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我們四面受敵、卻不被困住,心裡作難、卻不至失望,
遭逼迫、卻不被丟棄,打倒了、卻不至死亡。
身上常帶著耶穌的死,使耶穌的生、也顯明在我們身上。

We are pressed on every side by troubles,
but we are not crushed.
We are perplexed,
but not driven to despair.
We are hunted down,
but never abandoned by God.
We get knocked down,
but we are not destroyed.
Through suffering,
our bodies continue to share
in the death of Jesus
so that the life of Jesus
may also be seen in our bodies. (NLT)

— 哥林多後書:四8-10



神兒女們常會有個錯覺,以為自己在父神大愛裡,每天都會是『天色常藍、花香常漫、常晴無雨、常樂無苦、常安無虞』,但是保羅卻提醒我們,神兒女也會有『四面受敵、心裡作難、遭遇逼迫』、甚至有被打倒的時候。但神卻會賜下夠用的恩典,使我們『不被困住、不至失望、不被丟棄』,即使面臨死亡、也必與耶穌一同復活,進入神為我們所預備、那永恆的家鄉。重要的是,在面對這些患難困苦時,我們是否也像其他人,擔憂、懼怕、埋怨、怪罪,沒有信心、沒有盼望、也沒有愛心,還是能讓主耶穌的新生命,顯明在我們的身上呢⋯?


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