當遭遇極深的悲痛或困境時，若有人告訴我們從逆境中可得著祝福，我們可能會感到生氣。假使有人好意勸告說要相信上帝的應許，我們可能也會認為他太不近人情，甚至不切實際。
當上帝正準備要救以色列人出埃及時，以色列的子民就是這樣的反應。上帝命令法老要讓祂的百姓離去，法老卻硬著心，增加希伯來奴隸的工作量，逼他們撿拾做磚所需要的草料（出埃及記5章10-11節），這使以色列人氣餒極了。儘管摩西向他們保證上帝已經聽到他們的哀號，並且應許要帶領他們得地為業，但他們卻無法接受（6章9節）。

有時候傷痛和恐懼會封住我們的耳朵，讓我們聽不見上帝那滿有盼望的話語。但即使在我們聽不見的時候，主仍在對我們說話。祂仍繼續為我們動工，就像當年解救祂的百姓出埃及一樣。

一旦我們經歷到上帝憐憫與慈愛的眷顧，即使傷口仍在癒合中，我們也能重新恢復「聽力」。DCM


祂關心－－－我知祂關心！
當我心悲傷，觸動祂心；
當白日疲憊、長夜淒涼，
我知道我救主確實關心。Graeff


即使感受不到上帝的存在，祂那慈愛眷顧依然包圍著我們。
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Hurting And Hearing



Read:Exodus 6:1-9
I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry. —Exodus 3:7


Bible In One Year: Psalm 34-36

When we are experiencing deep sorrow or difficult circumstances, we may feel offended if someone suggests that something good can emerge from our adversity. A well-meaning person who tries to encourage us to trust God's promises may be perceived as insensitive or even unrealistic.

That happened to the children of Israel when God was working for their deliverance from Egypt. As Pharaoh hardened his heart toward the Lord's command to let His people go, he increased the Hebrew slaves' workload by forcing them to gather the straw they needed to make bricks (Exodus 5:10-11). They became so discouraged, they couldn't accept Moses' assurance that God had heard their cries and promised to take them to a land of their own (6:9).

There are times when our hurts and fears can close our ears to the hopeful words of God. But the Lord doesn't stop speaking to us when it's hard for us to hear. He continues working on our behalf just as He did in delivering His people from Egypt.

As we experience God's compassion and His loving care, we can begin to hear again even as the hurt continues to heal. —David McCasland


O yes, He cares—I know He cares!
His heart is touched with my grief;
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I know my Savior cares. —Graeff

Even when we don't sense God's presence, His loving care is all around us.





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這是我的身體,為你們捨的,你們應當如此行,為的是記念我。路加22:19