对今日诗句的想法
对你来说重要的是什么？这处箴言挑战我们颠覆世界的价值观。谦卑、与卑微受欺压的人相处，这是神所看重的。神不喜悦滥用权力与骄傲。神不仅赐予我们箴言，更赐下他的爱子，为我们作诠释。现在，我们当学习活出神的旨意。当主耶稣说：“跟从我！”(参见约翰福音13章)的时候，就已经赐予了我们以生命诠释的机会。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
What is your source of significance? This proverb challenges us to view the world upside down to the rest of culture. Humility and association with the lowly and oppressed are valued by God. Abusive power and arrogance are not. God didn't just give us this proverb, he sent us his Son to demonstrate it. Now if we can only learn to live it. Ah! But Jesus does give us the opportunity to demonstrate it when he says, “Follow me!” (cf. John 13)
我的祷告
天父啊，我承认自己的软弱，无力面对试探、文化表象的诱惑和想要“吸引众人眼球”的压力。然而主耶稣虽有大能却选择谦卑；拥有尊位却与被抛弃、被遗忘、被拒绝的百姓相处，我为主耶稣感谢赞美你！愿你使用我，使我通过接纳被遗弃、被遗忘、被剥夺权利者而改变我的世界。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Father, I do recognize my weakness and vulnerability to temptation, to the lure of my culture's facades, and to the pressure to be like the "popular crowd." Thank you for Jesus, who had power but displayed humility, who had position but identified with the abandoned, forgotten, and rejected. Please use me to be a difference-maker in my world by including those who are left out, forgotten, and disenfranchised. In Jesus name. Amen.
