对今日诗句的想法
当以色列心惊胆战地面对凶残的敌人，神的百姓及其荣耀面临毁灭时，神赐下了他的应许。毁灭临到是由于他们的悖逆与罪，然而神惩罚的目的却并不仅是让他们受苦，而是要救赎他们。尽管他们遭遇毁灭，神依然应许他们会迎来应许复兴、盼望和未来。正如医生给骨折的病人接骨，病人必须经历痛苦才能获得医治，神的管教也并非任意而为，神要藉着管教带来医治，最终带来生命。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
When Israel lay devastated in the face of a ruthless enemy that would rob all the glory and strip bare the very soul of God's people, God issues his promise. While the destruction visited upon them was in response to their rebellion and sin, God's punishment wasn't punitive alone, but redemptive. In their destruction, God promised prosperity, hope, and a future. Just as a doctor must cause pain when he sets a broken bone so it may heal, God's discipline is not capricious but curative, and ultimately life-giving.
我的祷告
噢主啊，求你帮助我在挣扎当中遇见你的恩典——不是为了解除我的挣扎与痛苦，而是为了你荣耀的缘故，救赎并改变我的内心和习惯。因着你的恩典，奉我救主耶稣之名求，阿们！
My Prayer...
In my struggles, O Lord, help me find your grace — not in the relief of struggle and pain, but in the redemption and change of my heart and my habits to your glory. By your grace and in the name of my Savior Jesus I ask it. Amen.
