对今日诗句的想法
有时我们以为神太脆弱、太遥远、或是太沉闷，以致我们无法真诚地向神说出我们的为难之处。但雅各却并没有若此羞怯，他很好地提醒了我们——即使在风暴中，神也更加喜悦我们与他保持亲密的关系。不论你处于怎样的挣扎之中，诚实地与神交流——真诚地而非无礼地。让神来看顾你最真实的伤痛、沮丧和惧怕，而不仅仅只是那些微不足道的部分。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
We sometimes think of God as too fragile, distant, or brooding to speak honestly with him about our dilemmas. Others want to never appear to doubt, be angry, or be disappointed with God, thinking it might appear irreverent. Job, however, was not so shy. He did not live in denial about his anguish, pain, and disappointment with God. He spoke honestly out of life that was honorable and reverent before his great God (Job 1:1). Job is our great reminder that God prefers us to maintain our relationship with him, even if it is stormy and we are weary and confused. No matter where you are in your struggles, be honest with God. Speak openly with him about your emotions. Be real about the current chapter of your life, acknowledging that pain and disappointment overwhelm you. Let him minister to your truest hurts, deepest frustrations, and greatest fears. The Psalms offer many words of honest complaint and confusion to God. Job is honest about his suffering and life's unfairness. So, you can be honest with God. You can refuse to use trite, sanitized, and cliched words that are untrue to your heart. The Holy Spirit intercedes to help clean up your words and speak the unspeakable emotions of your heart (Romans 8:26-27). Don't be silent; speak out of the anguish of your spirit and the bitterness of your soul to your Father, who hears and cares how you feel.
我的祷告
阿爸父啊，感谢你垂听我的话语，聆听我的心声。感谢你赐下圣灵与救主耶稣在你的宝座面前做我们的中保。即使当我的心中满是挣扎与伤痛时，感谢你仍期望我与你同在。感谢你在我的心碎与挣扎中一直爱着我。最重要的是，感谢你应许带我回天家并同享你的荣耀。奉主耶稣基督名求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Abba Father, thank you for listening to my words and my heart. Thank you for providing the Holy Spirit and my Savior, Jesus, as my intercessors before your throne. Thank you for wanting me in your presence even when my heart is full of conflict, anger, and pain. Thank you for loving me through my brokenness and strife. Most of all, thank you for your promise to deliver me through this time of agony and bring me home to you to share in your glory. In Jesus' name, I yearn to experience your deliverance. Amen.
