
惟喜愛耶和華的律法,晝夜思想,這人便為有福。他要像一棵樹栽在溪水旁,按時候結果子,葉子也不枯乾;凡他所作的,盡都順利。(詩1:2~3)
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. (Ps.1:2~3)
凡不是永恆的事物,永遠會被時間所淘汰。(吳獻章老師譯)
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.
Morris West在他的小說《神的小丑》中,稱唐氏症患者為「神的小不點兒丑角」。當主耶穌再臨時,祂膝上坐著一位唐氏症女孩,主將聖餐的餅杯分給她說:
「讓這個小女孩重得整全、嶄新的生命,還有比這更美的神蹟嗎?我做得到,但是我不做。 我賜給這小不點兒一項恩賜,是你們得不到的,那就是永恆的純真。她從來不會冒犯我,像你們一樣。)
在那本小說裡,耶穌說:「唐寶寶這小不點兒,從不會扭曲、破壞上帝手中所做的工;你們非需要她不可,她能喚起你們的恩慈,叫你們常保赤子之心,並且時時刻刻提醒你們,我是那自有永有的。」