对今日诗句的想法
有那么多的人声称神站在他们一边，这是不是很神奇。那些强化奴隶制度，充满谎言和偏见，贿赂官长，假冒为善，对弱者不公，施行“种族清洗”的人都“声称神与自己同在”。然而神的准则却很简单：行善，追求美善，否则人就与神毫无关系！在先知阿摩司的话中，那意味着在法庭上，市场上，并在敬拜场所对所有人一视同仁。我们若宣称神站在我们这一边，那我们最好就亲近神，寻求神所认可的美善、公义和怜悯！
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Isn't it amazing how many people claim God is on their side? God has been "claimed" by those seeking to enforce slavery, practice prejudice, lie, bribe officials, practice hypocrisy, force injustice on the powerless, and practice "ethnic cleansing." But God makes the test of his presence in a person's life pretty simple: do what is good and seek after the good, or you're not related to me! In the words of the prophet Amos, that meant equity for all peoples in the courts, marketplaces, and houses of worship. If we're claiming God is on our side, then we'd better draw close to the side of God, the side of good, justice, and mercy as God defines them!
我的祷告
宝贵而又大能的神啊，你满有怜悯，喜爱公平与公正，我要赞美你，因你时常记念那些被遗忘的人。当我与黑暗邪恶同伙，求你藉着那在我里面内住的圣灵让我知罪，并激发我的心志，使我为了我的同族与世人的救恩而效力，不仅带给他们永恒的救恩，也让他们从普遍的仇恨和邪恶中得救赎。愿你的国照亮我们的世界，也让你对我们所怀的意念和旨意更加明晰。奉耶稣的名求，阿门！
My Prayer...
Precious and Almighty God, full of mercy and lover of justice and fairness, I praise you for your concern for those who are often forgotten. By the presence of your Holy Spirit within me, convict me when I side with evil and oppression and stir me to work for the salvation of others, my culture, and my world — not just eternal salvation, but salvation from evil and hatred that are so prevalent. May your Kingdom dawn more brightly in our world as it does in your heart and will for us. In Jesus' name. Amen.
