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經文：「不要…心懷不平。」（詩37:1） 不要憤怒抱不平。我們常見作惡之人穿著紫色細麻布長袍，終日宴樂凡事順利。「惡人」（詩92:7）執掌大權，欺壓不幸的百姓。罪中男女盡享安逸驕奢的生活，因此善人常會憤怒抱不平。 可是經上說：「不要...心懷不平」，不要憤怒，把怒火冷卻！即使你的憤怒是很有理由的，但是也不是一個聰明的辦法。不平只會起摩擦與衝突；不平不能變成和平。一部火車軸如果發熱了，並不能幫助火車前進；它的發熱只能產生障礙。車軸發熱的緣故，乃是因為不必要的摩擦；我們應該讓神用祂的恩膏塗在我們不平的地方，以免生出摩擦來。 心中懷了不平，就會嵌進許多尖銳鋒利的砂礫，如急躁、惱恨、嫉妒、無禮等，叫你失去生活中謙和的香氣。摩擦生熱，發熱就會引起更危險的破壞。所以不要懷抱不平，請讓神的膏油將你平滑了罷；否則唯恐因為憤怒的緣故，將自己也列入作惡之人當中了。--譯自銀襯 the Silver Lining 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "Fret not thyself" (Ps. 37:1). Do not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were justified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in the Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day. "Workers of iniquity" were climbing into the supreme places of power, and were tyrannizing their less fortunate brethren. Sinful men and women were stalking through the land in the pride of life and basking in the light and comfort of great prosperity, and good men were becoming heated and fretful. "Fret not thyself." Do not get unduly heated! Keep cool! Even in a good cause, fretfulness is not a wise help-meet. Fretting only heats the bearings; it does not generate the steam. It is no help to a train for the axles to get hot; their heat is only a hindrance. When the axles get heated, it is because of unnecessary friction; dry surfaces are grinding together, which ought to be kept in smooth co-operation by a delicate cushion of oil. And is it not a suggestive fact that this word "fret" is closely akin to the word "friction," and is an indication of absence of the anointing oil of the grace of God? In fretfulness, a little bit of grit gets into the bearings--some slight disappointment, some ingratitude, some discourtesy--and the smooth working of the life is checked. Friction begets heat; and with the heat, most dangerous conditions are created.Do not let thy bearings get hot. Let the oil of the Lord keep thee cool, lest by reason of an unholy heat thou be reckoned among the evil-doers. --The Silver Lining ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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