教會朋友傳過來的一篇文章，值得深思，翻譯出來與各位分享。
現今社會，很多人對於不公的事
或甚至對歷史發生的事忿忿不平，
造成藍、綠對立~無解。
或者是常仰天哭喊~ 這樣的事為什麼發生在我身上？
對於欺侮人、被欺侮人，
老死不相往來的事，也時有所聞。
雖然我們在生活上會面對很多問題、很多事，會有壓力，
或社會上很多事件，讓我們想不透，讓我們很想幫人出氣！
讓我們很想自己為自己伸張正義！
但是，
受苦的背後，
並非一定是報應，不一定要有原因。(像舊約中的約伯)
是上帝要造就你，讓你更完全。
最後你會看見
上帝極大的恩典。
壓力下的恩典~
GRACE UNDER PRESSURE
by Charles R. Swindoll
Read Job 約伯記24:1--25
我們可能一生有很多不想發生的事會發生，有犯錯、有失敗，還有很多的不公義。
也有搶奪和姦淫發生、也有隱藏在黑暗中的錯誤，然而，神在哪？
祂居然會允許這樣的事發生，為什麼？
約伯說“我不知道。”“我認為祂的重點是要讓這些事對我們有意義，只是我們自己不知道。上帝全都允許發生。”
那些犯錯的人經常免於刑責、常佔人便宜的人，也就這樣就逃過刑罰。當然還有那些無法解釋的苦難也是這樣。
你和我大可舉出很多生活上的例子是上帝早可以阻止發生的，
但是祂並沒有。
像二次世界大戰時，納粹大舉屠殺猶太人事件。
像十字軍東征的時代。
像羅馬天主教宗侵犯男童的事件。
像所有我們可以列舉出來的一堆事，
上帝早可以阻止每一件事發生，
但祂並沒有。
真是想不通！那就是重點了。
“我無法評論上帝為什麼允許，但是我信任祂。”
拒絕相信生命是建築在盲目的命運或隨機發生的事上。
每一件發生的事，包括所有你無法解釋或評論的事會被編織在一起，製成一條巨幅美麗的掛毯。
從地上的眼光看，好像都糾纏在一起打結了。
但是，
從天上的眼光看，它正造就一幅難以置信絕美的圖畫。
很棒的是，正是為了上帝最大的榮耀。
現在看起來，好像覺得很疑惑，
但是某天這些細節會湊在一起讓你明白。這呈現了上帝完美計劃的一部份。
你無法解釋。
你無法嘗試將之拼湊、讓它合理。你居然沒辦法理解。
但是，我們從約伯身上知道，上帝不會徵求我們同意，然後咧？
我們還是要信任祂。
我再寫一遍：那些已發現事情不在規劃下的人，已經開始展現壓力下的恩典。不願意接受悲慘的生活方式。
那你信不信任上帝？
We could go all the way through this list to the end. There are wrongs, there are failures, and there are injustices. There were robberies and sexual sins and hidden wrongs done in the dark. And where is God? He is permitting it. Why? 'I don't know,' says Job. 'I think His point here is that these things are allowed for purposes unknown to us. God has permitted it all!' Those who do wrong often get away with it. Those who take advantage of others get away with that too. Unexplainable suffering falls into the same category.
You and I could mention events in our lifetime that the Lord could have stopped, but He didn't. This isn't just about the Jewish Holocaust. This isn't simply about the wrongs of the Crusade Era. This isn't only about the priests in the Roman Catholic Church who have molested young boys. This is also about all kinds of things that we could name, and God could have stopped each one---but He didn't. It's a mystery! That's the point. 'I can't justify the permissions of God, but I trust Him.' Refuse to believe that life is based on blind fate or random chance. Everything that happens, including the things you cannot explain or justify, is being woven together like an enormous, beautiful piece of tapestry. From this earthly side it seems blurred and knotted, strange and twisted. But from heaven's perspective it forms an incredible picture. Best of all, it is for His greater glory. Right now, it seems so confusing, but someday the details will come together and make good sense. There it is---part of God's perfect plan unfolding. You can't explain it. You couldn't piece it all together if you tried. You aren't able to understand it, and there will be times you won't like it. But, as we're learning from Job, God's not going to ask your permission. And so? We trust Him anyway. I'll write it once more: Those who do that discover without trying to make it happen that they have begun to demonstrate grace under pressure. To settle for less is a miserable existence. Do you trust God anyway?
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