悔改与新开始 · Repentance & beginnings · 灵修案例 · Devotional example
承认一次没有守约 · 选择一小步Admitting a broken promise · 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)
他醒悟过来、就说、我父亲有多少的雇工、口粮有余、我倒在这里饿死么． 我要起来、到我父亲那里去、向他说、父亲、我得罪了天、又得罪了你． 从今以后、我不配称为你的儿子、把我当作一个雇工罢。 于是起来往他父亲那里去。相离还远、他父亲看见、就动了慈心、跑去抱着他的颈项、连连与他亲嘴。 儿子说、父亲、我得罪了天、又得罪了你．从今以后、我不配称为你的儿子。 父亲却吩咐仆人说、把那上好的袍子快拿出来给他穿．把戒指戴在他指头上．把鞋穿在他脚上． 把那肥牛犊牵来宰了、我们可以吃喝快乐． 因为我这个儿子、是死而复活、失而又得的。他们就快乐起来。
English
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
在生活中默想 · 灵修解释 · Reflecting in daily life · Devotional interpretation
路加福音 15 这一段描绘小儿子回转与父亲迎接的场景。默想时留意他的承认和父亲的怜悯，不把故事简化成忽略后果的许可。 我答应的事没有做到，却一直拖着不联系对方。回转包括停止躲藏。承认具体过失，可以让怜悯与责任在真实生活里相遇。 今天的一小步：主动说明失约，不加借口，并提出能完成的补救。 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
This part of Luke 15 portrays the younger son's return and the father's welcome. Notice confession and compassion without turning the story into permission to ignore consequences. I did not keep a promise and keep delaying contact. Turning back includes ending avoidance. Naming a specific wrong allows mercy and responsibility to meet in ordinary life. A small step today: Explain the broken promise without excuses and propose a repair you can carry out. 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「承认一次没有守约」中，今天哪一步在我的责任范围内？
English
As I reflect on “Admitting a broken promise”: 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。 主动说明失约，不加借口，并提出能完成的补救。
English
Choose the smallest part of this reading's practice and put it on today's calendar. Explain the broken promise without excuses and propose a repair you can carry out.
回应祷告 · Prayer response
天父，我答应的事没有做到，却一直拖着不联系对方。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, I did not keep a promise and keep delaying contact. Give me courage to do what I can today and grace to accept my limits. In Jesus' name, amen.