耶稣的双手
耶稣复活和升天，其间只有四十天，我们只能稍稍瞥见耶稣在这段期间做了什么。而今天的经文，就包括了我们瞥见耶稣的其中两次：一次在祂复活后，而另一次在祂升天时。
耶稣复活后向祂的门徒显现，令他们大吃一惊，他们感到震惊和害怕，因为他们有恐惧和疑惑。耶稣看到他们这样，便鼓励他们察看祂的双手，祂甚至用祂的手拿起一些鱼来吃，向他们证明祂是一个有血有肉的真人。
在过去二千年，耶稣被钉的手，一直是艺术家和诗人的灵感。后来，当耶稣离开祂的门徒时，祂也是举起这双手来祝福他们的。路加福音记载，耶稣被带到天上后，祂的门徒就拜祂，之后便“大大地欢喜”回耶路撒冷去。
我们对耶稣的工作的了解和回应，有时会显得刻板或甚至浮夸，我们千万不可以这样。一个有效的纠正方法就是注目在耶稣的双手上，祂的手是为你和为我被刺穿的，在我们有需要时，祂仍然天天向我们伸出这双手，并且祝福我们。
亲爱的耶稣，愿祢被刺的双手，仍然引领我们，向我们挑战，安慰我们，保护我们，和祝福我们。当祢张开祢双手，被本来要钉我们的钉子刺透时，祢对我们的爱便表露无遗了，我们感谢祢。奉祢的名祷告，阿们。
路加福音 24:36-53
36 正说这话的时候，耶稣亲自站在他们当中，说：“愿你们平安！”
37 他们却惊慌害怕，以为所看见的是魂。
38 耶稣说：“你们为什么愁烦？为什么心里起疑念呢？
39 你们看我的手、我的脚，就知道实在是我了。摸我看看！魂无骨无肉，你们看，我是有的。”
40 说了这话，就把手和脚给他们看。
41 他们正喜得不敢信，并且稀奇，耶稣就说：“你们这里有什么吃的没有？”
42 他们便给他一片烧鱼，
43 他接过来，在他们面前吃了。
44 耶稣对他们说：“这就是我从前与你们同在之时所告诉你们的话说：摩西的律法、先知的书和诗篇上所记的，凡指着我的话都必须应验。”
45 于是耶稣开他们的心窍，使他们能明白圣经。
46 又对他们说：“照经上所写的，基督必受害，第三日从死里复活，
47 并且人要奉他的名传悔改、赦罪的道，从耶路撒冷起直传到万邦。
48 你们就是这些事的见证。
49 我要将我父所应许的降在你们身上，你们要在城里等候，直到你们领受从上头来的能力。”
50 耶稣领他们到伯大尼的对面，就举手给他们祝福。
51 正祝福的时候，他就离开他们，被带到天上去了。
52 他们就拜他，大大地欢喜，回耶路撒冷去，
53 常在殿里称颂神。
The Hands Of Jesus
While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. — Luke 24:51
Between Easter Sunday and Ascension Day, there are forty days. We only have glimpses of what Jesus did during that period, but our reading for today includes two of those glimpses—one taking place on Easter Sunday, and the other on Ascension Day.
Jesus’ Easter appearance to his disciples shocks them. They are startled and frightened. They have fears and doubts. In response, Jesus encourages his disciples to look at his hands. He even uses his hands to take some fish and eat it, showing them he is real, having flesh and bones.
The crucified hands of Jesus have inspired artists and poets for 2,000 years. And these same hands are later raised over the disciples in blessing as Jesus parts with them. Luke records that after Jesus is taken up to heaven, the disciples worship him and return to Jerusalem “with great joy.”
Sometimes our understanding of the work of Jesus and our response can come across as mechanical or even pompous. It should never be. A key remedy is to focus on the hands of Jesus. His hands were pierced for you and me. And they still reach out to us, in all our need each day, and bless us.
Dear Jesus, may your pierced hands still lead us, challenge us, comfort us, protect us, and bless us. Thank you for your love, which you so clearly showed when you opened your hands to receive nails meant for us. Amen.
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