重价的珠子！
珍珠是我母亲在某些场合戴的，需要配她最好的裙子。珍珠常常和优雅连在一起。她所拥有的并不是真正的珍珠，因为我们家买不起那种奢侈品。但我母亲仍然优雅地戴着她的珍珠。
耶稣说，天国就好像买卖人寻找好珠子，如果你是个买卖人，你的生意就取决于你辨别货物价值的能力。
耶稣说这位商人在寻找好珠子。我们是在寻找好珠子，还是满足于这个世界告诉我们需要的东西呢？更大的房子，更多异国情调的假期，越来越多很快就会朽坏或被遗忘的东西？如果一个商人从买卖商品中获利，那么为什么今天所读经文中的这位商人卖了他一切所有的，只为得到一颗重价的珠子呢？
这又是一个撇下所有其它财宝，把神的国放在生命首位的比喻。天国比你现在的生命更宝贵吗？毫无疑问，因为它意味着永远完全、昌盛的生命！要尽你所能去得到这颗重价的珍珠。
不仅如此，它还是一个藉着神的恩典，透过耶稣而来的免费礼物。
主啊，我看到了你所赐的珍珠，你已经为之付了代价。感谢你！我愿意寻求你的国和你的义，愿我的家人朋友都看到，没有比这更好的。奉你的名祷告，阿们。
马太福音 13:45-46
45 “天国又好像买卖人寻找好珠子，
46 遇见一颗重价的珠子，就去变卖他一切所有的，买了这颗珠子。
Great Value!
“The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.” — Matthew 13:45
Pearls are something my mother wore on occasions that called for her finest dress. There is something elegant about a string of pearls. Hers were not real pearls, since our family could not afford that luxury, but my mother still wore her pearls with grace.
A merchant looking for fine pearls, Jesus says, is like the kingdom of heaven. If you are a merchant, your business depends on the skill of knowing the value of the goods you buy and sell.
Jesus says this merchant is looking for fine pearls. Do we look for fine pearls, or do we settle for what the world tells us we need: bigger houses, more exotic vacations, more and more stuff—all of which decays or is soon forgotten? If a merchant is someone who profits from the buying and selling of things, then why would the merchant in our verse for today sell everything he had in order to buy just one pearl of great value?
Again, this is about setting all your other values aside and putting God’s kingdom first in your life. Is the kingdom of heaven more valuable than the life you have now? Absolutely, for it means full, flourishing life forever! Do all you can to obtain this pearl of great value.
What’s more, it’s a free gift through Jesus by God’s grace!
Lord, I see the pearl you are offering, and you have already paid the price for it. Thank you! I want to seek your kingdom and your righteousness, and I want my family and friends to see that there is nothing else like it. In your name, Amen.
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