0614 選擇我
生命常常需要你的關注。試煉會來到，祝福也會豐豐富富地傾倒下來，但在這一切之中，我必須仍然是你的焦點。我是那位渴望填滿你每一個空虛與每一個喜樂的主。我看顧你，對你低語，並且永不離開你，不論你的感受如何。我不僅要充滿你，我也喜悅與你同行。如果你願意邀請我，即使是最平凡的事情，我也樂意與你一同去做。
當你分心時，來選擇我。當恐懼向你的靈魂咆哮，當人們拒絕你，當孤獨扼住你，當歡笑使你忘記我是那位使你充滿喜樂的主時，請選擇來愛我。選擇去愛他人；選擇和平之路，即便它直直穿過痛苦的深淵；選擇在今天尋見我，並相信我不僅有能力回應禱告，也有智慧拒絕禱告，並藉著那些時刻教導你何為我的愛；請選擇與我一起擁抱生命的奧秘。
正當我從他們身邊走過時，我遇見了他。我找到了我所愛慕的那一位！我抓住他，緊緊將自己系在他身上，心裡再也不肯軟弱。現在，我要把他帶回到我裡面的聖殿，就是我被賜予新生命之處——進入我最深處的部分，那孕育我的地方。——《雅歌》3:4
0614 Choose me.
Life will always demand your attention. Trials will come, and blessings will be poured out extravagantly, but through it all, I must remain your focus. I am the One who longs to fill every void and every joy. I watch you, whisper to you, and never leave you, despite how you may feel. Not only do I fill you, but I enjoy walking alongside you. It’s my pleasure to do even the most mundane tasks with you–if only you would invite me.
Choose me when distractions come. When fear rages against your soul, when people reject you, when isolation strangles you, when laughter pushes you to forget that I am the One who fills you with joy, choose to love me. Choose to love others. Choose the path of peace even when it leads straight through the middle of pain. Choose to find me–today, and to believe that I not only have the power to answer prayers, but also have the wisdom to decline them, and to use those moments to teach you about my love. Choose to embrace the mystery of life with me.
Just as I moved past them, I encountered him. I found the one I adore! I caught him and fastened myself to him, refusing to be feeble in my heart again. Now I’ll bring him back to the temple within where I was given new birth–into my innermost parts, the place of my conceiving. — SONG OF SONGS 3:4