
我眷顧他,為要叫他吩咐他的眾子,和他的眷屬,遵守我的道,秉公行義,使我所應許亞伯拉罕的話都成就了。(創18:19)
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him." (Gen.18:19)
人是一種有很有才能的受造物,弄出了三千兩百六十萬條律法,卻至今尚未在遵行十誡上有進展。
Man is an able creature, but he has made 32,600,000 laws and hasn’t yet improved on the Ten Commandments.
一個年歲漸長者的禱告:保守我的心思清明,使我不至於變得囉囉嗦嗦;賜給我翅膀,使我能簡潔扼要地直抵核心。請賜我夠用的恩典,能傾聽別人傷心的故事;幫助我對他們有愛心,但對於我自己的悲哀與痛苦,請常常封住我的嘴唇。
一個年歲漸長者的禱告:請教導我這榮耀的功課,就是我常常有可能是錯的。使我常常很甜美,因為一個酸澀的老婦人是魔鬼的傑作。使我變得體貼,而不會喜怒無常;對人有幫助,而不會蠻橫。
一個年歲漸長者的禱告:對於我所積存的許多智慧,倘若沒有全部派上用場,似乎很可惜;但主啊,你知道我更盼望在我生命末了,我能擁有一些朋友。