Thursday, March 8, 2018
禱告的力量
禱告不是將事情推給神,而是對自己能力的主張
相關連結:
That is the true power of prayer. It’s not a plaintive plea, like a child begging a parent for a doodad or a treat. Instead, it’s a conversation, at the heart of which is a deeply complex idea: that God and Man are intertwined, each having the power to foil the other’s plans, each needing the other’s faith for life to go on. This is what the Mishnah meant when it taught us that “everything is foreseen and permission is granted”: God, knowing and seeing all, nevertheless leaves us room to exercise our free will, and by doing so we have the power to bring his divine plan to fruition or lay it to waste. This is why prayer is so powerful. It’s a conversation between two unequals who are trying to work together and bring solace and joy to a world in dire need of both.
Talmud:記錄了猶太教的律法、條例和傳統。其內容分三部分,分別是密西拿(Mishnah)——口傳律法、革馬拉(Gemara)——口傳律法註釋、米德拉什(Midrash)——聖經註釋。
這說明禱告真正的力量,它不是一種哀怨的請求,像一個小孩子向父母祈求給糖吃一樣。禱告是一種談話,在其核心是一個非常複雜的概念。人與神交織在一起,他們各自有力量去阻擾他人的計畫,各自需要它人的信仰以便存活下去,這才是律法說所教導的“每一件事都可以預見,並得到允許”。神知道與看見所有的事,但是他給予我們行使自由意識的空間,這樣的安排,讓人有能力成就神的工,或讓它成為廢墟。正因為如此,禱告是如此的句有力量,這是兩個不對等者之間的談話,他們嘗試著要同工,帶給世界所迫切需要慰藉與喜樂。
My take:神創造一個甚好的世界,神也以祂的形象創造了人,並建立一種盟約的關係,共同為這個世界帶來生氣。 雖然神具有主宰的能力,它是一切創造的源頭
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