[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 路加福音 Luke 1-2]
41 伊利莎白一聽到馬利亞問安，所懷的胎就在腹裏跳動。伊利莎白被聖靈充滿， 42 高聲喊着說：「你在婦女中是有福的！你所懷的胎也是有福的！43 我主的母親到我這裏來，為何這事臨到我呢？ 44 因為你問安的聲音一入我耳，我腹裏的胎就歡喜跳動。
路加 Luke 1-2
41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
馬利亞去探望懷孕六個月的親戚伊利莎白，“伊利莎白一聽到馬利亞問安，所懷的胎就在腹裏跳動。”聖經的觀點清楚地表明，在母親的子宮裡的是一個人，一個可以跳動的胎兒。中國人稱母親的子宮為“孩子的宮殿”，但不幸的是，“孩子的宮殿”現在已成為胎兒最危險的地方。最近，加利福尼亞州州長在許多州刊登看版，稱加州 準備幫助其他州的人進行墮胎，甚至粗暴地引用馬可福音 12:31 稱這是“愛鄰如己“。我們的文化有嚴重的問題！當殺死一個完全無助的胎兒成為一種愛的行動時，還有什麼事不可能發生？事實上只有當我們先遵行最大的誡命-“ 盡心、盡性、盡意、盡力愛 神。”，我們才會知道如何真正愛我們的鄰舍。
願伊利莎白的祝福惠及所有孕婦及其腹中的胎兒：“你在婦女中是有福的！你所懷的胎也是有福的！”，以便“母腹中的胎兒[能]歡喜跳動”。
禱告：親愛的天父，請幫助我們知道，母腹中的胎兒是祢的寶貴禮物！無論是什麼原因，我們都會歡迎每一個懷孕的寶寶，讓每一個在媽媽肚子裡的寶寶都能歡欣雀躍！
Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was six months pregnant, and as soon as “Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb.” The perspective of the Bible is clearly that what is in a mother’s womb is a person, a baby who can leap. The Chinese call a mother’s womb “a child’s palace”, but unfortunately the womb has now become the most dangerous place for a baby. Recently the governor of CA posted billboards in many states saying CA is ready to help people in other states to have an abortion, even brashly quoting Mark 12:31 ” ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’. There is no other commandment greater than these.” We have a severe problem in our culture! When killing a totally helpless baby becomes an act of love, what else is coming? Only when we know that the greatest commandment is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength”, then will we know how to truly love our neighbor.
May the blessing of Elizabeth be for all pregnant women and their babies in the womb: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb” so that “the baby in mother’s womb [can] leap for joy.”
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, please help us to know that the baby in a mother’s womb is a precious gift from You! We will welcome each baby no matter what caused the pregnancy so that each baby in the mother’s womb can leap for joy!
