"Be eager in pursuit of this love."(1 Cor. 13:7-13.) (Weymount.)
REHEARSE your troubles to God only. Not long ago I read in a paper a bit of personal experience from a precious child of God, and it made such an impression upon me that I record it here. She wrote:
"I found myself one midnight wholly sleepless as the surges of a cruel injustice swept over me, and the love which covers seemed to have crept out of my heart. Then I cried to God in an agony for the power to obey His injunction, `Love covereth.'
"Immediately the Spirit began to work in me the power that brought about the forgetfulness."
"Mentally I dug a grave. Deliberately I threw up the earth until the excavation was deep."
"Sorrowfully I lowered into it the thing which wounded me. Quickly I shoveled in the clods."
"Over the mound I carefully laid the green sods. Then I covered it with white roses and forget-
me-nots, and quickly walked away."
"Sweet sleep came. The wound which had been so nearly deadly was healed without a scar, and I know not today what caused my grief."
"There was a scar on yonder mountain-side,
Gashed out where once the cruel storm had trod;
A barren, desolate chasm, reaching wide
Across the soft green sod.
"But years crept by beneath the purple pines,
And veiled the scar with grass and moss once more,
And left it fairer now with flowers and vines
Than it had been before.
"There was a wound once in a gentle heart,
Whence all life's sweetness seemed to ebb and die;
And love's confiding changed to bitter smart,
While slow, sad years went by.
"Yet as they passed, unseen an angel stole
And laid a balm of healing on the pain,
Till love grew purer in the heart made whole,
And peace came back again."
行在爱中
邱清萍
爱人如己四部曲
邱清萍
爱人如己四部曲
不分你、我
生命荡漾在母体里：吃母亲所吃，感母亲所感，母亲到那里我也到那里。出生头几个月，虽然与母体分离，但在意识上仍然分不清你、我。世界基本上跟在胎里没有什么分别：饿了就自动有东西喂进咀里，一举手一投足都仿佛世界在动，母亲仍然时刻同在。
发现自己
渐渐经验转变了。饿了不立刻有食物，要大哭大叫才送上来。手舞足蹈却发现旁边的东西依然不动，最不惯的是母亲有时不见了，界线开始分明：我与周围的世界是分开的，我与母亲也是分明的。这个个体化的过程延至青少人期，经常问的问题是：「我是谁？」所谓身份危机(我是什么、不是什么)其实是人成长必经之路。每个人迟早要发现自己有独立的人格、价值和责任，与旁人是谁无关，否则会影响心智的成熟和人际的关系。
发现别人
在发现自己的过程里，有时会显得很自我中心，只看到自己的需要和满足，甚至在爱人的时候，也是带着自私的动机。另一方面会发现别人也有他们独立的身份，也有他们的需求，两个自我中心的人只能引起很多的矛盾与冲突。更重要的是发现世界没有「纯我」，都是我中有你，你中有我，这是造物主放在我们里面群性的镜子，互相映照。
爱人如己
「水中照脸，彼此相符；人与人，心也相对。」(箴廿七19)人为找寻自我经过困惑与挣扎，若也经历在基督里的肯定与释放，心镜澄明，也必照出别人的挣扎与在基督里的价值。有人说：「最个人的东西都是最共通的。」有了这个认识，就能体会「你的软弱我也有，我的自由你也可以享。」就能以己之心恕人，以责人之心责己。
咀嚼生命粮：路六36-42，十25-37
穿上走路鞋：
1.你是谁？你的价值是用什么来衡量？
2.选一个你最难相处的家人或朋友，试找你与他共通的地方，最少列出七样。
图书馆资料
《生命的触动－查尔斯史丹利讲道 78集》共 3 张 DVD
DVD 3 包含：
01 十字架的救赎
02 以真理建设生命
03 渴慕神
04 寻求神引导
05 与神独处
06 进入神内心－顺服最重要
07 成功有时
08 持守信心
09 此路不通时
10 恩典领我前进
11 风暴中有神的旨意
12 复活的信息
13 如何展现忍耐
14 当称谢耶和华
15 当神发出呼召
16 父亲的脚踪
17 禁食祷告
18 来认识他
19 若我们忽视神
20 神的忍耐
21 神奖赏顺服者
22 天国之路
23 无亏的良心
24 心中的渴望
25 倚靠神走过黑暗
26 良心的功用
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