【双语灵修】在冬天的蜜蜂BEES IN WINTER

耶利米哀歌 3:19-27

19 耶和华啊，求你记念我如茵陈和苦胆的困苦窘迫！ 20 我心想念这些，就在里面忧闷。 21 我想起这事，心里就有指望。 22 我们不致消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱，是因他的怜悯不至断绝。 23 每早晨这都是新的，你的诚实极其广大。 24 我心里说：“耶和华是我的份，因此我要仰望他。” 25 凡等候耶和华，心里寻求他的，耶和华必施恩给他。 26 人仰望耶和华，静默等候他的救恩，这原是好的。 27 人在幼年负轭，这原是好的。

2026-07-25

在冬天的蜜蜂

“我们不至消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱，是因他的怜悯不至断绝。每早晨都是新的，你的诚实极其广大。” - 耶利米哀歌 3:22-23

去年十一月，当开始下雪时，我们所养的蜜蜂已为气候转冷作了几个月的准备了。我们所在的密芝根州，由于白昼渐短，气温逐渐下降，蜜蜂在夏天下旬时已开始贮藏蜂蜜和花粉，又在初秋时开始贮藏“蜂包”（一种花蜜、蜂蜜和酵素组成的混合物）。当室外温度下降至华氏55度（摄氏12至13度）时，巢里较强壮的蜜蜂便会接管喂养蜂后，为她做保暖的工夫，好让她能够渡过严寒和阴暗的冬季。

耶利米哀歌的预言诗是冷酷和阴暗的，神的子民正逐步走向被征服和被放逐的严寒中，巴比伦帝国凶残和冷血的军队快要到来了。神的子民的心已转冷，并没有得到任何缓刑的宣告，他们的叛逆和邪恶带来令人不寒而栗的后果，就像一个肯定会到来的严寒黑暗冬天。

今天的经文，是耶利米在巴比伦入侵带来的摧毁、重创，神的子民被大规模放逐时所写的哀叹，就像一道和煦的阳光。这些经文向我们保证，每天我们都可以有“耶和华诸般的慈爱”怜悯和信实，无论我们身处怎样严寒和黑暗的境况中，让我们都牢记这一点。

祷告

“你的信实广大，我神我天父。”在生命任何境况中，你一直都与我们同在和帮助我们。求你帮助我们信靠你。阿们。

Lamentations 3:19-27

SATURDAY, JULY 25

BEES IN WINTER

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. —Lamentations 3:22-23

By the time snow began to fall in November last year, our honeybees had been preparing for months for the transition to winter weather. With fading daylight hours and falling temperatures where we live in Michigan, the bees had begun storing up honey and pollen in late summer and “bee bread” (a mix of nectar, honey, and enzymes) in early autumn. When the temperature outdoors dropped to about 55°F (12-13°C), hardier bees in the hive started taking over feeding and warming the queen to keep her alive during the cold, dark days of winter.

The prophetic poetry of Lamentations is cold and darkening. God’s people at that time had been steadily approaching the brutal chill of being conquered and exiled. The armies of the cruel, cold-blooded Babylonian Empire were coming.

For God’s people whose hearts had grown cold, no reprieve was predicted. The chilling consequences of disobedience and wickedness were approaching as certainly as a bitterly cold, dark winter.

Today’s verses appear right in the midst of Jeremiah’s laments on the destruction, devastation, and mass deportation of God’s people during the invasion by Babylon. Like a ray of warm sunshine, these verses assure us that “the LORD’s great love,” compassions, and faithfulness are available to us each day. Let’s remember this in whatever cold and dark times we find ourselves in.

“Great is your faithfulness, O God [our] Father.” In all the seasons of life you have been here with and for us. Help us to trust in you. Amen.