意義:研究之王 A king to investigate,太陽的祭司 Priest of the sun 彙編:結17:15;耶43:8-13,44:30合弗拉即法老撒美狄古第二世之子。法老尼哥之孫,在位從主前589年至570年,共十九年。登基以初,猶大王西底家欲趁機與他聯合,計謀雖成,終以不聽神的話而滅亡。但耶利米預言埃及會怎樣遭毀滅,當尼布甲尼撒王大軍圍攻時,合弗拉即自謚而死,神藉耶利米所說的預言皆應驗了。
April 8 "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."(2 Cor. 12:10.) THE literal translation of this verse gives a startling emphasis to it, and makes it speak for itself with a force that we have probably never realized. Here it is: "Therefore I take pleasure in being without strength, in insults, in being pinched, in being chased about, in being cooped up in a corner for Christ's sake; for when I am without strength, then am I dynamite." Here is the secret of Divine all-sufficiency, to come to the end of everything in ourselves and in our circumstances. when we reach this place, we will stop asking for sympathy because of our hard situation or bad treatment, for we will recognize these things as the very conditions of our blessing, and we will turn from them to God and find in them a claim upon Him. ─A. B. Simpson. George Matheson, the well-known blind preacher of Scotland, who recently went to be with the Lord, said: My God, I have never thanked thee for my thorn. I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but not once for my thorn. I have been looking forward to a world where I shall get compensation for my cross; but I have never thought of my cross as itself a present glory. "Teach me the glory of my cross; teach me the value of my thorn. Show me that I have climbed to Thee by the path of pain. show me that my tears have made my rainbows." "Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through the cypress trees."