双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：8 月 29 日 归回天家

8 月 29 日

归回天家

这必朽坏的，总要变成不朽坏的；这必死的，总要变成不死的。这必朽坏的，既变成不朽坏的；这必死的，既变成不死的；那时经上所记，死被得胜吞灭的话就应验了。

哥林多前书 15:53-54

这段经文的意思是，一旦我们到了天堂，我们将不受身体或物质的局限和束缚。你想象得到吗？残疾、病患、羸弱的身体将会变得强壮、美丽、充满活力。

从前，有一位寡妇和她儿子住在一个破旧的阁楼里。多年前，她违背父母的意愿结了婚，和丈夫一起到异国他乡去生活。

丈夫不负责任，被发现对她不忠，几年后去世了，没给她和孩子留下任何财产。她竭尽全力才勉强度日。

孩子一生最快乐的时光就是当母亲把他抱在怀里并且告诉他有关她父亲老家的房子。那里有如茵的草坪、高大的树木、野地的花朵，迷人的图画，还有美味的佳肴。

虽然这孩子从未见过爷爷的家，但对他来说，那是世界上最美丽的地方。他渴望有一天能到那里去生活。

一天，邮递员敲响了阁楼的门送来一封信。母亲认得信上的笔迹，她用颤抖的手指拆开信封。里面有一张支票和一张纸条，上面只写着：“回家吧。”

我们所有认识基督的人都不必害怕死亡。对基督徒来说，死就是“回家”。

今日祷告：

天父，当祢召唤我们的时候，我们期待着回家与祢同在；祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

August 29

COME HOME!

For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”             1 Corinthians 15:53-54, NIV

What this means is that once we have reached heaven, we will no longer be troubled or inhibited by physical or bodily limitations. Can you imagine that? The crippled, diseased, wasted bodies will be strong and beautiful and vigorous.

Once there was a widow and her son who lived in a miserable attic. Years before, she had married against her parents’ wishes and had gone with her husband to live in a foreign land.

He had proved irresponsible and unfaithful, and after a few years he died without having made any provision for her and the child. It was with the utmost difficulty that she managed to scrape together the bare necessities of life.

The happiest times in the child’s life were those when the mother took him in her arms and told him about her father’s house in the old country. She told him of the grassy lawn, the noble trees, the wild flowers, the lovely pictures, and the delicious meals.

The child had never seen his grandfather’s home, but to him it was the most beautiful place in all the world. He longed for the time when he would go there to live.

One day the postman knocked at the attic door. The mother recognized the handwriting on the letter he brought and with trembling fingers broke the seal. There was a check and a slip of paper with just two words: “Come home.”

All of us who know Christ personally need not be afraid to die. Death to the Christian is “going home.”

Pray for the Day:

Father, we look forward to going home to be with You, when the time is right, and when You call us; in Jesus’ Name, Amen.