你有没有留意到，当你长大后，小时候你看为真的非常巨大的东西，似乎已经不再是那么巨大了？记得成年后，我在以前就读的小学走了一遍，我首先留意到的，就是我感到每一件东西看来都是那么细小了。
然而，不单是东西的大小看来与以前不同，我们对时间的看法也改变了。小时候的夏夜似乎永远不会逝去，而一个学年也好像永远不会结束。
我们的生活也随着年纪渐长而改变。填得满满的日历，排得密密麻麻的事务，都是我们生活的缩影。最后期限、承诺和要求，往往渴望得到、偷走和占用我们的注意力，导致我们离开神赐给我们该去护理和享受的美丽生命与创造。
我们年纪渐长时，或许最可悲的是，我们可能不再感受到神的荣美。我们小时候总会视神为伟大和壮丽的，祂具有难以置信的权柄和能力，能够做到的事甚至超人也比不上呢！我们年纪越大、活得越久，往往就会质疑神的作为，批评祂的计划，挑战祂的权威，甚至相信我们知道甚么对自己最好，因为我们认为比神更了解自己的境况。然而，我们需要改变，转向我们的创造主，祈求祂的怜悯，因为祂以双手托住我们，并且时常爱护和看顾我们。
创造万物的王，我们为祢永远长存的怜悯感谢祢。我们轻看祢时，求祢赦免，又叫我们谦卑下来，好叫我们看到祢是一位怎样的神。阿们。
约伯记 38:22-30
22你曾进入雪库，或见过雹仓吗？
23这雪雹乃是我为降灾并打仗和争战的日子所预备的。
24光亮从何路分开？东风从何路分散遍地？
25“谁为雨水分道？谁为雷电开路？
26使雨降在无人之地，无人居住的旷野，
27使荒废凄凉之地得以丰足，青草得以发生。
28雨有父吗？露水珠是谁生的呢？
29冰出于谁的胎？天上的霜是谁生的呢？
30诸水坚硬如石头，深渊之面凝结成冰。”
"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail . . . ?" - Job 38:22
Have you ever noticed that things that looked really big when you were a child don't seem so big when you are older? I remember walking through my old elementary school after becoming an adult, and one of the first things I noticed was how much smaller everything looked and felt.
But it's not just the size of things that seems different; our perception of time changes too. When I was a boy, a summer night seemed to last and last, and a school year seemed to go on forever.
Life changes as we age. Congested calendars and stacked schedules abbreviate our lives. Deadlines, commitments, and requests beg, steal, and borrow our attention from the beauty of life and the creation God has given us to care for and enjoy.
Maybe even more tragic is that we can lose our sense of God's grandeur as we grow older. As children, we tend to view God as huge and magnificent, someone with incredible power and ability, able to do even more than any superhero! As we age and live longer, though, we can tend to question God's actions, critique his plans, and challenge his authority. We might even believe we know what's best for us, thinking we know our situation better than God does. Instead, though, we need to turn to our Creator and ask for his mercy, for he holds us in his hands and truly loves and cares for us always.
King of creation, thank you for your enduring mercy. Forgive us when we diminish you. Humble us to see you as you truly are. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
