不断祝福人的围巾
我坐在城内一所房子的前园，与一位令我非常感动的人一起享用烟肉牛油批和西瓜，她就是九岁的Natalia。她是一个了不起的女孩，她心地善良，又非常愿意帮助人。
谈到她帮助人的热诚，她的眼睛充满神采，我问她为什么如此热心，她回答说：“因为神爱世人，衪不想他们挨饿-我有能力帮助这些人，我也不想见到有人挨饿的。” 她编织和售卖围巾来筹款，今年已筹得超过三百五十元，她把款项捐赠给附近一间救济食品发放中心、我们教会的食品发放部、和一个支持自闭症患者的机构。
想到乐于助人的Natalia时，我便记起腓立比书这段关于耶稣关心别人的经文了。
本来在天上拥有一切的耶稣，甘愿来到我们这个污秽的地球，住在像我们那样不完全和创伤的人中间，衪乐意与我们分享衪的丰盛；衪放下天上的荣华到世上来，为要在日常生活中与我们和洽相处，并且带给我们盼望和爱心。
藉着自我牺牲，耶稣为我们立下榜样，在今天，当我们走在相同的道路上与人分享衪的爱时，我们便能成为别人的榜样了。
耶稣啊，感谢祢乐意与我们分享祢的丰盛，又感谢祢教导我们如何慷慨地与人分享。求祢帮助我们看到别人的需要，又效法祢的榜样去回应。阿们。
腓立比书 2:5-8
5 你们当以基督耶稣的心为心。
6 他本有神的形象，不以自己与神同等为强夺的，
7 反倒虚己，取了奴仆的形象，成为人的样式；
8 既有人的样子，就自己卑微，存心顺服以至于死，且死在十字架上。
Infinity Scarves
"In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus." — Philippians 2:5
I am sitting on the front porch of a house in our town enjoying bacon butter tarts and watermelon with someone who inspires me. Her name is Natalia, and she is nine years old. She is a wonderful young lady with a big heart. She has the desire to help others.
Her eyes light up as she talks about her passion to help people. When I asked her why, she said, “Because God loves people and doesn’t want them to go hungry—and I can help. I don’t want people to go hungry either.” Her donations from knitting and selling scarves reached over $350 this year and helped a local food bank, our church’s food programs, and an organization helping people with autism.
As I think of Natalia’s generosity, I am reminded of the passage in Philippians about the generosity of Jesus.
Jesus, who had everything in heaven, was willing to come to our messy planet to live with imperfect, broken human beings like us. He was willing to share with us in abundance. He came without all the splendor of heaven so that he could relate to us in our common, everyday lives and give us hope and love.
What Jesus modeled to us, in giving himself, is what we can model to others as we walk similar streets to share his love with people today.
Thank you, Jesus, for being generous with us. Thank you for showing us how to be generous with others. Help us to see the needs of others and to respond in the ways that you have modeled for us. Amen.
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