六月十五日
撒拉说：“神使我喜笑，凡听见的必与我一同喜笑。”（创21：6）
年迈的撒拉生子的事，实在超出了自然的能力，而且有违自然的定律；我这个可怜的、无用的、卑贱的罪人，因着住在我里面的主耶稣的灵使我得到了恩典，也是一件非常的事。以前我是一个绝望的人，正像一片干旱、枯槁、贫瘠、硗薄、被咒诅的荒野，可是我却能结出圣洁的果子。爲这从主所得的奇妙的恩典，我的口常满了欢笑，因爲我得到了所应许的后裔，就是主耶稣，幷且他永远属我。今天我要向神举起得胜的诗歌，我在卑微的地步他曾顾念我，因爲“我的心因耶和华快乐，我的角因耶和华高举，我的口向仇敌张开。我因耶和华的救恩欢欣”。
愿一切听见我从地狱中被救出来，以及听到蒙神恩眷顾的人，与我一同欢喜快乐。我的丰盛平安必使家人惊异，我的无限喜乐必使朋友喜欢，我的蒙恩见证必使教会受造就，我的快乐的说话必使世人蒙福。本仁约翰告诉我们说：心慈在睡觉的时候曾大笑，原来她在睡眠中梦见了耶稣。我的良人既是我每天思想的中心，那末我也必有她所有的喜乐。
主耶稣是喜乐的汪洋大海，我的心要在里面任意沉潜，消没在他的喜乐之境。撒拉看着她的以撒，就有极大的欢笑，她的朋友也都与她同笑。我的心哪！当你看到耶稣时，也要叫天地和你一同欢欣快乐起来。
June
15
“And
Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with
me.” — Genesis 21:6
It was far above the power of nature, and
even contrary to its laws, that the aged Sarah should be honoured with a son;
and even so it is beyond all ordinary rules that I, a poor, helpless, undone
sinner, should find grace to bear about in my soul the indwelling Spirit of the
Lord Jesus. I, who once despaired, as well I might, for my nature was as dry,
and withered, and barren, and accursed as a howling wilderness, even I have
been made to bring forth fruit unto holiness. Well may my mouth be filled with joyous
laughter, because of the singular, surprising grace which I have received of
the Lord, for I have found Jesus, the promised seed, and He is mine for ever.
This day will I lift up psalms of triumph unto the Lord who has remembered my
low estate, for “my heart rejoiceth in the Lord; mine horn is exalted in
the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies, because I rejoice in Thy
salvation.”
I would have all those that hear of my
great deliverance from hell, and my most blessed visitation from on high, laugh
for joy with me. I would surprise my family with my abundant peace; I would
delight my friends with my ever-increasing happiness; I would edify the Church
with my grateful confessions; and even impress the world with the cheerfulness
of my daily conversation. Bunyan tells us that Mercy laughed in her sleep, and
no wonder when she dreamed of Jesus; my joy shall not stop short of hers while
my Beloved is the theme of my daily thoughts. The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of
joy: my soul shall dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of His
society. Sarah looked on her Isaac, and laughed with excess of rapture, and all
her friends laughed with her; and thou, my soul, look on thy Jesus, and bid
heaven and earth unite in thy joy unspeakable.
