孤單,不孤獨! (關國瑞牧師)
我們有一個共通的需要,就是我們生命需要被改變,這是每個人都希望得到的好消息,而耶穌基督不單是我們的救主,也是我們的好朋友。我們都不喜歡孤單,所以許多人喜歡跑到人群當中,但這並不能解決孤單的問題,因為即使是在人群中,你仍然有可能是孤單的。我們很難避免孤單,但是我們可以避免孤獨的內心。有一個好朋友相伴可以將一段漫長乏味的旅途變成一輕鬆有趣的過程。
「人為朋友捨命,人的愛心沒有比這個大的!」(約 15 :13)因為人生的道路長短不是按「地理」來算的,乃是以「情理」來匴的,當大部份人都在關注你飛得高不高時,只有少部份人關心你飛得累不累,這就是友情。
提摩太後書 4:9-17 (和合本)
- 你要趕緊地到我這裡來。
- 因為底馬貪愛現今的世界,就離棄我往帖撒羅尼迦去了;革勒士往加拉太去,提多往撻馬太去;
- 獨有路加在我這裡。你來的時候,要把馬可帶來,因為他在傳道的事上於我有益處。
- 我已經打發推基古往以弗所去。
- 我在特羅亞留於加布的那件外衣,你來的時候可以帶來,那些書也要帶來,更要緊的是那些皮卷。
- 銅匠亞歷山大多多地害我,主必照他所行的報應他。
- 你也要防備他,因為他極力敵擋了我們的話。蒙主力量傳揚福音
- 我初次申訴,沒有人前來幫助,竟都離棄我。但願這罪不歸於他們!
- 唯有主站在我旁邊,加給我力量,使福音被我盡都傳明,叫外邦人都聽見;我也從獅子口裡被救出來。
2 Timothy 4:9-17 (NIV)
- Do your best to come to me quickly,
- for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.
- I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
- When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
- Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done.
- You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.
- At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.
- But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.