Surprise with Kindness
They sat on opposite sides of the room, a man and a woman, bidding on an adorable puppy at a school auction. Others dropped off, but not this duo. Back and forth until they’d one-upped the bid to several thousand dollars. This was the Wimbledon finals, and neither player was backing off the net. Finally, the fellow gave in and didn’t return the bid. Going once, going twice, sold! You know what she did? Amidst the applause, she walked across the room and presented the puppy to the competition.
Suppose you did that to the competition, with your enemy, with the boss who fired you. Suppose you surprised them with kindness. Not easy? No, it’s not. But mercy is the deepest gesture of kindness.
我必不致缺乏
/in 每日親近神, 每日親近神-2025 /by meiling詩篇第23篇 大衛的詩。
1 耶和華是我的牧者，我必不致缺乏。
2 祂使我躺臥在青草地上，領我在可安歇的水邊。
3 祂使我的靈魂甦醒，為自己的名引導我走義路。
4 我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷，也不怕遭害，因為祢與我同在，祢的杖、祢的竿都安慰我。
5 在我敵人面前，祢為我擺設筵席，祢用油膏了我的頭，使我的福杯滿溢。
6 我一生一世必有恩惠、慈愛隨著我，我且要住在耶和華的殿中，直到永遠。
每一次讀大衛所寫的詩篇第23篇，總會有不一樣的領受。大衛是牧羊人，他深深體會牧羊人照顧羊群的心意，他說：「耶和華是我的牧者，我必不致缺乏。」這句話反映出，他處身羊群，他「滿足」於神的牧養。
「我必不致缺乏(I shall not want)」指的是「夠了，不缺乏，就無所需求」；有如詩篇16:2，大衛的心對神說：「我的好處不在祢以外(I have no good apart from you)」，一切的好處都在神裡面，在神裡面就不致缺乏。「我必不致缺乏」這句話是詩篇第23篇的起頭，也是結論。