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流泪撒种，欢呼收割
经文: 「流泪撒种的，必欢呼收割！」（诗篇一二六︰5）
撒种时流汗流泪是合宜的，因为太干的土地长不出东西来；那热切流泪的祷告
，可以浇灌沃土，使种子快快发芽；泪水中的盐份，也可防止好种子被虫咬；迫切祈求
的心，更可加速其生命的成长。切莫因为我们的受伤软弱，停止了殷勤撒种，让我们加
倍地努力耕耘，因为白日将尽，时不我予矣。
福音的种子不宜以嘻笑轻慢的心看待，对别人灵魂深度的关怀，是成就主的教
训及圣工所必须的。我们听说过有人抱着无所谓的态度上战场，因为过于轻敌，就被打
败。属灵的争战也是如此，当知我们的仇敌，是空中属灵气的恶魔。
来吧，我的心，流泪撒种吧！因为主应许我们要欢呼收割，你必要见到你劳苦
的果效，那样的丰收会给你无限的欢欣喜乐，那是贫脊的土壤所无法提供的。当你的双
眼因泪水而迷糊时，想像那未来荣耀的黄金冠冕，今日所承担的失望劳苦，就只不过是
至暂至轻的苦楚！因为丰收时的至乐，就是最大的报偿。
Tears, Then Joyful Harvest
Scripture: "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy" (Psalm 126:5).
Weeping times are suitable for sowing: we do not want the ground to
be too dry. Seed steeped in the tears of earnest anxiety will come up all
the sooner. The salt of prayerful tears will give the good seed a flavor
which will preserve it from the worm: truth spoken in awful earnestness has
a double life about it. Instead of stopping our sowing because of our
weeping, let us redouble our efforts because the season is so propitious.
Our heavenly seed could not fitly be sown laughing. Deep sorrow and
concern for the souls of others are a far more fit accompaniment of godly
teaching than anything like levity. We have heard of men who went to war
with a light heart, but they were beaten; and it is mostly so with those who
sow in the same style.
Come, then, my heart, sow on in thy weeping, for thou has the
promise of a joyful harvest. Thou shalt reap. Thou, thyself, shalt see some
results of thy labor. This shall come to thee in so large a measure as to
give thee joy, which a poor, withered, and scanty harvest would not do. When
thine eyes are dim with silver tears, think of the golden corn. Bear
cheerfully the present toil and disappointment; for the harvest day will
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