对今日诗句的想法
就像父母给孩子们所定的规矩——不要喝柜子底下的东西，不要在马路上玩耍，不要走在停着的车后面。神的诫命，积极而有禁令，是为了保护我们，并且使我们完全。通过神的诫命，我们找到了生命，并且保守了生命。(直到数千年后，当我们开始明白细菌和病毒时，旧约律法和一切洁净的律才令人豁然开朗。在历史中，虽然并不真正明白神为何赐下律法，但以色列人因神的诫命而得蒙保守。)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Much like the rules parents have for young children — don't drink what's under the cabinet, don't play in the street, don't walk out from behind parked cars... — God's guidance is not to restrict us, but to protect us. His commands, both positive and prohibitive, are for our protection and perfection. By them we find life and have it preserved. (The Old Testament Law had all sorts of cleanliness laws that did not make any sense at all until thousands of years after they were written when we began to understand bacteria and viruses. All through these years, the Israelites were preserved by God's command when they had no real understanding why God had given the laws in the first place.)
我的祷告
圣洁的主啊，愿你帮助我将你的话语视作生命。我知道你赐下了诫命与旨意，为使我们成为圣洁，并且祝福我们、保护我们。愿你的圣灵使我的心不再固执，使我的生命更效法你的旨意。奉主耶稣之名和他的大能祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Holy Lord, help me see your words as life. I know you have given your commands, your will for holiness, to bless me and protect me. Use your Spirit to make my heart less stubborn and my life more nearly conformed to your will. In Jesus' name and by his power I ask it. Amen.
