双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：2月2日 怜恤的心

2月2日

怜恤的心

“怜恤人的人有福了！ 因为他们必蒙怜恤。”

马太福音 5:7

小马丁路德金不愿意随波逐流。在敌对势力面前，他坚持怜恤。对那些威胁他、侮辱他、人身攻击他的，他有权利进行回击。但他选择了非暴力途径。他的选择改变了美国这个强大的国家，更改变了亿万人的心灵。

当你拥有权力的时候，当你有理由表达愤怒的时候，当你也完全有机会宣泄怒火的时候，如果你选择克制自己，会怎么样？如果你选择伸出恩典和解之手，会怎么样？ 怜恤人的上帝掌管一切。那该受审判的，同样是上帝的孩子，并需要重建和修复。

并不是每个人都愿意接受你的怜恤而改变。但是，他们是否接受，不是你的责任。怜恤不会主宰一个人的未来，它只是一个开启。

今日祷告：

主耶稣，求祢赐给我一颗饶恕的心，给需要的人以希望。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

Febrary 2 – Be Merciful

“God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. “

MAT T H EW 5 : 7

Martin Luther King Jr. was countercultural. In the face of hostility, he upheld mercy. He had every right to retaliate against those who hurled threats, insults, and physical harm. Yet he chose a different path, one that changed the trajectory of a powerful nation, not to mention the hearts of

millions upon millions of people.

When you are in a position of power, when you are justified to dispense wrath, when you have the opportunity to absolutely let loose your fury, what would happen if you chose to withhold it? What if you extended a hand of grace and restoration instead? Mercy recognizes that God is in control, and it acknowledges that the person who deserves judgment is both a fellow child of God and in need of restoration.

Not everyone who is offered mercy accepts it or reorients to it. But someone else’s response is not your responsibility. Mercy doesn’t dictate a person’s future; it simply opens it up.

Pray for the Day:

Lord Jesus, give me your authority to forgive and offer a hope

to those who need it. Amen.