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창세기 23:1-4, 17-20
235. 보아라 즐거운 우리 집 (구, 222장)
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성경읽기 : 역대하 21-22; 요한복음 14
오늘의 성경말씀 : 창세기 23:1-4, 17-20
“죽게 될 존재를 사랑하는 것 / 그것은 두려운 일” 이 구절은 20세기에 와서 번역된 천 여년 전의 유대 시인 유다 할레비의 시의 첫 소절 입니다. 시인은 두려움의 이유를 이렇게 밝혔습니다. “사랑하는 것… / 그러나 아, 잃어버리는 것.”
당신의 사랑하는 능력에 영향을 끼친 것이 무엇입니까? 당신은 마지막으로 누구를 위해 울었습니까? 왜 그랬습니까?
사랑하는 하나님 아버지, 저에게 사랑할 용기를 주소서.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
BIBLE IN A YEAR : 2 CHRONICLES 21-22; JOHN 14
TODAY’S BIBLE READING: GENESIS 23:1-4, 17-20
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Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. [ GENESIS 23:2 ]
“Tis a fearful thing / to love what death can touch.” That line begins a poem written more than a thousand years ago by the Jewish poet Judah Halevi, translated in the twentieth century. The poet clarifies what’s behind the fear: “to love . . . / And oh, to lose.”
In Genesis, an outpouring of emotion occurred when Abraham lost Sarah in death. “Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her” (23:2). The chapter unfolds the beautiful, griefheavy story of the loss of one of Scripture’s most memorable characters: Sarah, the faithful wife of Abraham, that old woman who laughed at the news she’d be a mother (18:11-12) but cried in pain as Isaac made his way into this world.
We make much of that crisp, humanity-rich verse in John’s gospel: “Jesus wept” (JOHN 11:35). The Messiah’s tears at the tomb of Lazarus emphasized Jesus’ loss. To love is indeed a fearful thing. The poet Halevi calls it “a thing for fools,” yet he follows by also naming it “a holy thing,” which it is, especially for those whose faith is “hidden with Christ in God” (COLOSSIANS 3:3).
We love and lose everything from spouses to children to parents to friends to pets, and weeping with “painful joy” is oh so human. Yet for the believer in Jesus, our weeping only lasts for the proverbial night. As David wrote, “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” (PSALM 30:5). Our Father hasn’t left us bereft of hope. JOHN BLASE
What has affected your ability to love? Who is the last person you wept over and why?
Dear Father, please grant me the courage to love.
By 창세기 23:1-4, 17-20
235. 보아라 즐거운 우리 집 (구, 222장)
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http://www.odbkorea.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/235.mp36월 4일 •수요일
성경읽기 : 역대하 21-22; 요한복음 14
오늘의 성경말씀 : 창세기 23:1-4, 17-20
“죽게 될 존재를 사랑하는 것 / 그것은 두려운 일” 이 구절은 20세기에 와서 번역된 천 여년 전의 유대 시인 유다 할레비의 시의 첫 소절 입니다. 시인은 두려움의 이유를 이렇게 밝혔습니다. “사랑하는 것… / 그러나 아, 잃어버리는 것.”
당신의 사랑하는 능력에 영향을 끼친 것이 무엇입니까? 당신은 마지막으로 누구를 위해 울었습니까? 왜 그랬습니까?
사랑하는 하나님 아버지, 저에게 사랑할 용기를 주소서.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
BIBLE IN A YEAR : 2 CHRONICLES 21-22; JOHN 14
TODAY’S BIBLE READING: GENESIS 23:1-4, 17-20
–
https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2025/06/odb-06-04-25.mp3Download MP3
Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her. [ GENESIS 23:2 ]
“Tis a fearful thing / to love what death can touch.” That line begins a poem written more than a thousand years ago by the Jewish poet Judah Halevi, translated in the twentieth century. The poet clarifies what’s behind the fear: “to love . . . / And oh, to lose.”
In Genesis, an outpouring of emotion occurred when Abraham lost Sarah in death. “Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her” (23:2). The chapter unfolds the beautiful, griefheavy story of the loss of one of Scripture’s most memorable characters: Sarah, the faithful wife of Abraham, that old woman who laughed at the news she’d be a mother (18:11-12) but cried in pain as Isaac made his way into this world.
We make much of that crisp, humanity-rich verse in John’s gospel: “Jesus wept” (JOHN 11:35). The Messiah’s tears at the tomb of Lazarus emphasized Jesus’ loss. To love is indeed a fearful thing. The poet Halevi calls it “a thing for fools,” yet he follows by also naming it “a holy thing,” which it is, especially for those whose faith is “hidden with Christ in God” (COLOSSIANS 3:3).
We love and lose everything from spouses to children to parents to friends to pets, and weeping with “painful joy” is oh so human. Yet for the believer in Jesus, our weeping only lasts for the proverbial night. As David wrote, “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” (PSALM 30:5). Our Father hasn’t left us bereft of hope. JOHN BLASE
What has affected your ability to love? Who is the last person you wept over and why?
Dear Father, please grant me the courage to love.