双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：12月22日 最好的礼物

12月22日

最好的礼物

神既不爱惜自己的儿子为我们众人舍了，岂不也把万物和他一同白白地赐给我们吗？

——罗马书8:32

上帝就是赐予我们礼物的那一位。赠予者的能力往往可以用来衡量礼物的价值。我们通常不会把人看作是礼物，但是实际上人与人之间的关系却是最有价值、最应被珍惜的礼物。圣经教导说上帝把一个人当作礼物赐给我们每一个人，这个人就是耶稣基督。

一天在一个南方小镇，一位六岁男孩听到敲门声就去开门。敲门的人是他的父亲，刚刚从东南亚回来。小男孩没有问，“爸爸，你给我带了什么礼物？”，而是双手环抱住他爸爸的脖子说，“哦，爸爸，你是我最好的圣诞节礼物。”

今日祷告

天父啊，你所赐给我的、如此贵重的礼物耶稣，满足了我内心所有的盼望与渴求！奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

The Giver of the Gift

He that spared not his own Son,but delivered him up for us all,how shall he not…freely give us all things?

—Romans 8:32

God is the Giver of the gift.The capability of the donor usually gauges the value of the gift.We don’t usually think of a person as a gift,but actually interpersonal relationships are the most valued and cherished gifts of all.But the Bible teaches that God gave a Person as a gift to every one of us,and that Person is Jesus Christ.

One day a six-year-old boy in a southern town answered a knock at the door.It was his father,just returned from Southeast Asia.He didn’t ask,“Daddy,what did you bring me?”He threw his arms around his father’s neck and said,“Oh,Daddy,this is the best Christmas present I’ve ever had!”

Prayer for the day

Your costly gift of Jesus,Father,fills all the longings and desires of my heart.