Remembering The Past- 铭记过去

Remembering The Past
铭记过去

“I consider the days of old, the years of bygone times [of prosperity]. I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my heart I meditate and my spirit searches diligently: Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more? Have His mercy and loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time?  Has God [deliberately] abandoned or forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! And I say, this [apparent desertion of Israel by God] is my appointed lot and trial, but I will recall the years of the right hand of the Most High [in loving-kindness extended toward us], for this is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High changes. I will [earnestly] recall the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will [earnestly] remember the wonders [You performed for our fathers] of old.  I will meditate also upon all Your works and consider all Your [mighty] deeds.-Psalm 77:5-12.”

“我追想古时之日，上古之年。[过去丰富的年日] 我想起我夜间的歌曲，扪心自问，我心里也仔细省察。难道主要[故意]永远丢弃我，不再施恩吗？难道他的慈爱永远穷尽，他的应许世世废弃吗？难道　神忘记开恩，因发怒就止住他的慈悲吗？（细拉）[暂停，安静地思考这件事！] 我便说：“这[以色列似乎被上帝抛弃]是我的懦弱，但我要追念至高者显出右手之年代。”[充满慈爱地施予我们] 我要[热切地]提说耶和华所行的，我要[热切地]记念你古时[为我们的父辈所行的]的奇事；我也要思想你的经营，默念你的作为。”（诗篇77篇5-12节）

To me the Psalms are an endless source of comfort. They describe every emotion known to man and in this psalm Asaph, the writer, is going through a whole stream of emotions and most of them not good. Do you ever feel like the psalmist did in the above verses?

对我来说，诗篇是无尽的安慰之源。它描述了人类所知道的每一种情感，在这首诗篇中，作者亚萨经历了一系列的情感，其中大多数都是负面的。你有没有经历过诗篇作者在上面的诗句中所体会到的那些情绪？

Sometimes we wonder what has happened -this terrible thing has happened to us, and we wonder where God is in all this. The answer to this is pretty simple: We are to remember what God did in the past, how did God act in the past, how did He lead you in the past? Did he bless you in the past?

有时我们想知道发生了什么——这可怕的事情发生在我们身上，我们想知道在这一切中，上帝在哪里？答案很简单：我们要记住神过去做了什么，神过去如何行动，他过去如何带领你。他过去有祝福过你吗？

The psalmist meditates and earnestly remembers what God did for him, and in generations past. God doesn’t change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Next time you get in the mood of the above verses, and we all do at times, remember the past and how God is faithful and how He has blessed you. Remembering the past sometimes is not a bad thing, especially when it focuses on how faithful and good God has been to you.

诗篇作者默想并热切地记念上帝为他以及过去的世代所做的一切。神不会改变。 他昨日、今日、一直到永远都是一样的。下次当你陷入上述经文中的情绪时（我们有时都会这样做），请记住过去，记住上帝是如何信实的，以及他如何祝福你的。有时记住过去并不是一件坏事，尤其是当它集中于上帝对你是多么信实和良善时。

God Bless

上帝祝福!