我们在日本做了多年宣教士；有一位日本的牧师朋友，他送给我们一尊美丽的雄鹰起飞铜雕塑。他从父亲继承了这尊雕塑，在我们要回美国时，他把雕塑作为离别礼物送给了我们。现在，我们把它摆放在美国家中的一个重要位置，作为一件珍贵而美丽的财宝，它承载了我们大量的回忆。
我们今天的箴言教导我们，我们生命的房屋是因神所赐的智慧建造的，“又因聪明立稳，”其中因神所赐的“知识充满各样美好宝贵的财物。”
耶稣也曾在一个聪明人和愚拙人盖房子的比喻中谈过这样的房子（太 7:24-27）：“凡听见我这话就去行的，好比一个聪明人把房子盖在磐石上。”
我们用智慧，将生命建造在神在基督里那爱的磐石上。神的命令给我们坚固的地面，神保护的膀臂像墙一样挡住寒冷，神的话像窗户，使祂的光照进来。
我们都在努力创造美好的生活。而耶稣和祂的福音是这样做的关键。愿我们每天都以属天的智慧来建造我们的生命，并与他人分享神的爱。
神啊，请帮助我们以智慧建造生命，在这世上分享你的光和爱，并牢记你所作的一切，你常与我们同在。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
箴言 24:3-4
3房屋因智慧建造，又因聪明立稳，
4其中因知识充满各样美好宝贵的财物。
“By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established. . . .” — Proverbs 24:3
A Japanese pastor friend, with whom we worked for many years as missionaries, gave us a beautiful bronze statue of hawks lifting off in flight. He had inherited it from his father, and he gave it to us as a farewell present when we returned to the United States. Now in a place of honor in our home in America, it stands as a rare and beautiful treasure that holds a flood of memories for us.
Our proverb for today teaches that the house of our lives is best built with wisdom, which comes from God. “Through understanding it is established,” and “through knowledge” provided by the one true God “its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”
Jesus talks about a house like that in a parable about wise and foolish builders (Matthew 7:24-27): “Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
With wisdom we build our lives on the solid rock of the love of God in Christ. The commands of God give us firm flooring, the protective arms of God are like walls keeping out the cold, and the Word of God is like windows letting in God’s light.
We all struggle to build a good life. Jesus and his good news are the keys to doing so. May we have heavenly wisdom each day to build our lives and to share God’s love with others.
O God, help us to build our lives with wisdom and to share your love and light in this world, remembering all you have done and that you are with us always. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
