想办法表示感谢

Dec 23, 2023

我每逢想起你们,就感谢我的上帝。(腓立比书1:3)

作家芭芭拉·格兰兹(Barbara Glanz)讲述了一位成功商人的故事,当他想起初中的语文老师时,他给她写了一封信。然后他收到这样的回复:“你永远都不知道你的来信意味着什么。我83岁了,独自生活。朋友和家人都不在了。我从事教育工作50年,你的信是我从学生当中收到的唯一的感谢信。有时我在琢磨这一生都做了什么。我会反复地读你的信,直到离世的那一天。”令人感慨的是,在班级聚会时大家谈得最多的就是这位老师,但居然没有任何人告诉她。保罗对真理毫不妥协,但他善解人意的一面总是流露在他的书信中。他深知人需要赏识,他的书信常常这样开头:“我如何在祷告中常常想到你们。”(罗马书1:9)“我听到你们对主耶稣的信心和对众圣徒的爱心后,不断地为你们感谢上帝,祷告的时候常常提到你们。”(以弗所书1:15-16)“我每逢想起你们,就感谢我的上帝。……因为你们从开始直到现在,一直和我同心合意地传扬福音。我深信,上帝既然在你们心里开始了这美好的工作,祂必在耶稣基督再来的时候完成这工作。”(腓立比书1:3-6)“我们应当为你们常常感谢上帝……因此,我们在上帝的众教会中夸奖你们在各种迫害和患难中的坚忍和信心。”(帖撒罗尼迦后书1:3-4)在这繁忙的、以自我为中心的社会里,我们需要记得那些给我们的生命带来影响的人,想起他们的时候,为他们祷告,并想办法感谢他们。

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