2020-12-25    


 
 

As little children
we would dream of Christmas morn,
of all the gifts and toys we knew we'd find.
But we never realized
a baby born one blessed night,
gave us the greatest gift of our lives.
We were the reason that He gave His life.
We were the reason that He suffered and died.
To a world that was lost,
He gave all He could give,
to show us the reason to live.

當我小時候,我常夢見聖誕夜,
有那麼多禮物,為我預備。
但那時我卻不知,有一嬰孩為我降生,
給我生命最大的禮物。
祂為了我們,獻出祂一生,
祂為了我們,甘心痛苦受死,
為這失落世界,祂給予祂所有,並給我們生命意義。

— by David Meece
from the lyric of his song『We Are The Reason』



在聖誕節期,人們最常想到的就是『禮物』,小朋友們往往誤以為『聖誕節』是『聖誕老公公的節日』,不管是否真的有聖誕老公公,總是期待將會得著的禮物。至於其他人,不管是出於責任、義務、習俗、禮尚往來,也都忙著購買、準備各樣禮物給自己身邊的人。但這首詩歌提醒我們,真正聖誕的禮物,是有一嬰孩為我們降生,因著愛、給我們生命最大、而且是犧牲、無條件的禮物。若是有什麼交換,是以刑罰替換我們的平安、以鞭傷替換我們的醫治。神已經給予祂所有,使我們能活出生命真正的意義,今天我們是否接受、得著了呢⋯?


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