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Dexu Xia
Powerful Baby
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? . . . But I trust in your unfailing love. Psalm 13:1, 5
The first time I saw him, I cried. He looked like a perfect newborn asleep in his crib. But we knew he would never wake up. Not until he was in the arms of Jesus.
He clung to life for several months. Then his mother told us of his death in a heart-wrenching email. She wrote of “that deep, deep pain that groans inside you.” Then she said, “How deeply God carved His work of love into our hearts through that little life! What a powerful life it was!”
God can do the most with what we think is least.
Powerful? How could she say that?
This family’s precious little boy showed them—and us—that we must depend on God for everything. Especially when things go horribly wrong! The hard yet comforting truth is that God meets us in our pain. He knows the grief of losing a Son.
In our deepest pain, we turn to the songs of David because he writes out of his own grief. “How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?” he asked (Ps. 13:2). “Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death” (v. 3). Yet David could give his biggest questions to God. “But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation” (v. 5).
Only God can bring ultimate significance to our most tragic events.
Where do I turn when a crisis hits me? Do I ever get angry with God when facing grief and loss? Am I afraid to share my true emotions with Him? Have I ever asked God for His peace?
God can do the most with what we think is least.
有影响力
耶和华啊，祢忘记我要到几时呢？要到永远吗？……但我倚靠祢的慈爱。-诗篇13篇1、5节
第一次见到这小婴孩时，我哭了。他睡在婴儿床，看起来就像正常的新生儿，但我们知道他不会醒来，除非他到了耶稣的怀里。
他坚持了好几个月。后来，他的母亲寄来一封令人心痛的电子邮件，告诉我们他过世了。她写道：“这让我心痛如绞。⋯⋯但上帝透过这小小的生命，将祂的爱刻在我们心里，他的生命多有影响力啊！”
有影响力？她怎么会这么说？
这个宝贝的孩子让他的家人和我们都明白了一件事，那就是我们在任何事上都必须倚靠上帝，在苦难时更是如此。我们在痛苦中会看见上帝，这是个让人觉得难受但又能得安慰的事实，上帝也曾经历失去爱子的伤痛。
我们在最深的哀伤中，可以看看大卫的诗歌。他倾诉内心的悲痛，问道：“我心里筹算，终日愁苦要到几时呢？”（诗篇13篇2节）他还说：“使我眼目光明，免得我沉睡至死”（3节）。大卫虽然向上帝提出这些疑问，但他仍说：“但我倚靠祢的慈爱，我的心因祢的救恩快乐。”（5节）
唯有上帝能将我们最沉痛的苦难变得有意义。
当危机临到时，我要求告谁呢？
当我面对悲伤与失望时，我曾对上帝生气吗？我害怕向祂透露我真实的情绪吗？
我曾向祂祈求真平安吗？
上帝透过小小的生命带来极大的影响。