双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：7月6日 怜悯之心（彼此相愛）

7月6日

怜悯之心（彼此相愛）

“你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了。”

约翰福音13:35

流行歌曲反复吟唱着爱，离婚率还是一路上升，虐童事件泛滥，战争、暴力、恐怖主义四处搅扰这个世界。各大新闻杂志都以“‘唯我’这一代”（以自我为中心的一代）的故事为封面。这一代人，似乎宁愿看一场职业拳击比赛，也不愿努力争取获奖。像这样的诗歌“赶快救灭亡人，救失丧灵魂”，不仅基本上从歌本上消失了，而且它的主题也从我们心中消失了，只剩下那些为受饥荒、压迫和海啸的受难者所写的歌曲。这些诗歌都是非常重要的。而正是那些心灵失丧的人，需要听到福音。

几年前我们访问印度。我们在那里的时候，正好发生海啸。五十英里范围的地区遭受严重灾害。成千上万的人失去性命，数十个村庄和城镇被彻底摧毁。印度官员们很真诚地为我们提供了直升飞机，陪同我们前往灾区。我们是第一批目睹这场灾难的人。我永远也忘不了那散发着死亡恶臭的悲惨一幕：犹如一千颗原子弹同时发生爆炸。

其实，世界上很多地方都还不知道这场灾难。为什么？因为这个世界已经灾难重重，媒体已经来不及报道。

亚伯拉罕林肯曾经说：“我很难过的是：很多人感受不到伤痛，因为鞭子打在别人背上。”

今日祷告：

天父，求祢赐予我们怜悯的心，去怜悯那些生病、受伤、垂死和饥饿的人；求祢赐予我们爱心，去爱那些在罪中失丧的人。求祢让我们看见属灵的真实。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

July 6

AN EXAMPLE OF LOVE

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,if ye have love one to another.John 13:35

Our popular music talks constantly about love,and yet divorce rates skyrocket,child abuse is rampant,and our world is shaken by wars,violence,and terrorism.Major news magazines feature cover stories on“The‘Me’Generation.”This generation,it seems,would rather see a prizefight than fight for a prize.Not only has the song“Rescue the perishing,care for the dying”disappeared from most of our songbooks,its theme has disappeared from our hearts,except for victims of physical famine,oppressive regimes,and tidal waves.And these are terribly important.It is just that the spiritually perishing need to hear the Gospel.

Several years ago we were visiting India.While we were there a terrible tidal wave hit a fifty-mile section of the coast,killing thousands of people and completely destroying scores of villages and towns.Indian officials graciously provided a helicopter and accompanied us to the area,and we were among the first to view the devastation.I will never forget the terrible destruction and the stench of death-it was as if a thousand atomic bombs had gone off at the same time.

The disaster was virtually ignored by the rest of the world.Why?Because there is so much suffering in the world already that the media cannot cover it all.

Abraham Lincoln once said,“I feel sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s back.”

Pray for the Day:

Father,give us hearts of compassion for those who are sick and hurting,dying and hungry.And give us hearts for compassion for those who are lost in their sins.Let us see the spiritual reality,in Jesus’Name,Amen.