流淚禱告
我很希望今天我能坐在你身邊，為你腦子裡所想的事情而禱告。我們的禱告經常被淚水浸透，不是嗎？當我們感到絕望，或者不太指望事情會變得好起來時，我們常常會流淚。最近有什麼特別的事讓你落淚嗎？把它們寫下來，為這些事禱告。我真希望你可以寫給我，並且把你的禱告列單發給我，這樣我也可以為這些事而禱告。在他人面前哭泣可能會使我們覺得尷尬，並且讓他人覺得有點不安。但是如果當我們意識到我們內心深處的需要，並且記得當我們向神禱告時，就像是在和一位真正的好朋友一起進行着直接的交談一樣，那麼我們便會知道，哭是可以的，是因為有一些事讓我落淚。
作者: Andy Baker
譯者: Wang Jing
播音: Edward Short
Sweet Hour of Prayer / 18
PRAY YOUR TEARS
I wish I could sit beside you today and pray about things on your mind. Often our prayers are saturated with tears, aren’t they? When we feel desperate and lack hope that things are going to get any better, it many times brings us to tears. Has anything in particular brought you to tears lately? Write those things down and pray about them. I wish you would write to me and send me your list so I could pray about them too. Crying around some people might embarrass us and make other people a little uncomfortable. But when we realize our deep need and we remember that when we pray to God, it is like we are having a direct conversation with a good and true friend, then we know our tears are okay to have. There are some things that bring me to tears.
Sweet Hour of Prayer /18
Author: Andy Baker
Translator: Wang Jing
Audio version: Edward Short