【双语灵修】无法说话的道 The Muted Word

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“神说，要有光，就有了光。” - 创 1:3

在圣经中，人类的故事从一个男人开始，然后一个女人出现在故事里。耶稣的故事是从一个女人开始，即马利亚。然后耶稣自己作为婴孩出现在故事里。

想像一下用布包裹着的婴孩耶稣在马利亚怀里的美妙画面。但请再想一想：耶稣祂还是永恒之道，万物都是藉着祂造的，祂是说有就有的那一位。但现在这“道”成了一个人，一个新生的婴孩。我们是否知道这意味着什么？它意味着“道”不能自己说话了。

婴孩耶稣像其他新生儿一样，还不会说话。他首先需要学习听——特别是听他的母亲，还有他的父亲说话。慢慢地，他会发现语言是有意义的。最终，他会自己开口说话。起初他只知道几个词：“Immah”（母亲）和 “Abba”（父亲）。然后，大量的词汇就会脱口而出，一开口就停不下来。马利亚也会像大多数母亲一样，有时候希望孩子从来没学过说话！

试想：太初那曾经说话的“道”无法自己发声。祂不得不回到我们人生的开端。而且它必须像我们一样，一个词一个词地去渐进地学习。

语言是一个美妙的礼物。耶稣和我们一同分享了这份礼物。

祷告

耶稣，除了你，我们还归从谁呢？“在你有永生之道”（约 6:68）。你是道，是生命。

约翰福音 1:1-4, 14

1太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。2这道太初与神同在。3万物是藉着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是藉着他造的。4生命在他里头，这生命就是人的光。14道成了肉身，住在我们中间，充充满满地有恩典有真理。我们也见过他的荣光，正是父独生子的荣光。

The Muted Word

"God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." - Genesis 1:3

In the Bible the human story begins with a man, and then a woman. The human story of Jesus begins with a woman, Mary. And then Jesus himself begins, as a baby.

It's wonderful to picture baby Jesus all wrapped up and in Mary's arms. But think about this. Jesus is the eternal Word, the Word through whom everything was made, the Word that said, "Let there be . . . " But now the Word is a human being, a newborn baby. Do we realize what this means? It means the Word can't speak anymore.

Like any newborn, baby Jesus doesn't know language yet. He will need to listen first—especially to his mother, and also to his father. Slowly he will discover that words have meaning. Eventually he'll start to speak for himself. He'll know only a few words at first: "Immah" (mother) and "Abba" (father). And then a flood of words will come, and it won't stop. Like most mothers, Mary will sometimes wish Jesus had never started talking!

Imagine. The Word that spoke in the beginning loses its voice. It has to go back to the beginning that we experience as humans. And it has to learn the same way we did, one word at a time.

Language is a wonderful gift. And Jesus shares it with us.

Prayer

Jesus, to whom should we turn, but to you? "You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:68). You are the Word, who is life. Amen.