重價贖回的掌上明珠
2025年3月23日洛杉磯聖樂團一行在台中模範村教會舉行70週年紀念的音樂聚會中, 鄭隆保牧師分享 路加福音15章: 8 ~10節, 耶穌說的「失錢」的比喻…講到一個婦人有十塊錢, 丟了一塊, 趕緊點燈打掃屋子細細的找, 直到找著, 並請朋友鄰居與之一同歡喜快樂! 活潑的信息和我們獻唱互動搭配 令人難忘!
或是一個婦人有十塊錢, 若失落一塊, 豈不點上燈, 打掃屋子, 細細地找, 直到找著嗎？
找著了, 就請朋友鄰舍來, 對他們說：『我失落的那塊錢已經找著了, 你們和我一同歡喜吧！』
我告訴你們：一個罪人悔改, 在神的使者面前也是這樣為他歡喜。」
路加福音15章: 8 ~10
视频出处：台中基督徒模范村礼拜堂
錢是物質的, 沒有生命！不像人, 人是活的, 是有生命的！而生命就是價值！
那麼「銀錢」的價值在哪兒呢？它並不自帶行動能力, 價值取決於铸造的國家儲備支撑的能力, 是附加的, 且看是放在誰手中和用在何處。
一枚失落的銀錢, 它仍有價值嗎？ 當它不再被擁有, 丟失在某個角落, 成為蒼白無用被遺忘的廢品！婦人為何為了它, 要煞費苦心點燈全面打掃屋子, 房間裡桌邊床底仔仔細細的尋找, 非把它找回？
隨著牧師生動的描述, 我看見比喩中婦人尋找的地點是在屋內不是屋外!
而「屋」代表神的家, 「婦人」代表聖靈, 「燈」則代表祂的光! 聖靈用堅定不放棄的愛在神的家中尋找失落的人, 家中怎還會失落？這時, 神的光悄然照入了我心, 如手電筒般照出我裡面的黑暗、自私、驕傲、自義、堅硬又軟弱、沒有安全感的隱情… 好似那枚失落的銀錢, 躲縮屋隅滿佈灰塵。
然而, 聖靈卻好像無視我的破敗自憐, 不放棄的一直追著我, 要將我尋著! 及至找著, 用掃把將我從床底下掃出, 抖去我身上的塵埃, 擦凈黏在縫隙間的汚垢, 將我捧在心上, 銘刻在祂掌上, 視我為珍, 為寶, 並邀請鄰里一同來歡慶！何等至聖至情的愛！
祂尋得了我！在祂眼中我是有價值的! 祂是愛我, 且以永遠的愛愛我！
我雖自認不值, 卻是祂所珍愛獨特的寶貝！聖靈的暖流緩緩自心中湧出, 耶穌用地上的物質來比喻天國的價值, 多麼奇妙！
前一陣子因感冒而喉嚨發啞到「失聲」的地步, 人聲是讚美的樂器之一, 一旦失去是件頗痛苦的事！擔心以後若不能歌唱我還有價值嗎？
此時, 耶穌「失錢」的比喻提醒了我：我的價值是神給的, 即使失聲仍然可以心靈和祂相通, 藉著心靈的敬拜, 我心感暢快, 靈感釋放!
我是祂掌上的珍珠！ 我是祂的寶貝！哈利路亞！何等無以倫比的愛…!
主內姐妹 焦申
2025年6月14日
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The Priceless Pearl in His Palm
On March 23, 2025, during a 70th anniversary musical celebration at Taichung Model Village Church, the Los Angeles Sacred Music Team gathered. Pastor Lung-Pao Cheng shared from Luke 15:8–10, where Jesus tells the parable of the “Lost Coin.”
A woman has ten silver coins and loses one. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it. And when she does, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin!” What a vivid message, beautifully woven with our musical offerings—it left a lasting impression on everyone present.
“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
—Luke 15:8–10
A coin is a material object—it has no life. It isn’t like a person, who is living and carries inherent worth. Life is where true value lies.
So where does the value of silver lie? It has no mobility of its own. Its value depends on the authority of the nation that minted it. It is derivative, determined by whose hand holds it and how it’s used.
Does a lost coin still have value?
When no longer in possession—lost in some dusty corner—it becomes pale, forgotten, useless. Why would the woman go to such great lengths—lighting a lamp, sweeping the entire house, searching every corner under the table and bed—just to find it?
As the pastor described the scene so vividly, I suddenly realized: the woman in the parable searches inside the house—not outside.
The house represents God’s house; the woman represents the Holy Spirit; the lamp is His light.
The Holy Spirit, with unwavering love, searches for the lost within the house of God. But how can someone still be lost while already in the house? At that moment, His light quietly shone into my heart—like a flashlight illuminating the darkness within—exposing my selfishness, pride, self-righteousness, hardness, weakness, and deep-seated insecurity.
I was like that lost silver coin, hiding in a dusty corner, covered in dirt and shame.
But the Holy Spirit paid no mind to my brokenness or self-pity. He never gave up—He pursued me until He found me!
When He found me, He swept me out from under the bed, shook the dust off me, wiped away the grime stuck in my cracks. He cradled me close to His heart, engraved me on His palm.
He saw me as precious and priceless—and invited others to celebrate with Him!
What holy, tender love!
He found me!
In His eyes, I have value!
He loves me—with an everlasting love!
Though I once felt worthless, I am His beloved, unique treasure.
The warmth of the Holy Spirit began to well up from within me.
Jesus used something so earthly to illustrate the value of heaven—how marvelous!
Not long ago, I caught a cold and lost my voice entirely. Our voice is one of the instruments of praise, and losing it was deeply painful.
I worried—if I could no longer sing, would I still have value?
But Jesus’ parable of the lost coin reminded me:
My value comes from God. Even if I lose my voice, my soul can still commune with Him.
Through worship in spirit and in truth, my heart is set free, my spirit soars!
I am the pearl in His palm.
I am His treasure.
Hallelujah—what incomparable love!
Written by sister Alice Lio in Christ
June 14, 2025
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