作工与休息
作为一个园丁,意味着我心里常常记挂着我的菜园——特别是在生长的季节。 其中有痛苦,也有兴奋。 当园中繁花似锦,蔬果沉甸甸地挂上藤蔓和枝条时,我每天都想着如何照料它。在过去这个夏天,当我和妻子在想到度假时,既感到高兴,又有几分不安。心里不断想,我们不在的时候,谁来看守园子呢?谁来采摘果实呢?纵然是离开几天,已经觉得自己失责,而为感到非常不安了。
想到这里,我不禁对我们的主、这位神圣的园丁更感到惊讶。创造天地的神无时无刻不看顾保守着我们。祂不会在工作中睡着,祂保护我们免受一切灾害。看守着园中生命方方面面的那一位,也不会去度假。这并不是说祂不赞成度假。祂知道,能有时间在祂所创造的各种奇观中安歇、欢欣,和重新得力,是对我们有益的。祂不度假是因为祂是神,祂没有这个需要。
我盼望神给你一些时间停下来,好好休息及更新,甚至去其他地方旅游休闲一下。当你思想神多么完全地看顾保守你时,愿你得着心思意念的平安。
神啊,感谢祢看顾我们以及祢所造的万物。求祢以休息与更新滋润喂养我们。奉耶稣的名求,阿们。
诗篇 121
1我要向山举目; 我的帮助从何而来?
2我的帮助 从造天地的耶和华而来。
3他必不叫你的脚摇动; 保护你的必不打盹!
4保护以色列的, 也不打盹也不睡觉。
5保护你的是耶和华; 耶和华在你右边荫庇你。
6白日,太阳必不伤你; 夜间,月亮必不害你。
7耶和华要保护你,免受一切的灾害; 他要保护你的性命。
8你出你入,耶和华要保护你, 从今时直到永远。
Gardening And Vacationing
"The LORD will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." — Psalm 121:7-8
Being a gardener means my garden is always on my mind—especially in the growing season. This can involve both agony and ecstasy. With the garden gloriously blooming and with produce starting to hang heavy on vines and branches, tending the garden is on my mind daily. This made thinking about going on a planned vacation with my wife this past summer both a delight and somewhat worrisome. Who would watch over the garden? Who would pick the produce? Going away for a few days seemed almost like sleeping on the job.
This reflection prompts me to be all the more amazed with the Lord, the divine gardener. The creator of heaven and earth watches over us always. The Lord does not fall asleep on the job, and he protects us from all harm. The one who watches over all aspects of life in his garden does not go on vacation. It's not that he is against vacations. He knows we benefit from time away to rest, rejoice, and rejuvenate in the wonders of life in his world. But he is God, and he doesn't need a vacation.
I hope the Lord gives you some time off to rest and be refreshed and maybe even to travel and enjoy other places. Find peace of heart and mind as you reflect on how completely God watches over and cares for you.
Lord, thank you for watching over us and all things in your creation. Nurture us with the rest and refreshment you provide. In Jesus, Amen.
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