，包括身體健康的變化，歲月帶給他們的必然影響。牧師接著勉勵他們要培養真正合乎聖經的那種愛，無論什麼改變臨到他們，這愛都不會消退、不會止息。
就在我親眼目睹這對年輕夫妻的喜樂和興奮時，雅各書裡的一句經文浮現於腦海：「各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜都是從上頭來的，從眾光之父那裏降下來的」（1章17節）。上帝永不改變，他對你我的愛，也是一樣。我們從天父那裡所領受的，是完全的愛，他「以永遠的愛」來愛我們（耶利米書31章3節）。
所以我們蒙召，是來領受他不變的愛，讓愛改變生命，把愛傳給世人。DCM
上帝大愛永不變，仁慈純潔且真實；只要有人願領受，就會把愛活出來。D. De Haan
靠山山倒，靠人人跑；唯靠上帝，天不荒地不老。
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July 30, 2007
Unchanging Love
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights. —James 1:17
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At a wedding I attended, the bride’s grandfather quoted from memory a moving selection of Scripture about the relationship of husband and wife. Then a friend of the couple read “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare. The minister conducting the ceremony used a phrase from that sonnet to illustrate the kind of love that should characterize a Christian marriage: “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.” The poet is saying that true love does not change with circumstances.
The minister noted the many changes this couple would experience during their life together, including health and the inevitable effects of age. Then he challenged them to cultivate the true biblical love that neither falters nor fails in spite of the alterations that would surely come their way.
As I witnessed the joy and excitement of this young couple, a verse came to mind from James: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (1:17). God never changes, and neither does His love for us. We are recipients of a perfect love from our heavenly Father, who has loved us “with an everlasting love” (Jer. 31:3).
We are called to accept His unfailing love, to allow it to shape our lives, and to extend it to others. —David C. McCasland—David C. McCasland-->
Unfailing is God’s matchless love,So kind, so pure, so true;And those who draw upon that loveShow love in all they do. —D. De Haan
God’s love still stands when all else has fallen.
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〝只．．．一杯涼水．〝（太十章四十二節）
我應當怎樣作呢？我在這世界的日子非常短少，所以有什么工作，恩惠，服役，我能給人的，讓我現在就給吧．讓我不再忽視，不再遲延吧﹔因為以后我沒有機會再經過這條路了．　－－－貴格會格言(An Old Quaker Saying)
把你所有的給人﹔你所給的，對他也許有出你意外的幫助．　－－－郎弗羅(Longfellow)
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