如果你看过托尔金写的穴居矮人或魔戒这两本书，你便知道穴居矮人们最爱吃，他们当然有早餐，但他们还有第二顿早餐，跟着便是十一时小食、午饭、下午茶、晚饭、夜宵、和可能再有午夜小食。他们的“胃口”非常好，而我们也经常会用这句话来形容家里的年青人和孙儿女的，有时我会怀疑，就近冰箱的地板，是否会因有那么多人往来而首先被磨薄呢。
我也曾经到过每天都要面对饥饿问题的国家，我见过极渴望有食物给儿女吃的母亲，当没有其他东西可吃时，她们甚至愿意用泥土造饼来喂他们。我们都渴望有东西吃，来满足隆隆作响的肚腹。
当耶稣坐在山坡上、开始教导周围的群众时，这些人的肚子都不饿，所以耶稣可以专注满足他们在灵里的饥饿。衪要他们知道，如果他们渴慕神，有很多东西能够满足他们心灵的需要；衪要他们知道，如果他们改变他们的想法和去寻求神，神的义和平安（沙龙）便必定会充满他们的心的了。
神要以某些东西充满我们，然而，我们对这些东西的渴慕有多深切呢？
亲爱的神，求祢叫我们渴慕祢。求祢教导我们，并以祢的真理、慈爱、和恩典充满我们，又教导我们去祈求和经历祢的喂养和充满。奉耶稣祈求，阿们。
马太福音 5:5-12
5 温柔的人有福了！因为他们必承受地土。
6 饥渴慕义的人有福了！因为他们必得饱足。
7 怜恤人的人有福了！因为他们必蒙怜恤。
8 清心的人有福了！因为他们必得见神。
9 使人和睦的人有福了！因为他们必称为神的儿子。
10 为义受逼迫的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。
11 人若因我辱骂你们，逼迫你们，捏造各样坏话毁谤你们，你们就有福了。
12 应当欢喜快乐，因为你们在天上的赏赐是大的。在你们以前的先知，人也是这样逼迫他们。
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." — Matthew 5:6
If you have ever read The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, you will know that Hobbits like to eat. They have breakfast, of course, but they also have second breakfast, then elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, supper, and maybe a nighttime snack. They have “an appetite.” We have often used this phrase to describe our teenagers and grandchildren. I sometimes wonder if the floor by our refrigerator will wear out first because of the foot traffic in front of it.
I have also been in countries where hunger is a daily problem. I have seen moms desperate to feed their children and willing to feed them mud cookies when there is nothing else. We all have a hunger for food to satisfy the grumblings in our stomachs.
When Jesus sat on a hillside and began teaching the crowds around him, the people were not physically hungry, so he could focus on their spiritual hunger. He wanted them to know that if they were hungry for God, there would be plenty to fill their souls. He wanted them to know that if they would change their thinking and search after God, the righteousness and peace (shalom) of God would fill their hearts.
How hungry are we for the things that God wants to fill us with?
Dear God, please make us hungry for you. Teach us and fill us with your truth and love and grace. Teach us to pray and experience your feeding and your filling. In Jesus, Amen.
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