【双语灵修】一件新事A NEW THING

以赛亚书 43:16-21

16 耶和华在沧海中开道，在大水中开路， 17 使车辆、马匹、军兵、勇士都出来，一同躺下不再起来，他们灭没好像熄灭的灯火。 18 耶和华如此说：“你们不要记念从前的事，也不要思想古时的事。 19 “看哪，我要做一件新事，如今要发现，你们岂不知道吗？我必在旷野开道路，在沙漠开江河。 20 野地的走兽必尊重我，野狗和鸵鸟也必如此，因我使旷野有水，使沙漠有河，好赐给我的百姓、我的选民喝。 21 这百姓是我为自己所造的，好述说我的美德。

2026-07-24

一件新事

“看哪，我要作一件新事，如今要发现，你们岂不知道吗？” - 以赛亚书 43:19

当儿子和我开始养蜜蜂时，我们特别关心的是怎样从蜂箱采蜜，又可以尽量减少在设备上的投资。解决的办法是采用一个原始的收成方法，我们将装满蜂蜜的蜂巢从蜂框上刮下来，然后将蜂蜜从蜂蜡中沥出。我们很满意蜂蜜的产量，但却不知道怎样处理用这个做法得出来一大堆的蜂蜡。

其实蜂蜡本身也是很宝贵的。很多养蜂者和拍YouTube短片的人，提出很多有关怎样把蜂蜡加工使用的信息。例如用蜂蜡做的洋烛，对家庭和敬拜的好处是家传户晓的。这些纯天然的洋烛是环保的，气味像清新的户外，又不会伤害空气的质量。另外一些粉丝又吹捧用蜂蜡作润唇膏的好处，说它能医治皮疹和暗疮。有些人甚至说蜂蜡能止痛，又能减轻发炎和降低胆固醇。

虽然这些好处有些是具争议性的，但我们都晓得，在神的创造中，没有任何一样是白费，或是要丢弃的。同样，在神眼中，任何人都可以被祂拯救、操炼，重新调较方向的。在以赛亚的年代，那些面对审判和灾难的人需要听这信息，我们今天也同样需要听这番智慧之言。神爱我们，永远与我们同在，祂会拯救我们，并且住我们里面，与我们一起，使用我们去作新事。

祷告

主啊，感谢你告诉我们，你拣选了我们，爱我们。求你引导我们去面对改变，欣然接受你藉耶稣赐给我们的新生命。阿们。

Isaiah 43:16-21

FRIDAY, JULY 24

A NEW THING

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” —Isaiah 43:19

When my son and I started beekeeping, we were especially keen on harvesting honey from our beehives. Minimizing our investment in equipment was also a goal. The solution was to use a primitive method of harvesting by scraping the honey-filled combs from our frames and draining the honey from the wax. Happy with the yield of honey, we wondered what to do with the pile of beeswax that resulted from this process.

Beeswax itself is a treasure. Beekeepers and YouTubers supply loads of information about processing and using beeswax. The virtues of beeswax candles for home and worship are well known, for example. These all-natural candles are eco-friendly, smell like the fragrant outdoors, and are safe for air quality. Many fans also tout the benefits of beeswax as lip balm and for treating rashes and acne. Some people even claim that beeswax can help relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and lower cholesterol levels.

Some of these benefits might be debatable, but in God’s creation we often learn that nothing need be wasted or thrown away. Similarly, with God, anyone can be rescued, refined, and repurposed. People facing judgment amid catastrophe needed to hear this in Isaiah’s day, and we also need to hear this wisdom today. God loves us and is with us always. He will deliver us and do new things in, with, and through us.

Lord, thank you for telling us that we are chosen and loved by you. Guide us to face change and to embrace the new life you make possible for us through Jesus. Amen.