December 4

【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶

Learn to appreciate and care for all that is given to you. You will only do it when you realise that all you have comes from Me. When you truly love the giver, you will cherish the gift. When you fail to look after My gifts, it reflects your attitude towards Me, the giver of all those gifts. Love is the key. When you know the meaning of love, you will never fail to love and care for all that is put in your charge. You do not give a child a valuable piece of equipment to play with because you know that child will not look after it and will probably destroy it. I cannot give you all that is waiting to be given to you until you learn to look after it and use it the way it should be used, with love and care. Therefore I have to wait patiently until you are ready before I can give you more and more of My gifts.

　　學習去感激與關心我所被給予的一切。只有當我意識到，我所擁有的一切都是來自於上天時，我才會這樣去做。當我真正地愛著給予者時，我才會珍惜那禮物。當我無法照顧好上天的禮物時，這反映著我對上天的態度，上天是所有那些禮物的給予者。

　　愛是其中的關鍵。當我瞭解愛的涵義時，我永遠都不會無法去愛和關心我所負責的一切。我不會把一件價值不菲的器材給一個小孩玩耍，因為我知道那個小孩是不會照顧好它的，並且可能會破壞掉它。

　　上天無法給予我那正等著被給予我的一切，直到我學會了去照顧它，去按照正確的方式使用它，帶著愛與關心。因此在上天可以給予我更多上天的禮物之前，上天必須得耐心地等待，直到我準備好了。