So Beautiful 如此美丽

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Dexu Xia

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Dec 1, 2022, 1:03:36 AM12/1/22

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We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Ephesians 2:10

I was very young when I peered through a hospital nursery window and saw a newborn for the first time. In my ignorance, I was dismayed to see a tiny, wrinkly child with a hairless, cone-shaped head. The baby’s mother standing near us, however, couldn’t stop asking everyone, “Isn’t he gorgeous?” I was reminded of that moment when I saw a video of a young dad tenderly singing the song, “You Are So Beautiful” to his baby girl. To her enraptured daddy, the little girl was the most beautiful thing ever created.

Is that how God looks at us? Ephesians 2:10 says that we’re His “handiwork”—His masterpiece. Aware of our own failings, it may be hard for us to accept how much He loves us or to believe that we could ever be of value to Him. But God doesn’t love us because we deserve love (vv. 3–4); He loves us because He is love (1 John 4:8). His love is one of grace, and He showed the depth of it when, through Jesus’ sacrifice, He made us alive in Him when we were dead in our sins (Ephesians 2:5, 8).

God’s love isn’t fickle. It’s constant. He loves the imperfect, the broken, those who are weak and those who mess up. When we fall, He’s there to lift us up. We’re His treasure, and we’re so beautiful to Him. By: Cindy Hess Kasper

What does it mean to know that “God is love”? How can you accept the truth of God’s endless love for you when you feel undeserving of it?

Precious Father, thank You for Your love for me.

我们原是祂的工作，在基督耶稣里造成的，为要叫我们行善。—以弗所书2章10节

我还记得很小的时候，第一次透过医院育婴室的窗户看到一个新生儿的情景。年幼无知的我，在看到那皱巴巴、没有头发，还顶着锥形头的小婴孩时，感到非常失望。但那婴孩的母亲却站在我们身旁，不停地对每个人说﹕“他是不是很可爱？”多年后，我又想起这一幕，因为我从视频里看到，一位年轻的父亲对刚出生的女儿温柔地唱着《你真美丽》。对那位沉醉在喜悦中的父亲来说，这小婴孩是世上最美丽的创造。

上帝也是这样看待我们吗？以弗所书2章10节说，我们是祂的“工作”，是祂的杰作。当我们意识到自己有许多软弱不足之处时，可能很难接受上帝是多么爱我们，也很难相信祂看我们为宝贵。但上帝爱我们，不是因为我们可爱或值得祂的爱（3-4节），而是因为祂就是爱（约翰一书4章8节）。上帝的爱是一种恩典，当我们死在过犯与罪恶之中时，祂藉着耶稣的牺牲使我们在祂里面活过来（以弗所书2章5、8节），表明祂深爱着我们。

上帝的爱并非飘摇不定，而是永不改变的！祂爱不完美、无药可救的人，也爱软弱、生活一团糟的人。当我们软弱跌倒时，祂会在那里把我们扶起来。我们是祂的宝贝，对祂来说，我们是如此美丽。

“上帝就是爱”对你有何意义？
当你自觉不配时，你如何相信上帝确实以无尽的爱来爱你？