PATIENCE
「你們要忍耐，直到主來。」 雅5:7
"Be patient, then . . . Until the Lord’s coming." James 5:7
"Be patient, then . . . Until the Lord’s coming." James 5:7
根據字典的定義，忍耐是「能夠不發怨言地忍受困難或不稱心的事。」忍耐也就是自制和能吃苦的意思。
The dictionary defines patience as "the capacity to endure without complaint something difficult or disagreeable." Patience is synonymous with forbearance and longsuffering.
當我們追求或期望的目標面臨威脅或延誤時，我們的忍耐便受到考驗。簡單小事如交通擠塞或飯桌上的爭執，都足以令我們沉不住氣；更重要的是，我們今天經歷的爭執和衝擊，與神應許充滿平安的永恆生命，好像各不相干，我們因此漸漸失去忍耐。
Our patience is tested when a goal we desire or expect is threatened or delayed. A simple thing like being stuck in traffic or bickering around the dinner table can bring us to the end of our patience. More significant, the great disconnect we experience between God’s promise of peace-filled life forever and the life we’re actually living -- strife and turmoil -- can wear away our patience.
不過，我們仍要忍耐。一個不耐煩的心令我們容易犯大罪，不耐煩往往引發怒氣傷害人；不耐煩打開自大之門（「我可以把事情做得更好」）、嫉妒之門（「人人都有這些，為甚麼我沒有？」），和懶惰之門（「有誰會願意再努力衝刺呢？」）。雅各更指出，不耐煩會帶來埋怨。
But let’s be patient. Impatience makes us vulnerable to great sin. Impatience nearly always comes with destructive anger. Impatience opens the door to pride ("I could manage this world better") and envy ("Others have it; why not me?") and sloth ("Who gives a rip anymore?"). James also links it to grumbling.
讓我們忍耐，直到主來。
Let’s be patient until the Lord’s coming.
雅各勸喻我們，要效法農夫。農夫鬆土，種植，施肥，除草，然後等待天降甘霖。我們忍耐學習，知道哪些事在自己能力以內，和哪些事不受我們控制。
James urges us to imitate the farmer. The farmer tills the soil, plants, fertilizes, weeds, and waits for the rain. With patience we learn what we can do and what is out of our hands.
要學習聖經所教訓的忍耐，有一個秘訣，就是明白那些不受我們控制的事，其實仍在神的手中，而神所安排的，盡都是為我們的益處。
The secret to biblical patience is to know that what is out of our hands is still in God’s hands -- and those hands seek our good. (
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The dictionary defines patience as "the capacity to endure without complaint something difficult or disagreeable." Patience is synonymous with forbearance and longsuffering.
當我們追求或期望的目標面臨威脅或延誤時，我們的忍耐便受到考驗。簡單小事如交通擠塞或飯桌上的爭執，都足以令我們沉不住氣；更重要的是，我們今天經歷的爭執和衝擊，與神應許充滿平安的永恆生命，好像各不相干，我們因此漸漸失去忍耐。
Our patience is tested when a goal we desire or expect is threatened or delayed. A simple thing like being stuck in traffic or bickering around the dinner table can bring us to the end of our patience. More significant, the great disconnect we experience between God’s promise of peace-filled life forever and the life we’re actually living -- strife and turmoil -- can wear away our patience.
不過，我們仍要忍耐。一個不耐煩的心令我們容易犯大罪，不耐煩往往引發怒氣傷害人；不耐煩打開自大之門（「我可以把事情做得更好」）、嫉妒之門（「人人都有這些，為甚麼我沒有？」），和懶惰之門（「有誰會願意再努力衝刺呢？」）。雅各更指出，不耐煩會帶來埋怨。
But let’s be patient. Impatience makes us vulnerable to great sin. Impatience nearly always comes with destructive anger. Impatience opens the door to pride ("I could manage this world better") and envy ("Others have it; why not me?") and sloth ("Who gives a rip anymore?"). James also links it to grumbling.
讓我們忍耐，直到主來。
Let’s be patient until the Lord’s coming.
雅各勸喻我們，要效法農夫。農夫鬆土，種植，施肥，除草，然後等待天降甘霖。我們忍耐學習，知道哪些事在自己能力以內，和哪些事不受我們控制。
James urges us to imitate the farmer. The farmer tills the soil, plants, fertilizes, weeds, and waits for the rain. With patience we learn what we can do and what is out of our hands.
要學習聖經所教訓的忍耐，有一個秘訣，就是明白那些不受我們控制的事，其實仍在神的手中，而神所安排的，盡都是為我們的益處。
The secret to biblical patience is to know that what is out of our hands is still in God’s hands -- and those hands seek our good. (
)禱告
PRAYER
PRAYER
親愛的主，我們承認我們時常缺乏忍耐，我們太容易不耐煩了。求祢賜我們平靜的心靈，謹記祢定的時間是最好的。奉耶穌的名求，阿們。
Dear God, we confess that we are often impatient. We are too easily irritated. Give us a quiet spirit that takes to heart your good timing, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Dear God, we confess that we are often impatient. We are too easily irritated. Give us a quiet spirit that takes to heart your good timing, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
《每日箴言》第十八卷 2008年12月6日
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