December 28

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice”(Phil. 4:4)

“Sing a little song of trust,

0 my heart!

Sing it just because you must,

As leaves start;

As flowers push their way through dust;

Sing, my heart, because you must.”

“Wait not for an eager throng—

Bird on bird;

'Tis the solitary song

That is heard.

Every voice at dawn will start,

Be a nightingale, my heart! ”

“Sing across the winter snow,

Pierce the cloud;

Sing when mists are drooping low—

Clear and loud;

But sing sweetest in the dark;

He who slumbers not will hark.”

“An' when He hears yo' sing, He bends down wid a smile on His kin' face an' listens mighty keerful, an' He says, 'Sing on, chile, I hears, an' I's comin' down to deliber yo': I'll tote dat load fer yo'; jest lean hawd on Me and de road will get smoother bime by.'”

十二月二十八日

“你们要靠主常常喜乐,我再说你们要喜乐”(腓四:4)

我的心哪!

唱一首信靠的歌,

唱吧,你必須要唱,

像嫩芽一樣的萌出,

又像花朵自然地開放;

唱吧,用心靈來唱,你必須要唱。

莫等待熱鬧的

百鳥齊鳴;

唯有單獨的歌唱,

不受聆聽。

天亮了我們歌聲開放,

我的心啊,像夜鶯一般地獨唱。

歌聲飄揚過雪地,

穿雲層之上,

當迷霧低垂的時候,

唱得清脆響亮,

在黑暗中才能唱出甜美的歌聲,

讓失喪的人靜靜欣賞。

神听到你的歌唱,祂就弯下身来,慈祥的脸上带着微笑,非常高兴的听着。然后祂说:“孩子,唱下去,我在听,我正要下来拯救你;我将为你承担重负,只管紧靠着我,路途不久就会逐渐平坦。”