Blessed People
有福的人
有福的人
文: 陳瑩
怎樣的人有福了？第一，若有一夥心會激動主親自來找尋的人有福了。第二，若叫神得着大喜樂的人有福了。主從死裏復活後，把祂的門徒彼得、約翰、多馬等都放在一邊，唯獨先向抹大拉的馬利亞顯現。為甚麼呢？抹大拉的馬利亞是最末的一個離開十架旁，是最早一個到墓前去。得救的不只她一個，但她有一份最好的︰就是她戀慕主。門徒看見一個空墳後就各自回家去了。唯有她一人在墓前哭，她的心是一個寡婦的心，世界在她已是一個空白。她沒有想到路途多遠，能力不逮的問題，祇要得回主的身體也就滿足。她一點沒有想到主復活了。在馬太福音，主曾四次告訴門徒，祂死後要復活，她卻一點不知道。雖然她這樣無知，但她卻是專一愛主、要主。主不能不把自己向她顯現，主不能讓她再哭。感謝神，我們在知識上少一點並不要緊，只要有一顆心會激動主來找你的，你有福了，這是最寶貴的。浪子回頭，最能叫慈父得着快樂，得着滿足，我們的神也是如此。父親甚麼時候會動慈悲的心呢？乃在於看見自己的兒子落到一個討飯的地步。我們若不是對自己絕望，若不是到了討飯的地步，就不會感動神的心。大兒子的心是要「一隻山羊羔」去圖自己的快樂，是要父親給他快樂。小兒子是把「甚麼都花光了」去叫父親快樂。看見這個分別沒有？死而復活是浪子，失而又得是父親。唯有浪子的父親嘗到這種快樂有多大。神從不給人一種東西，只叫人單獨去快樂的，所以也要大兒子進去與他同樂。
Blessed People
By: Dorine Chan
Who are the blessed? First, those with heart that excites the Lord to find out will be blessed. Second, those who give God a great joy will be blessed. After the resurrection from the dead, the Lord put his disciples Peter, John and Thomas on one side, but appeared in front of Mary Magdalene. Why? Mary Magdalene was the last to leave the cross and was the first to go to the tomb. She was not the only saved one, but she had the best: she was attached to the Lord. The disciples went back home when seeing an empty tomb. Only she cried in front of the grave. Her heart was a widow's heart and the world was already a blank for her. She did not think about the problem that the road was far and her ability was incompetent. She just wanted to get back the body of the Lord and she did not realize that the Lord had resurrected. In Matthew, the Lord told his disciples on four occasions that he would resurrect after his death, but she did not know this. Although she was so ignorant, she single-mindedly loved the Lord and wanted the Lord. The Lord could do nothing but showed himself to her as the Lord could not let her cry anymore. Thank God, our less in knowledge does not matter, and as long as we have a heart that excites the Lord to come to us, we will be blessed, because this is the most valuable. A prodigal son's repenting can make the father happy and satisfied, so does our God. When the compassionate heart of God the Father will be moved? Seeing his son fall to a beggar state will not move God's heart. The eldest son's heart was to use a "little goat" for his own happiness, which was asking his father to give him pleasure. On the contrary, the young son wanted to make his father happy by "spending all he has". Have you seen the difference? Death and resurrection belongs to the prodigal son, while loss and regain belongs to the father. Only the father of the prodigal son can taste this much happiness. God never gives people a thing to let people go alone and be happy, so he would have the eldest son to have fun with him inside.