随处散播你的爱心，就从对你的家人开始，多一分关爱给你的孩子，你的另一半，然后你的邻居……，让每个接近你的人都有如沐春风的感觉。给别人一个关怀的眼神，一个灿烂的微笑，一个温暖的拥抱，为上帝的仁慈做见证。
——泰瑞莎修女
25年前，有位教社会学的大学教授，曾叫班上学生到巴尔的摩的贫民窟，调查200名男孩的成长背景和生活环境，并对他们未来的发展做一评估，每个学生的结论都是“他毫无出头的机会”。
5年后，另一位教授发现了这份研究，他叫学生做后续调查，看昔日这些男孩今天是何状况。结果根据调查，除了有20名男孩搬离或过世，剩下的180名中有176名成就非凡，其中担任律师、医生或商人的比比皆是。这位教授在惊讶之余，决定深入调查此事。他拜访了当年曾受评估的年轻人，跟他们请教同一个问题，“你今日会成功的最大原因是什么？”结果他们都不约而同地回答：“因为我遇到了一位好老师。”
这位老师目前仍健在，虽然年迈，但还是耳聪目明，教授找到她后，问她到底有何绝招，能让这些在贫民窟长大的孩子个个出人头地？
这位老太太眼中闪着慈祥的光芒，嘴角带着微笑回答道：“其实也没什么，我爱这些孩子。”
（艾瑞克·布特渥斯）
圣 经 金 句 选
爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂。(林前 13:4)
如今常存的有信，有望，有爱；这三样，其中最大的是爱。(林前 13:13)
你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。(弗 5:22)
你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍己。(弗 5:25)
Streams in the Desert for Feb.10
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves.” (Rom. 12:19.)THERE are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act. Composure is often the highest result of power. To the vilest and most deadly charges Jesus responded with deep, unbroken silence, such as excited the wonder of the judge and the spectators. To the grossest insults, the most violent ill-treatment and mockery that might well bring indignation into the feeblest heart, He responded with voiceless complacent calmness. Those who are unjustly accused and causelessly ill-treated know what tremendous strength is necessary to keep silence to God.
St. Paul said, “None of these things move me.”
“Men may misjudge thy aim, Think they have cause to blame, Say, thou art wrong; Keep on thy quiet way, Christ is the Judge, not they, Fear not, be strong.”
He did not say, none of these things hurt me. It is one thing to be hurt, and quite another to be moved. St. Paul had a very tender heart. We do not read of any apostles who cried as St. Paul did. It takes a strong man to cry. Jesus wept, and He was the manliest Man that ever lived. So it does not say, none of these things hurt me. But the apostle had determined not to move from what he believed was right. He did not count as we are apt to count; he did not care for ease; he did not care for this mortal life. He cared for only one thing, and that was to be loyal to Christ, to have His smile. To St. Paul, more than to any other man, His work was wages, His smile was Heaven. --- Margaret Bottome.
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