【双语灵修】悔改REPENTANCE
罗马书 7:21- 25
因为我觉得有个律，就是我愿意为善的时候，就有恶与我同在。按着我里面的意思，我是喜欢神的律；但我觉得肢体中另有个律和我心中的律交战，把我掳去，叫我附从那肢体中犯罪的律。我真是苦啊！谁能救我脱离这取死的身体呢？感谢神，靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来，我以内心顺服神的律，我肉体却顺服罪的律了。
11月10日
悔改
“我觉得肢体中另有个律，和我心中的律交战，把我掳去叫我附从那肢体中犯罪的律。” - 罗 7:23
悔改并不是一件复杂的事，它可以像说一句“对不起”那么简单。然而，悔改虽然简单，但却是出乎意料之外地难以实行。
自小我的父母便教导我明白悔改的基本意思。当我违反了规矩，或做了伤害兄弟的事时，他们便指示我要说对不起。（不管我的道歉是否真心！）
当想到悔改时，你想像看到什么？你是否看到与很久失去联系的朋友，重聚带来的宽慰？或者是司机因超速驾驶，被截停时露出的无奈，或是类似运动员犯规，被裁判员判罚时说的：抱歉？不抱歉！
细想之下，悔改其实是一件奇妙的事。它给我们一个讲出我们的罪，以及挪走这些罪的机会。不过，很奇怪，我们甚少想起或谈到悔改这件事。或许更奇怪的，就是当我们成为资深的信徒时，便越来越少想到悔改，就好像我们总觉得自己已经不再需要悔改那样（迟些我们会再谈论这点。）于是，我们便躲藏起来。
你上一次经历悔改，是什么时候呢？你还记得这件事吗？
祷告
神啊，求你提醒我，真诚的悔改能带来自由。求你帮助我不要逃避认罪，反要欣然以喜乐的心，转向你和信靠你的怜悯。奉耶稣名祈求，阿们。
Romans 7:21-25
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
REPENTANCE
I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. —Romans 7:23
Repentance isn’t complicated. It can be as simple as saying “I’m sorry.” Yet for all its simplicity, repentance can be surprisingly elusive.
When I was a child, my parents taught me the basics of repentance. When I broke a rule or did something hurtful to my brothers, they instructed me to say I was sorry (whether I actually was or not!).
If you think of repentance, how do you picture it? Does it show the relief of a reunion with a long-lost friend? Or is it more like the grim resignation of a driver pulled over for speeding in traffic—or, similarly, like an athlete called on a foul by a referee: sorry, not sorry!
Actually, repentance is amazing, if we think about it. It gives us the chance to name our sins and have them taken away.
Oddly, though, we don’t often think or talk much about repentance. And, perhaps more strangely, we can tend to think about it less and less the more we gain experience as believers. It’s almost as if we think we somehow outgrow our need for repentance. (More about that later.)
And so we hide.
When was your last experience of repentance? Can you remember it?
God, remind me that true repentance brings freedom. Help me not to shrink from confessing, but to embrace turning toward you with joy and trust in your mercy. In Jesus’ name, Amen.