【双语灵修】一匹驴A DONKEY

马太福音 21:1-5

耶稣和门徒将近耶路撒冷，到了伯法其，在橄榄山那里，耶稣就打发两个门徒，对他们说：“你们往对面村子里去，必看见一匹驴拴在那里，还有驴驹同在一处。你们解开，牵到我这里来。若有人对你们说什么，你们就说：‘主要用牠。’那人必立时让你们牵来。”这事成就，是要应验先知的话说：“要对锡安的居民说：‘看哪，你的王来到你这里，是温柔的，又骑着驴，就是骑着驴驹子。’”

4月12日

一匹驴

“‘你们往对面村子里去，必看见一匹驴拴在那里，还有驴驹同在一处。你们解开，牵到我这里来。’” -太 21:2

我女儿骑马的地方有一头名叫 Rosey 的小毛驴。Rosey 和一群小马被圈养在一个大围栏里。它喜欢走到栅栏边，让走过的大人和孩子们摸它。每隔一段时间，它就会发出驴子特有的叫声，从很远的地方就能听到。每年，它都会被牵出来，装上驮包，跟着一个打扮成 1849 年寻金矿工的人四处巡游。有时它跟得很紧，有时却停下来不肯走。毕竟它是一头驴啊！

有时我会想象耶稣骑在它身上。这不是人们所期望的场景。他们期待的是威严地骑着马的君王。而驴子有时听话，有时不听话。

然而，耶稣故事中的驴子在传达耶稣的旨意和祂的身份方面发挥了重要作用。祂来到世上是要做一个谦卑的仆人，表明作为掌管万物的君王，祂要以受死来拯救我们，显明祂对我们的爱和眷顾。

在主耶稣的伟大故事中，我们也扮演着重要的角色。我们不需要成为富有的统治者或重要的领袖。我们只需要成为神造我们的样式。神在祂的故事中为我们设定了身份和计划。祂会在适当的时机使用我们。

祷告

神啊，感谢你拣选了我，让我在你的宏大叙事当中扮演一个角色。请帮助我认识自己的身份，并帮助我每天越来越多地活出这个身份。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

A DONKEY

"Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me." - Matthew 21:2

There is a little donkey named Rosey where my daughter rides horses. Rosey lives in a large enclosure with a herd of ponies. She loves to come to the fence to get scratches from all of the kids and adults who walk by. Every once in a while she cries out as only a donkey can. You can hear her from a distance. Once a year she is taken out and fitted with a pack to parade around with a man dressed up as an 1849 miner searching for gold. Sometimes she follows him well, and other times she stops and refuses to move. She is a donkey, after all.

Sometimes I imagine Jesus riding on her. It’s not what people would have expected. They’d expect a king to ride majestically on a horse. And a donkey might go where it is directed, but it also might not.

The donkey in Jesus’ story, however, played an important part in communicating Jesus’ purpose and who he was. He came to be a humble servant, showing that as the true
King over all things, he came to show his love and care for us by dying to save us.

We play important parts in the Lord’s great story too. We don’t need to be wealthy rulers or important leaders. We just need to be who God created us to be. God has a role and a plan for us in his story. And he will use us as he sees fit.

God, thank you for choosing me and giving me a role to play in your story for the world. Help me to know that role, and help me live into it more and more each day. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.