不要让生活失衡

Jul 7, 2023

缺乏上述品德的人不是瞎眼就是目光短浅。(彼得后书1:9)

可口可乐公司的前任副主席布赖恩·戴森(Brian Dyson,也曾任首席执行官),1996年在乔治亚理工大学的毕业典礼上发表演讲。他说:“想象生活就是一场游戏,你要抛接空中的五个球。这些球代表工作、家庭、健康、朋友和灵性。不久你就会发现其中一个是橡皮球,如果你失手接不住,它还会反弹回来。但其他四个球——家庭、健康、朋友和灵性,都是玻璃做的,任何一个掉下来,都会不可挽回地出现磨损、划痕、裂口、损坏,甚或完全粉碎。再也无法复原。你必须明白到这一点,竭力平衡你的生活。”我们所仰慕的许多人,生活其实没有平衡。他们建立大教会、大公司,但没有建立良好的关系。所罗门写道:“……要我在烈日之下看守葡萄园,使我无暇照顾自己(的葡萄园)。”(雅歌1:6)有些牧师教导别人建立牢固家庭的重要性,有时却使自己的孩子因为缺少父亲的陪伴和关注而满腹怨恨。更糟糕的是,父亲会告诉孩子说:“我们必须为上帝和事工做这样的牺牲。”你在哪些方面失衡了?你追求在众人面前有最好表现的同时,要确保在个人生活上不丢球,这是最重要的。就此《圣经》给了一条重要原则:“不仅要有信心,还要有好的德行;不仅要有好的德行,还要有知识;不仅要有知识,还要有节制;不仅要有节制,还要有忍耐;不仅要有忍耐,还要有敬虔;不仅要有敬虔,还要有爱弟兄姊妹的心;不仅要有爱弟兄姊妹的心,还要有爱众人的心……缺乏上述品德的人不是瞎眼就是目光短浅。”(彼得后书1:5-9)

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