詩篇 17:14 耶和華啊,求你用手救我脫離世人,脫離那只在今生有福分的世人!你把你的財寶充滿他們的肚腹;他們因有兒女就心滿意足,將其餘的財物留給他們的嬰孩。
By your hand save me from such people, Lord, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.
17:15 至於我,我必在義中見你的面;我醒了的時候,得見(或作:看)你的形像就心滿意足了。
As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
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今晨讀到這兩節,有點感觸。
我們志願無子族,最常遭遇的冷嘲熱諷就是:“老了就知道了!”
對這類人而言,兒孫之福的最大定義就是:老有倚,終有靠。然而,”兒孫”畢竟非二維平面的樣版,他們是機靈的立體,各有自己的心思與打算。或許,全心投入他們成長過程,填充日常生活裡的細節,看似豐富熱鬧,讓人錯覺那才是生命的意義。有期望,就難免失落。
人,最終要面對的是自己。而始終看顧人的,只有神。