0831 勿让任何事阻碍我们相交
对别人怀有怨恨，就像一条捆绑你灵魂的锁链，使你无法起来与我同行。要饶恕，并观看我的得胜如何在你里面释放。当你向冒犯你的人给出饶恕时，我必将医治你的身心。我的恩典自由流淌，永远不会被阻挡。当你施予怜悯时，我将赐给你恩典的荣耀。而且，你越效法我，向别人显出怜悯并饶恕他们，你与我的相交就会越纯洁、越甘甜。
让我的恩典使你比仇敌更刚强，比敌人更有智慧。仇敌会用许多方法试图绊倒你，在你里面和周围环境中使你分心，忽略我的同在。但如果你有意识地让我居首位，并且将你每一个思想都降服于我，哪怕是你脑海中一闪而过的念头，你就能持续与我保持亲密相交。留意你在各种处境下的反应，永远不要试图为错误的态度辩解。要以纯洁的爱爱人——就是我的爱。祈求我让你可以从我的角度看待他人，并且在你每天的生活中谦卑地与我同行。
你必须抓住那些惹是生非的狐狸，那些阻碍我们关系的狡猾小狐狸。因为它们破坏我们初萌爱的葡萄园，毁掉了我种在你里面的东西。你愿意为我抓住它们，并把它们除掉吗？我们要一起来做这件事。——雅歌 2:15
0831 Let nothing hinder our communion
A grudge held against another is a binding chain on your soul, preventing you from arising and coming away with me. Forgive and watch my victory be released within you. I will heal your body and your thoughts when you release forgiveness to the one who offended you. My grace flows freely, and it will never be stopped. I will give you the glory of grace as you give away mercy. And the more you imitate me, showing mercy and forgiving others, the purer and sweeter your communion with me will be.
Let my grace make you stronger than your enemies and wiser than your foes. There are many ways the enemy tries to trip you up so that you are distracted from my presence in and around you. But if you intentionally keep me first and submit every thought, even the fleeting thoughts that stream in the background of your mind, you will stay in the flow of communion with me. Pay attention to your reactions to situations, and never try to justify wrong attitudes. Love others with a pure love–my love. Ask me to show you people from my perspective, and walk humbly with me throughout your day.
You must catch the troubling foxes, those sly little foxes that hinder our relationship. For they raid our budding vineyard of love to ruin what I’ve planted within you. Will you catch them and remove them for me? We will do it together. –SONG OF SONGS 2:15