艾德文·切本（Edwin Chapin）曾寫道，“仁慈在眾多的美德中，就好比月亮在眾多的星辰中一樣，——它不像眾星那樣燦爛閃耀，而是給出平和的光芒照耀整個夜空。
它是暴風雨過後雲中環抱的彩虹。它是照耀在審判寶座上的光芒。”在這個世上，我們對於憐憫的需要還有很多很多。我們在對待彼此時還需要顯出更多的同情心、忍耐以及寬恕。我們周圍能看到仁慈並不多。我們很容易對生活或者對那些與我們不同的人變得玩世不恭，採取消極的態度。有一種方法可以幫助我們變得更為仁慈，那就是意識到在每一天里上帝對我們的仁慈。一旦我們體會到了神的仁慈，那麼我們就更容易對他人顯出仁慈。願上帝幫助你我認識到他的仁慈，願我們能將這仁慈展現給今天我們所會接觸到的每一個人。
作者: Andy Baker譯者: Wang Jing播音: Edward Short
35 MERCY
Edwin Chapin wrote, “Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars, – not so sparkling and vivid as many, but dispensing a calm radiance that hallows the whole. It is the bow that rests upon the bosom of the cloud when the storm is past. It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.” Mercy is one of those things we need much more of in this world. We need more compassion, forbearance and forgiveness to be shown in life toward one another. Not much mercy is shown around us. It is easy to grow cynical and negative about life and about people that are different. One of the ways that we can grow in mercy is when we realize the mercy that God shows us each and every day. Once we have experienced his mercy, it becomes so much easier to dispense mercy to others. May God help you and me to realize His mercy and then show it to others with whom we come in contact with today.
Sweet Hour of Prayer / 35
Author: Andy Baker
Translator: Wang Jing
Audio version: Edward Short