双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月4日 主不丢弃

6月4日

主不丢弃

“我不撇下你们为孤儿，我必到你们这里来。”约翰福音14:18

神从未向任何人应许过，免受悲伤、苦难和哀痛，即便是祂的儿女。这个世界就是苦海。沮丧和心痛犹如乌云和阴影一般，不可避免。而苦难往往正是对我们的信心的考验。那些在苦难的炉中得胜的，经过火的试炼，必如精金。

圣经明确地教导我们，我们必然胜过一切失丧之痛。正如诗篇的作者说，“一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。”（诗30:5）

自悲自怜不会带来长久的安慰。事实上，只会增加痛苦。持续的悲伤也不会给我们带来慰藉，因为悲伤只能导致悲伤。无尽的伤痛只会使我们痛上加痛。我们不应当传播自己的悲伤情绪，哀叹我们的不幸遭遇，那只会让别人沮丧。如果我们以基督的方式来忍受痛苦和悲伤，就能在其中拥抱一种内在的安慰。“哀恸的人有福了！因为他们必得安慰。”（太5:4）

在哀恸中我们得到安慰，因为我们知道基督与我们同在。祂说过：“我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。”（太28:20）如果我们不是独自承受痛苦，那么它是可以忍受的。我们越是感受到神的同在，我们就越是能够战胜痛苦。

今日祷告：

天父，当我受苦时，我知道你与我同在。求祢与我的那些受苦的朋友和家人同在，赐给他们安慰；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

June 4

THE CRUCIBLE OF SUFFERING

I will not leave you comfortless….John 14:18

Nowhere has God promised anyone,even His children,immunity from sorrow,suffering,and pain.This world is a“vale of tears,”and disappointment and heartache are as inevitable as clouds and shadows.Suffering is often the crucible in which our faith is tested.Those who successfully come through the“furnace of affliction”are the ones who emerge“like gold tried in the fire”

The Bible teaches unmistakably that we can triumph over bereavement.The psalmist said,“Weeping may endure for a night,but joy cometh in the morning”(Psalm 30:5).

Self-pity can bring no enduring comfort.The fact is,it will only add to our misery.And unremitting grief will give us little consolation in itself,for grief begets grief.Ceaseless grieving will only magnify our sorrow.We should not peddle our sorrows and bewail our bad fortune-that will only depress others.Sorrow,or mourning,when it is borne in a Christian way,contains a built-in comfort.“Blessed are they that mourn:for they shall be comforted”(Matthew 5:4).

There is comfort in mourning because we know that Christ is with us.He has said,“Lo,I am with you always,even unto the end of the world”(Matthew 28:20).Suffering is endurable if we do not have to bear it alone;and the more compassionate the Presence,the less acute the pain.

Pray for the Day:

Father,when I suffer,I know that You are with me.Be with my friends and my family—people that I know who are suffering.Bring your comfort;in Jesus’Name.