人到中年
 
*情境禱文
 
天父，中年的路的確不好走！
這些年間，您知道我所行的路。
生活中好像總有做不完的事，解決不完的問題。
雖然我閱讀、看電影、聽音樂、運動來紓解壓力，
我也靈修禱告，默想自省，參與服事，
但仍容易掉進沮喪之中。
 
天父，我渴望和您建立更深的關係，
我渴望有更豐盛的生命！
雖不求功成名就，
但不希望自己的下半生就這樣庸庸碌碌地過了!
主啊！我還能為祢做什麼？
願所做的事不是為自己做的，而是為祢做的。
我渴望的是建造金銀寶石的工程。
 
下午聽Ray Boltz 的「Thank You」那首歌，
I dreamed I went to heaven
And you were there with me
We walked upon the streets of gold
Beside the crystal sea
We heard the angels singing
Then someone called your name
You turned and saw this young man
And he was smiling as he came

And he said, Friend
You may not know me now
And then he said, But wait
You used to teach my Sunday School
When I was only eight
And every week you would say a prayer
Before the class would start
And one day when you said that prayer
I asked Jesus in my heart

CHORUS:
Thank you for giving to the Lord
I am a life that was changed
Thank you for giving to the Lord
I am so glad you gave

Then another man stood before you
And said remember the time
A missionary came to your church
And his pictures made you cry
You didn't have much money
But you gave it anyway
Jesus took the gift you gave
And that's why I am here today
 
CHORUS

One by one they came
Far as the eye could see
Each life somehow touched
By your generosity
Little things that you had done
Sacrifices made
Unnoticed on the earth
In heaven now proclaimed

And I know up in heaven
You're not supposed to cry
But I am almost sure
There were tears in your eyes
As Jesus took your hand
And you stood before the Lord
He said, My child look around you
Great is your reward

CHORUS (repeat)

I am so glad you gave

聽著聽著，內心澎湃不已，
我彷彿觸摸到天堂，我開始嚮往天堂的榮耀。
 
親愛的主，祢知道我心底深處對祢的愛,
幫助我活出詩歌裡面所描述的生命：
真心付出愛，愛神愛人。
是的，我要等候仰望祢，重新得力。
願我的人生下半場比上半場豐富精彩，對準祢的心意。
奉主耶穌基督的聖名禱告。阿們！


*參考經文：
若有人用金、銀、寶石、草木、禾楷在這根基上建造，各人的工程必然顯露，因為那日子要將它表明出來，有火發現；這火要試驗各人的工程怎樣。（哥林多前書三章12-13節）
 
耶穌對他說：你要盡心、盡性、盡意愛主你的神。這是誡命中的第一，且是最大的。其次也相倣，就是要愛人如己。（馬太福音廿二章37-39節）
 
但那些仰望耶和華的人，必重新得力；他們必像鷹一樣展翅上騰；他們奔跑，也不困倦，他們行走，也不疲乏。（新譯本以賽亞書四十章31節）
 
耶穌回答說：”信神所差來的，這就是做神的工。”(約翰福音六章29節)
 
…又當記念主耶穌的話，說：『施比受更為有福。』(使徒行傳二十章35節)
 
若有人愛上帝，這人乃是上帝所知道的。（歌林多前書八章3節）
 
*默想與回應：
1 你或你的家人有中年危機嗎？如何尋求突破？
2 你的生命和神建立關係了嗎？和祂永恒的計畫連結上了嗎？ 把你的渴望告訴祂。
3 什麼是金銀寶石的工程？什麼是草木禾楷的工程？（參哥林多前書三章12節）
  兩者最大的差別在那裡？


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