信心的支票簿 Faith's check book
祂要接我們回天家
經文: ��「直到你們年老，我仍這樣；直到你們髮白，我仍懷搋，我已造作，也必保抱，我必懷抱，也必拯救。」（以賽亞書四十六︰4）'T�Z�
歲暮天寒，臘鼓頻催，一年又將盡了。這兒有個應許是給銀髮族的，也是給我們大家的。歲月無情，時序嬗遞，我們的肉體雖然逐漸毀壞，但我們內在的生命，卻一天新似一天，藉著信心的眼睛，我們看到榮耀的盼望就在眼前。�
我們雖然年紀老邁，體力衰敗，但自有永有的上帝，卻一如往昔。祂是人類歷史的主宰，祂注視著時間洪流的溜逝，看千年如一日。我們無法負荷的重擔，祂為我們承擔，祂喜歡我們將一切難處卸在祂腳前。祂不但在我們年輕的時候，褓抱我們如懷中的羊羔，就是在我們年邁體衰的時候，祂仍要提攜著我們，進入永恆的榮耀。�
上帝創造我們，祂愛我們。即使我們體弱多病，窮困潦倒，不但自己覺得人生無奈，也成為別人重擔的時候，上帝一樣看顧我們，而且比往常更加垂憐我們，不會將我們棄之不顧。許多時候，上帝的僕人終日勞神苦思，為祂的主人盡心竭力，殫思極慮，所以上帝對他們說︰「孩子，現在你可安歇，享受我為你預備的安息。」所以我們不要害怕青春消逝，擔心生命短暫如夕陽，因為上帝要賜下豐富的恩典，叫我們越老活得越有勁，越榮耀上帝。�
He Will Carry Us Home
Scripture: "And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you" (Isaiah 46:4).
The year is very old, and here is a promise for our aged friends; yes, and for us all, as age creeps over us. Let us live long enough, and we shall all have hoar hairs; therefore we may as well enjoy this promise by the foresight of faith.
When we grow old our God will still be the I AM, abiding evermore the same. Hoar hairs tell of our decay, but He decayeth not. When we cannot carry a burden and can hardly carry ourselves, the LORD will carry us. Even as in our young days He carried us like lambs in His bosom, so will He in our years of infirmity.
He made us, and He will care for us. When we become a burden to our friends and a burden to ourselves, the LORD will not shake us off, but the rather He will take us up and carry and deliver us more fully than ever. In many cases the LORD gives His servants a long and calm evening. They worked hard all day and wore themselves out in their Master's service, and so He said to them, "Now rest in anticipation of that eternal Sabbath which I have prepared for you." Let us not dread old age. Let us grow old graciously since the LORD Himself is with us in fullness of grace.
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