| 超過婦女的愛 | |
| 經文: 「我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲傷！我甚喜悅你，你向我發的愛情奇妙非常，過於婦女的愛情。」（撒母耳記下一：26） | |
| 上帝造人是為彰顯何為愛，因為人在為朋友捨命時，最能顯示愛的力量；尤其祂賜給女人溫柔、忍耐的特質，使她在為別人犧牲時，顯出愛的崇高與偉大。小嬰孩需要媽媽的照顧，而媽媽也為了愛，做自我犧牲的訓練，就如經上所說：「只要以裡面存著長久溫柔、安靜的心為妝飾；這在上帝面前是極寶貴的。」（彼前三：4） 現今的趨勢是講究兩性平等，女性意識的普遍抬頭倒無可厚非；但別忘了，女人有一顆長久溫柔的心是最美的妝飾，這在上帝面前極為寶貴；對男人而言，溫柔的女性更是家庭的福份。母親這雙推動搖籃的手，以無比的愛不斷地合掌禱告，為兒女們忍受苦難，這將帶給家庭無限的幸福，以及民族無盡的希望。 親愛的姐妹們，好好地持守上帝所交付給你的這顆珍寶——用溫柔悲憫的情懷，返照上帝愛的光輝。「慈母怎樣照顧孩子，我也照樣照顧你。」但願讀者能花時間默想主的愛，並存謙卑領受的心，渴慕上帝的愛，這將帶給家庭無限的影響，不但感化丈夫和小孩，也要造福鄰舍親友，成為上帝愛的見證人，將福音散佈各處。 想想在主耶穌復活的早晨，耶穌向馬利亞和另外幾個婦女顯現，都是因為她們平常所流露對主、對人的愛，使她們有這樣的恩寵，得以最先看到主耶穌復活的形像，並把這消息轉告耶穌的門徒。 上帝祝福全地的母親、妻子，與女兒們，願這些女性誠如大衛時代就流傳下來的話：「婦女的愛何等奇妙偉大！」願上帝的兒女們，都擁有這樣的愛！ | |
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| PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN | |
| Scripture: "My brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." —2 SAM. i. 26. | |
| God created man in order to show what the power of love is, when a man strives for the welfare of others, and even gives up his life for them. He created woman to show what tenderness and quiet endurance are, when she sacrifices herself for the sake of others. A little child, during the first years of its life, is dependent on the mother. It is not only that the child may learn to love its mother, but that the mother herself may be trained in the school of self-sacrificing love, for her greatest adorning is "the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price" (1 Pet. iii. 4). The tendency nowadays in public life is to place woman on an equal footing with man. This is only right in many cases. But one must not forget that the best ornament of a woman is a meek and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the sight of God, and of man, and which makes her a blessing in her home. It is the suffering, prayerful, all-conquering love of the wife and the mother which secures the happiness of a people. Dear sisters, preserve as a great treasure the precious jewel which God has entrusted to you—to reflect the love of God in all its tenderness and sympathy. "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." Let each one, as she reads this book, take time to meditate on God's wonderful love, and pray for it earnestly in a receptive spirit. This will give her a heavenly influence and power over her husband and children, and in her dealings with her neighbors she will be a living witness to what the love of God can do. Think of Mary, the woman who loved much, and the other women to whom the Lord revealed Himself on the resurrection morning. It was the love of these women that gave them the right to be the first to meet the Lord, and to take the message to the disciples. God bless the mothers and wives and daughters of our land! May they prove in their lives how beautiful and powerful the love of women is! And the words from the time of David will still be true: "Wonderful as the love of women" is the love of God's children. | |
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