【双语灵修】春天SPRINGTIME
路加福音 24:1-12
1 七日的头一日，黎明的时候，那些妇女带着所预备的香料来到坟墓前， 2 看见石头已经从坟墓滚开了。 3 她们就进去，只是不见主耶稣的身体。 4 正在猜疑之间，忽然有两个人站在旁边，衣服放光。 5 妇女们惊怕，将脸伏地。那两个人就对她们说：“为什么在死人中找活人呢？ 6 他不在这里，已经复活了。当记念他还在加利利的时候怎样告诉你们， 7 说：‘人子必须被交在罪人手里，钉在十字架上，第三日复活。’” 8 她们就想起耶稣的话来， 9 便从坟墓那里回去，把这一切事告诉十一个使徒和其余的人。 10 那告诉使徒的就是抹大拉的马利亚和约亚拿，并雅各的母亲马利亚，还有与她们在一处的妇女。 11 她们这些话使徒以为是胡言，就不相信。 12 彼得起来，跑到坟墓前，低头往里看，见细麻布独在一处，就回去了，心里稀奇所成的事。
2026-07-30
春天
“为什么在死人中找活人呢？他不在这里，已经复活了！” - 路加福音 24:5-6
冬天过后，我在初春时察看我们的蜜蜂，令我想起在耶稣的坟墓中，那些天使问妇女们的问题：“为什么在死人中找活人呢？”经过一个漫长的冬天，很多蜂巢会变成“死群”了，对一个养蜜蜂的人来说，最大的希望是幸存的蜂后和工蜂能使蜂巢复活。
人类、动物、昆虫、植物和整个创造生命，都是循环性的。这个循环—出生、活着和死亡—是既愉快又邪恶、既明亮又阴沉的，然后又轮到下一代了。蜂巢复活能带来希望，但终局又已在眼前了。很多人会就此作罢，但我们也可以问：“难道就是这样无奈吗？”
那些曾经跟从耶稣的男男女女来到祂的坟墓，准备在死人中找死人。所以当他们面对耶稣已经从死里复活的意外时，自然是非常震惊！跟随耶稣的人开始明白，祂是今天、明天、直到永远都活着的。
跟随耶稣的人庆祝一个永存的春天。在耶稣复活后，《圣经》称祂为死了的人的“初熟果子。”作为祂的跟随者，我们能分享祂击败死亡的胜利。我们跟随耶稣出死入生，深信在祂里面，我们有复活的生命，可以永远相信这位复活和永活的救主！
祷告
创造的神，感谢你“藉着耶稣基督从死里复活，重生了我们，叫我们有活泼的盼望”（《彼得前书》1:3）。求你藉着你的圣灵活在我们里面、又使用我们把你活出来。阿们。
Luke 24:1-12
THURSDAY, JULY 30
SPRINGTIME
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” —Luke 24:5-6
When winter has passed and I check on our bees in the early spring, I think of the question the angels asked the women at Jesus’ tomb: “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” Many beehives become “dead-outs” after a long winter. The best hope for a beekeeper is that the hive will be able to be revived by the surviving queen and worker bees.
The lives of people, animals, insects, plants, and all creation are cyclical. The cycle—birth, life, and death--can be both delightful and vicious, and both bright and dreary. Then the next generation takes its turn. The revival of a honeybee hive can be hopeful, and yet there’s an end in sight. Many people settle for that, but we may also ask, “Is that all there is?”
The men and women who had followed Jesus went to his tomb expecting to find the dead among the dead. So it was shocking to be confronted with the surprise that Jesus had risen from the dead! As Jesus’ followers have come to know, he is alive today, tomorrow, and forever.
Jesus’ followers celebrate an everlasting spring. After his resurrection, Bible passages call him “the firstfruits” of those who have died. As his followers, we share in his victory over death. We follow Jesus from death into life, certain that in him we have resurrection life. We can trust the risen and living Savior forever!
Creator God, thank you for giving us “new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). Live in and through us, we pray, by your Holy Spirit. Amen.