栽種有時，拔出有時

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在神看顧和掌管之下的一切生與死

個中縱然有喜有悲

卻是人生的智慧

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栽種有時，拔出有時

A Time To Uproot

「凡事都有定期，天下萬務都有定時...栽種有時，拔出所栽種的，也有時。」 —傳 3:1-2

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:... a time to plant and a time to uproot." — Ecclesiastes 3:1-2

靈修

菜園的收尾時節往往叫人既高興又難過。年頭好時，農產品既茁壯，產量又大，有豐足的豆角、南瓜、番茄、土豆及各種其它產品。這是令人高興的一面。而令人難過的呢，就是要拔起那些看起來仍然健壯飽滿，但已經完成生產任務的植株。所以，當我拔出那些已耗盡了的西蘭花、豆子和番茄植株時，常感到一種失落和悲傷。然而，我們必須這樣做，好為下個季節做準備。

The end of the vegetable gardening season is a glad time and a sad time. In a good year, the harvest is healthy and heavy with bountiful beans, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, and all other kinds of produce. That s the glad part. The sad part includes the uprooting of plants that still look hearty and strong but have yielded their harvest. So I often feel a pang of loss and sorrow when I uproot my spent broccoli, bean, and tomato plants. Nevertheless, it must be done to prepare for the next season.

傳道書扣人心弦的美，在於它那種「日光之下」務實的生活態度。栽種時感到興奮，拔出時感到悲傷。然而，我們若能夠擁抱在神看顧和掌管之下的一切生與死，個中縱然有喜有悲，卻是人生的智慧。

The profound beauty of Ecclesiastes is its down-to-earth approach to life "under the sun." While the time for planting may be more invigorating, the time for uprooting must receive its due. Embracing all of life and death as under God s care and control is a glad/sad business that is only wise.

我大可以把我的西蘭花、豆角、番茄和其它植株留在地里，盼著它們能經受住霜凍和冰雪，明年春天萌發出新生命，但這不是那些植物的天性。如果我希望享受到新生命的萌芽，就需要在春天再播種一次。

I could have left my broccoli, bean, tomato, and other plants in the ground in the hope that they would weather the frost and snow and sprout new life in the spring, but such is not the nature of those plants. If I hope to enjoy the sprouting of new life, I will need to plant again in the spring.

人生的四季也是這個道理——若我們循著四季的起迭，必然有喜有悲，但在基督里，這一切，將引到未來的世界。

So too with the seasons of life—doing what is required in each season is a sad/glad business that in Christ leads to the world to come.

禱告

天上的神啊，感謝禰定下一年四季以及我們生命四季的規律。幫助我們無論在哪個季節，都在禰裡面喜樂。奉耶穌的名禱告，阿們。

Prayer

God in heaven, thank you for ordering the seasons of the year and the seasons of our lives. Help us to rejoice in you, no matter what the season. In Jesus name, Amen.