2013年5月3日 星期五

經歷神歷久彌新的保守-5月4日

「因為祂打傷,又纏裹;祂擊傷,又親手醫治。」-約伯記5:18
們行過昔日地震搖撼過的山嶺,發現破毀後的山麓,顯得平靜安祥。

坍塌的岩石邊有寧靜的池子,其中的蓮花光彩奪目,蘆葦成蔭,在陽光下隨風起舞;久遠的墓園旁,興起了幾家房舍;教堂的尖塔,劃開了薄暮中的風雨交加,宣揚神歷久彌新的保守。

「地的深處在祂手中,山的高峰也屬祂。」-詩篇95:4
-羅斯金

"He maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth and his hands make whole" (Job 5:18).
The ministry of a great sorrow.

As we pass beneath the hills which have been shaken by the earthquake and torn by convulsion, we find that periods of perfect repose succeed those of destruction. The pools of calm water lie clear beneath their fallen rocks, the water lilies gleam, and the reeds whisper among the shadows; the village rises again over the forgotten graves, and its church tower, white through the storm twilight, proclaims a renewed appeal to His protection "in whose hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also." --Ruskin