When life knocks you down, you’re in the perfect position to pray!

当生活将你击垮时，你最需要的是祷告。

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16

所以我们只管坦然无惧地来到施恩的宝座前，为要得怜恤，蒙恩惠，作随时的帮助。-希伯来书4章16节

I was so happy for my friend when she told me she was going to be a mum! Together we counted the days until the birth. But when the baby suffered a brain injury during delivery, my heart broke and I didn’t know how to pray. All I knew was who I should pray to—God. He is our Father, and He hears us when we call.

我朋友告诉我她就要做妈妈了，我真为她高兴！我们对孩子的诞生充满了喜悦和期待。然而，这孩子在出生时脑部却受到了损伤。听到这个令人心碎的消息后，我难过得不知如何祷告。我只知道我应该向上帝祷告，因祂是我们的天父，祂必垂听我们的呼求。

I knew that God was capable of miracles. He brought Jairus’s daughter back to life (Luke 8:49-55) and in so doing also healed the girl of whatever disease had robbed her of life. So I asked Him to bring healing for my friend’s baby too.

我知道上帝能行神迹，祂使睚鲁的女儿死而复生(路加福音8章49-55节) ，也就是说耶稣医治这个女孩，让她脱离使她致命的疾病。所以我也恳求上帝，医治我朋友的孩子。

But what if God doesn’t heal? I wondered.Surely He doesn’t lack the power. Could it be He doesn’t care? I thought of Jesus’s suffering on the cross and the explanation that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). Then I remembered the questions of Job and how he learned to see the wisdom of God as shown in the creation around him (Job 38–39).

但如果上帝不施行医治呢？我这样想着。当然，祂并不是没有能力，难道祂不在乎吗？我想到耶稣在十架上受苦，想到圣经说：“惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，上帝的爱就在此向我们显明了”(罗马书5章8节) 。然后，我也想起约伯的提问，以及他如何学会透过奇妙的创造看见上帝的智慧(约伯记38-39章) 。

Slowly I saw how God calls us to Him in the details of our lives. In God’s grace, my friend and I learned together what it means to call on the Lord and to trust Him—whatever the outcome. 

慢慢地，我看见在我们生活的每个细节当中，上帝都要我们倚靠祂。靠着上帝的恩典，我和我朋友一起学习一个功课，那就是无论结果如何，都要呼求主并信靠祂。

Lord, to whom can I go but You! I trust You with my life and the lives of my loved ones. I’m grateful You always hear my cry.

主啊，除祢以外，我还能倚靠谁呢？

我将我的一生和至亲的生命，都交在祢的手中。
感谢祢总是听我的呼求！

Read：

Hebrews 4:14-16New International Version (NIV)

Jesus the Great High Priest

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,[a] Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

整理：于姊妹