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經文：「我們曾信…」（路24:21） 每當讀到這段歷史總會令我感到遺憾：前往以馬忤斯的兩個門徒，當時不是對耶穌說：「我們仍信」，卻說：「我們曾信…」。多麼可悲，他們以為可指望的都已失去。 他們如果說：「似乎每一件事都使我們失望；似乎我們的信心已然落空，但是我們並不放棄，依然相信還能見祂...」豈不好麼？可惜他們並沒有這麼說。他們就站在耶穌身旁，臉上帶著愁容，以為主就是死了；難怪耶穌責備他們說：「無知的人哪…你們的心信得太遲鈍了！」（路24:25） 讀者們，我們是否也有相同的情形，也受到主同樣的責備？請記得，我們可以放棄許多事物，但是有一件事却絕對不能放棄，那就是對主的信心。 我們不要學像這兩個門徒那樣，讓信心變成過去式的「我們曾信...。」而要永遠堅持現在式的「我們永信。」--碎錦 Curmbs 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "We trusted" (Luke 24:21). I have always felt so sorry that in that walk to Emmaus the disciples had not said to Jesus, "We still trust"; instead of "We trusted." That is so sad--something that is all over. If they had only said, "Everything is against our hope; it looks as if our trust was vain, but we do not give up; we believe we shall see Him again." But no, they walked by His side declaring their lost faith, and He had to say to them "O fools, and slow of heart to believe!" Are we not in the same danger of having these words said to us? We can afford to lose anything and everything if we do not lose our faith in the God of truth and love. Let us never put our faith, as these disciples did, in a past tense--"We trusted." But let us ever say, "I am trusting." –Crumbs ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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