고통 속에서 뛰기 /에레미아 애가 3:1~3 /(CBS)

고통 속에서 뛰기

에레미아 애가 3:1~3 / 찬 393 (통 447)

 

여호와의 분노의 매로 말미암아 고난 당한 자는 나로다.

나를 이끌어 어둠 안에서 걸어가게 하시고 빛 안에서 걸어가지 못하게 하셨으며

종일토록 손을 들어 자주자주 나를 치시는도다.

 

 

PLAY IN PAIN

Though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion. -Lamentations 3:32

seball Hall-of-Fame catcher Gary Carter was a follower of Jesus. During his 19-year career, he drew strength and endurance from his faith in God to compete day after day. In an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal shortly after Carter died of brain cancer at age 57, writer Andrew Klavan told how Carter had influenced his life. In the late 1980s, Klavan had sunk to a low point in his life. His mind dwelt on suicide. Then he heard Carter interviewed after a game. His team, the New York Mets, had won, and the aging catcher had helped by running hard at a critical point in the game. Carter was asked how he could do that with his aching knees. Klavan heard him say something like this: “Sometimes you just have to play in pain.” That simple statement helped draw Klavan out of his depression. “I can do that!” he declared. Encouraged, he found hope-and later became a believer in Christ. The comforting truth behind Carter’s statement comes from Lamentations. We may face sorrow, pain, and hardship, but we don’t have to sink into self-pity. The same God who allows our suffering also showers us with His compassion (Lam. 3:32). With God’s love lifting us up, we can-if we have to-“play” in pain. -Dave Egner

Along life’s pathway troubles come That God will help us bear; Then we can look beyond the pain To those who need our care. -Branon

God will either spare you from suffering or give you the grace to bear it.           - '때로는 고통을 참고 그냥 뛰어야 합니다.'   우리가 슬픔이나 고통, 어려움에 직면할 수 있지만, 그렇다고 자기연민에 빠져들 필요는 없습니다. 우리에게 고통을 허락하시는 하나님은 풍부한 자비로 우리에게 긍휼을 베풀어주시는 하나님이시기도 하기 때문입니다. (애 3:32)   우리가 만일 고통 중에서도 뛰어야 한다면, 우리를 일으켜주시는 하나님의 사랑을 힘입어 우리는 '뛸' 수 있습니다.   인생의 행로에 어려움이 닥쳐오나 하나님은 그것을 참을 수 있게 도와주시네. 그래서 우리는 그 고통 너머에 우리의 도움이 필요한 사람을 볼 수 있다네.   하나님은 우리를 고통으로부터 보호하시거나 그것을 참을 수 있는 은혜를 주신다.