家庭与婚姻 · Family & marriage · 灵修案例 · Devotional example
家庭聚餐的期待不同 · 选择一小步Different expectations for a family meal · Choose one small step
小羊寻光原创 · SeekLight original
经文 · 和合本 1919 / KJV(公版) · Scripture · CUV 1919 / KJV (public domain)
所以你们要弃绝谎言、各人与邻舍说实话.因为我们是互相为肢体。 生气却不要犯罪.不可含怒到日落. 也不可给魔鬼留地步。 从前偷窃的、不要再偷.总要劳力、亲手作正经事、就可有余、分给那缺少的人。 污秽的言语、一句不可出口、只要随事说造就人的好话、叫听见的人得益处。 不要叫 神的圣灵担忧.你们原是受了他的印记、等候得赎的日子来到。 一切苦毒、恼恨、忿怒、嚷闹、毁谤、并一切的恶毒、都当从你们中间除掉. 并要以恩慈相待、存怜悯的心、彼此饶恕、正如 神在基督里饶恕了你们一样。
English
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
在生活中默想 · 灵修解释 · Reflecting in daily life · Devotional interpretation
以弗所书 4 对群体生活的劝勉包括诚实、处理怒气、言语造就与彼此饶恕。把这些带到家庭中,需要具体地思考说话和行动如何影响身边的人。 有人希望聚餐热闹,有人只想安静,我们很容易误会彼此。诚实表达需要,比要求所有人用相同方式相爱更具体。可以让不同节奏有协商的空间。 今天的一小步:先问每个人希望怎样参与,再商量一项折中安排。 回应经文不一定是宏大的决定。一个能在今天完成的小行动,可能比笼统地要求自己改变更诚实。
English
Ephesians 4 addresses honesty, anger, constructive speech, and forgiveness in shared life. Family application considers the concrete effects of words and actions on those nearby. Some want a lively family meal and others quiet, making misunderstanding easy. Honest needs are more concrete than requiring identical expressions of love. Different rhythms can be negotiated. A small step today: Ask how each person would like to participate and agree on one workable arrangement. Responding to Scripture need not mean a grand decision. One achievable action today may be more honest than a vague promise to change.
留给自己的问题 · A question to sit with
在「家庭聚餐的期待不同」中,今天哪一步在我的责任范围内?
English
As I reflect on “Different expectations for a family meal”: Which step is within my responsibility today?
今天的一小步 · One small step today
从这篇原有的实践建议里,选最小的一步并安排时间。 先问每个人希望怎样参与,再商量一项折中安排。
English
Choose the smallest part of this reading's practice and put it on today's calendar. Ask how each person would like to participate and agree on one workable arrangement.
回应祷告 · Prayer response
天父,有人希望聚餐热闹,有人只想安静,我们很容易误会彼此。赐我勇气去做今天能做的事,也让我接纳自己的有限。 奉耶稣的名,阿们。
English
Father, Some want a lively family meal and others quiet, making misunderstanding easy. Give me courage to do what I can today and grace to accept my limits. In Jesus' name, amen.
