英文灵修文章-When God Seems Far Away

諾行

说来惭愧，身为“版主”，却很长时间没有发贴和回复。感谢约拿一直包容我，容许我挂名在这里。这一年来，因为姐姐到基督教书店工作的缘故，让我有许多的机会接触到不少好书，包括杨腓利，毕德生，鲁益师，卢云等人的作品。他们的书常常激荡我的心灵，让我学习从更深更广的角度去思考和探索我们的信仰。而我的牧师，更是长期地转发许多好的英文信仰文章到我们的邮箱里。有时我会认真阅读这些文章，但更多的时侯，因为忙碌的缘故，我只是快速地掠过然后把它们收藏鹄础Ｋ?鞘呛玫谋Ρ矗?幢晃沂??吒螅?荒芊⒐夂头⒘痢?lt;br/>
今年一月，主爱发贴说，她要重出江湖了，并且愿“我的主人，加添我力量，不致疲乏，甘心乐意。在我里面安放一个盼望与渴望。安静沉稳的作工。” 我想我这懒骨头，也应该像主爱一样，重出江湖，并且安稳踏实地做工。

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When God Seems Far Away   （TGIF Today God Is First, by Os Hillman） 

“Why, O Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?  - Psalm 10:1“

One of the great mysteries of God is His ways. Some of His ways almost appear to bring us into the most difficult places, as if He were indifferent to our circumstances. It would appear that He is turning His head from our sorrows. These events in our lives have a particular objective to perform for us. That objective is to bring us to the end of ourselves that we might discover the treasure of darkness. "Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness" (Job 30:26).

When we are taken into these dark periods, we begin to see light that we never knew existed. Our sensitivities become heightened and our ability to see through spiritual eyes is illuminated. Unless we are taken into these times, our souls never develop any depth of character. We do not gain wisdom, only knowledge. Knowledge is gained through understanding; wisdom is gained through the experience of darkness.

After we go through these periods, we discover that God was, in fact, with us throughout the entire time. It does not feel or appear that He is there when we are in the midst of the dark periods. However, He is there walking with us. He has told us countless times that He will never leave us.However, when we are in those dark periods, it does not feel like He is there because He does not rescue us from the circumstances. He does this for our benefit in order that we might become more like Jesus. Jesus learned obedience from the things He suffered (see Heb. 5:8). What does that say about how you and I will learn obedience? Embrace the dark times and gain the wisdom that God intends for you from these times.

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-5-24 3:01:02编辑过]

主爱

诺行姐真是不对头啊，要么不上来，一上来就寒碜我。抗议抗议

哪哪哪，抗议之后，还是觉得挺乐呵的，老人家动不动就要做“想当年……”状的。

汗~~我上这儿瞎胡闹来着。不长进！！！

marylu

想当年……

諾行

你们俩真顽皮

d02023

good article.
and"We do not gain wisdom, only knowledge. Knowledge is gained through understanding; wisdom is gained through the experience of darkness."i can't find a word to describe ,it's right.