IF recollecting were forgetting
Then I remember not
And if forgetting, recollecting
How near I had forgot!
And if to miss, were merry
And if to mourn, were gay
How very blithe the fingers
That gathered these, Today!
如果回憶就是忘卻
那麼我就無法記憶
如果忘卻就要回憶
我離忘卻是何等近!
如果失去是種喜樂
如果哀悼是種歡愉
手指數得出的欣悅
今天僅蒐集到這些!
默想:
記憶,是神創造的恩典;忘卻,是神的更大恩典。傷痛的記憶,總比快樂的記憶,又多又長久,這對憂慮型的人是種折磨。但是人也可因著意念的轉彎,選擇不去記憶難過痛苦挫折的事,進而讓自己多回憶美好喜樂的過去,那麼在當下就有正向考,並為生活的「下一步」開一條活路。哥林多後書6:10「似乎憂愁,卻是常常快樂的」常常回憶神的恩典,讓這樣的回憶勝過傷痛,好在每個當下都能走在正確方向中。
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