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2011-11-04
15:11 耶穌又說：一個人有兩個兒子。
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 小兒子對父親說：父親，請你把我應得的家業分給我。他父親就把產業分給他們。
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me . And he divided unto them his living.
15:13 過了不多幾日，小兒子就把他一切所有的都收拾起來，往遠方去了。在那裡任意放蕩，浪費貲財。
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
15:14 既耗盡了一切所有的，又遇著那地方大遭饑荒，就窮苦起來。
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15:15 於是去投靠那地方的一個人；那人打發他到田裡去放豬。
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 他恨不得拿豬所吃的豆莢充飢，也沒有人給他。
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
15:17 他醒悟過來，就說：我父親有多少的雇工，口糧有餘，我倒在這裡餓死嗎？
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
15:18 我要起來，到我父親那裡去，向他說：父親！我得罪了天，又得罪了你；
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
15:19 從今以後，我不配稱為你的兒子，把我當作一個雇工吧！
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
15:20 於是起來，往他父親那裡去。相離還遠，他父親看見，就動了慈心，跑去抱著他的頸項，連連與他親嘴。
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
15:21 兒子說：父親！我得罪了天，又得罪了你；從今以後，我不配稱為你的兒子。
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
15:22 父親卻吩咐僕人說：把那上好的袍子快拿出來給他穿；把戒指戴在他指頭上；把鞋穿在他腳上；
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
15:23 把那肥牛犢牽來宰了，我們可以吃喝快樂；
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and be merry:
15:24 因為我這個兒子是死而復活，失而又得的。他們就快樂起來。
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
對愛充耳不聞
「小兒子就⋯⋯去了⋯⋯任意放蕩，浪費貲財。」 路15:13
有一天，耶穌講了一個年青人的故事。這個年青人一直都住在家中，他熟知這房子的每一個角落和氣味，他知道「關於」這個家的一切， 可是他不想留下來。他「覺得」不自在， 於是那年青人作了我們當中一些人曾作過的事，就是要離去， 找尋他「真正」的家。
他的離去對父親來說是一個很大的恥辱。在那個社會，一個父親即使簽字把家族的農田傳給兒子，也會等到他死後， 兒子才能承繼這些產業。可是，那年青人等不 了，他要求在父親離世前，便要得到這些產業。他說：「父啊， 我不能再等了，我現在就想得到你給我的遺產，好讓我可以離開。」 出奇地，父親竟答應了他的要 求。
那年青人如此無情地厭棄父親，離家走了。他背棄自己的家庭、社會，「往遠方去了」。他與自己所熟知的乏味的生活一刀兩斷， 他的離去不單是不敬，更是叛逆。
我們都心知肚明，在我們當中有不少人都在渴慕著那不能言喻的一點甚麼。 我們絕少承認，但我們每天都會聽到想像的聲音，呼召我們「 往遠方去」。在我們腦中雜亂刺耳的聲音裏，同時，有另一個聲音， 是神寧靜溫柔的微聲，呼喚我們回家。
神不是要另一個「雇工」，祂要我們每一個都作祂的兒女。禱告
父啊，我們往往容易遊蕩，過雇工的生活，感謝祢拯救我們作祢的兒女，與祢共享永生。藉著耶穌而求，阿們。
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DEAF TO LOVE
"The younger son . . . set off . . . and . . . squandered his wealth in wild living." Luke 15:13
One day Jesus told this story about a young man who had lived at home all his life. He knew the house, its smells, and all its nooks. He knew a thousand things about his home. But he didn't want to stay. He didn't feel at home. So that young man did what some of us have done. He left to find his "real" home.
His leaving was an insult to his father. Even if a father in that culture signed over the rights to the family farm, he would still live off that farm until his death. But the young man couldn't wait. He asked, and amazingly received, what he had no right to until his father died. He was saying, "Dad, I can't wait to leave home until you die. I want my inheritance now."
With such a heartless rejection of his father, the young man left. He turned his back on his family and his community and left "for a distant country." He cut loose from the dull, familiar ways he knew. His leaving was more than disrespectful. It was a betrayal.
We understand. Many of us ache for something we cannot define. We seldom admit it, but every day we hear creative voices that call us to "a distant country." In the blaring confusion of voices in our heads, another voice, the silent, gentle whisper of God, calls us back.
God doesn't want another "hired servant." He wants each of us as his child.
PRAYERFather, we are prone to wander. We are prone to live as hired people. Thank you for saving us to be your daughters and sons and to enjoy life with you forever. Through Jesus, Amen.
願上帝賜恩福與全家, 身心靈健壯, 凡事興盛.
小栗姐 祝福您, 服事得力, 滿有神恩典同在
小栗姐 祝福您, 服事得力, 滿有神恩典同在
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