昨天收到一封信，正是我精疲力竭， 覺都睡不夠的周末。 寫信人不認識我，我也不認識他，可這信分明是寫給我的，它十分準確地回複了我上個星期抱怨忙碌時發過的牢騷，問過的問題。
上周我的案子開庭， 之前我還在和同事討論過， 問問題必須要精確不寬泛，才能指望被問的一方給予你所要的回答。
可我曾經問過的一個更重要的問題，並未敢指望有人可以給我答案，答案卻在我需要之時不期而至。
究竟什麽是神的愛? 他差耶穌基督降臨人世， 所作的事都是世人不屑於做的事。他教導人，幫助人， 使人做他的門徒， 卻被人笑罵，嫉恨，定罪， 釘上十字架。
有人常常會誇口， 我不下地獄誰下地獄! 可真的苦難來臨，他還在不在，能不能舍身取義放棄自己? 你親眼見過有這樣人麽?
唯基督一人而已! 這正是我們敬拜他，榮耀歸於他理所當然的緣由。
生活當中，當一個人遭遇患難時， 誰願救他逃出水火? 還是唯耶穌基督而已!
“ 除他以外，別無拯救。 天上地下沒有賜下別的名 ， 叫我們可以藉著得救 。” 真理不僅是文字， 也是在生命中可以得到驗證的經曆， 是生命的一部分。
救贖， 不是一個抽象概念，他不僅指基督徒接受基督為生命救主之時，上帝賜與他不死的新生命 . 也意味著在今世這個肉體生命發生危機，枯竭， 絕望，痛苦之時，基督用他複活的能力來使我的生命複原。發生事故， 意外之災，身體病痛， 被人的庸見判斷拋棄之時， 都是一個人需要救主的靈拯救之時。
保羅認識到基督的能力，他甘願放棄一切獲得基督： I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.
以下這封信，是我在生命瀕臨枯幹之時， 救主耶穌對我說的話。 感謝他真理的醫治能力。
Your Life Matters to God
Most People Don't...
Those three words ping-ping in my mind over and over like pebbles against a glass window. I pause, "It's true. Most people don't spend so much time sitting in front of a laptop and writing."
And then it comes, "What's the matter with you? Why can't you relax and be more like most people?" You've had these words thrown like stones at you too, haven't you?
[ 我是這樣說的：“ 我寫東西差不多都是在寫於不寫的矛盾鬥爭中完成的，總是心中的一個聲音勝過另一個聲音， 斷斷續續就寫下來了， 其實我的本性真是懶得寫的人。我也很難解釋清楚，為什麽不花時間寫寫專業文章。。。” 請參考這個貼子下麵的跟帖對話： http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=201004&postID=5105]
Most people don't...wear themselves out in the kitchen because they believe a meal feeds hearts and fills bellies.
Most people don't...throw off their entire schedule because they take time to listen to the stranger in the grocery store having a hard day.
Most people don't...pour over spreadsheets until their eyes are red because they see numbers as sort of an art and a way to bring order to a chaotic world.
Most people don't do what you do, love what you love, feel the kind of passion you feel about that thing. I started thinking about this recently and I realized we're in good company.
Most people don't...build an ark.
Most people don't...lead people through the desert to the Promised Land.
Most people don't...die on a cross to save the world.
But aren't you glad one person did?
What It's All About
It's not about following our career path
It's about following His call upon our lives. Matthew 16:24
It's not about our self-efforts to live for Him;
It's about letting Him live His life in us. Galatians 2:20
It's not about our attempts at self-improvement;
It's about His transforming grace. 2 Corinthians 5:17
It's not about our self-image;
It's about being conformed to His image. Romans 8:29
It's not about wanting the approval of others;
It's about having His approval. 2 Timothy 2:15
除此之外，昨天中午， 他派了另一位禱告的天使， 一位新認識的碧娟姐妹， 送給我以賽亞書 61 章的經文： “ 61:1 主耶和華的靈在我身上。因為耶和華用膏膏我，叫我傳好信息給謙卑的人， 差遣我醫好傷心的人，報告被擄的得釋放 ，被囚的出監牢。 61:2 報告耶和華的恩年。。。”
在禱告前，這位姐妹還按照大概是她在的英文教會的禱告計劃表， 和我們一起讀了列王紀下第七章的內容， 這段是我本來不太熟悉的經文，讀後讓我對耶和華所行的奇事心裏驚歎。
今天早晨我一直在讀以賽亞書 61 章的經文，發現這是一首充滿愛心優美無比的詩章， 讀後我心洋溢著溫暖快樂。。。
讓我用 Roy Lessin 的一首詩做為今天的禱告，獻給我的主：
The Lord is My …
Provider
I am satisfied.
Teacher
I am instructed.
Shelter
I am covered.
Rock
I am secure.
Victory
I am triumphant.
Shepherd
I am cared for.
Captain
I am protected.
Encourager
I am built up.
Salvation
I am delivered.
Healer
I am whole.
Rest
I am comforted.
Guide
I am directed.
Confidence
I am assured.
Maker
I am loved.
Father
I am accepted.
Deliverer
I am free.
