1015 用歌声【赞美】对抗你的痛苦
当你来到我面前怀着感恩的心歌唱时，让你的赞美找到真实的表达。真正的敬拜是最崇高且最壮丽的感恩形式，因为在你的敬拜诗歌中，你正在宣告我的良善。
你心中最美的表达，出现在赞美与你周遭所发生的一切完全对立之时。那时，敬拜在我面前升起，如爱的馨香祭物。亲爱的，我要你知道：我并非只是接受你的赞美，坐在那里享受它，却不知你为赞美所付出的代价是什么；我不会对你的痛苦视若无睹。你在痛苦之中对我的这份委身触动了我，我的耳朵倾听你，我的心属于你，我全然专注于你。从你唇间升起的深情之流，将我拉近；我来吸入你所献上的馨香之气。这是何等美丽，如此纯洁，如此真实。我看见你的眼泪，我知道你需要我，我在这里。当你向我献上如此的爱时，我无法抗拒你。
“你是我的创造者、我的中保和我的主人。你在我里面所找到的任何美善，都是从祢而来的。” 他又对我说：“我圣洁的爱人是美好的，我的尊贵者，我的荣耀者，成全我一切的心愿。”——诗篇 16:2–3
1015 Sing in opposition to your pain
Let your praises find true expression as you come before me with singing and a thankful heart. True worship is the highest and most sublime form of gratitude, because in your songs of worship you are proclaiming my goodness.
The most beautiful expression of your heart comes when praise stands in full opposition to what’s happening around you. At such times, worship rises before me as a sweet offering of love. Beloved, I want you to know that I don’t simply receive your praise, sit back, and enjoy it without an awareness of what it costs you. I don’t turn a blind eye to your pain. This devotion to me, in the midst of your pain, moves me. You have my ear. You have my heart. You have my full attention. The streams of affection that rise from your lips pull me close. I come and inhale the fragrance of your offering. How beautiful it is —so pure and real. I see your tears. I know you need me. I’m here. I cannot resist you when you offer me such love.
“You are my Maker, my Mediator, and my Master. Any good thing you find in me has come from you.” And he said to me, “My holy lovers are wonderful, my majestic ones, my glorious ones, fulfilling all my desires. “–PSALM 16:2-3