对今日诗句的想法
若单看十字架的原意与样式，是何等令人生厌的记号。神成为肉身住在我们中间是多么难以置信，神要顺服人类的需求以及死亡的残酷是多么超乎想象，神要忍受十字架的残酷与羞辱是多么荒谬。然而这就是福音！看似愚拙、软弱且令人生厌，但却充满了大能，重塑我们，将无可比拟的信心启示给我们。当我们面对十字架与主耶稣的复活，这一切都是因着神的恩典将不可能变为可能。只有神能够以这样的方式将救赎赐予我们！
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
The Cross is such an offensive symbol when viewed in its most basic and raw form (1 Corinthians 1:18-24). For God to allow himself to become human flesh and live among us is unbelievable enough. For God to be willingly subjected to the vagaries and rigors of mortality and human needs in Christ is unthinkable. For God in Christ to endure the indignities and inhumanities of the Cross is preposterous. That, however, is the gospel truth! What appears to be foolish, weak, and offensive has the power to remake us and inspire us to unparalleled faith in Christ. When we come to the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus, we come to the impossible, which was made possible and accomplished by God's grace for us, and in us, in Jesus and his death on the Cross. Only God would bring us salvation in such a way.
我的祷告
圣洁恩慈的天父啊，我知道十字架对于有些人来说是愚拙的，许多佩戴十字架的人并不尊重十字架所代表的含义。然而天父啊，主耶稣甘愿为我走上十字架，这是何等的大能与不可思议的应许。天父啊，感谢你爱的恩赐与牺牲的救恩。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Holy and gracious Father, I know that the Cross may seem silly and foolish to some people. I know some people who wear the Cross as a symbol don't honor Christ for what he did upon the Cross. But Father, I confess that for me, Jesus' willingness to go to the Cross is powerfully convicting and amazingly reassuring. You have captured my heart with your sacrificial love in sending Jesus to redeem me. Thank you for your gift of grace and Jesus' willingness to endure and suffer for me. In his name, I thank, pray, and praise you. Amen.
