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經文:「造我的神在那裡，祂使人夜間歌唱。」（伯35:10） 親愛的讀者，你是不是睡不著，在枕上翻來覆去地等待天亮？祈求神使你的思想集中於祂，祂能使你在難受與寂寞的黑夜中歌唱。 你的失眠，是不是因為失去了所愛的人？豈不知你的神此刻正親近你，希望你知道你所愛的離世，已經平安在神那裡，並且那快樂遠勝在地；當這令人安慰的思維湧入，你難道不會立刻歡然歌唱？ 你的失眠，是不是因為灰心或憂慮未來的失敗？就算是沒有人諒解，連親朋也無人顧念；豈不知你的神此刻正親近你，祂要領你唱一首得勝的歌，請預備你的聲音與祂同唱。--選 輪船的力量要在風浪中才能顯得完全，基督的得勝要在火的試煉中才能彰顯。如果神要「使人夜間歌唱」，祂必然先創造黑夜。--戴威廉 William Taylor 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night" (Job 35:10). Do you have sleepless nights, tossing on the hot pillow, and watching for the first glint of dawn? Ask the Divine Spirit to enable you to fix your thoughts on God your Maker, and believe that He can fill those lonely, dreary hours with song. Is yours the night of bereavement? Is it not often at such a time that God draws near, and assures the mourner that the Lord has need of the departed loved one, and called "the eager, earnest spirit to stand in the bright throng of the invisible, liberated, radiant, active, intent on some high mission"; and as the thought enters, is there not the beginning of a song? Is yours the night of discouragement and fancied or actual failure? No one understands you, your friends reproach; but your Maker draws nigh, and gives you a song--a song of hope, the song which is harmonious with the strong, deep music of His providence. Be ready to sing the songs that your Maker gives. --Selected The strength of the vessel can be demonstrated only by the hurricane, and the power of the Gospel can be fully shown only when the Christian is subjected to some fiery trial. If God would make manifest the fact that "He giveth songs in the night," He must first make it night. --William Taylor ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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