バイブルクラスがおこなわれました
本所緑星教会
3rd. March,2018
この日のバイブルクラスの参加者は5名でした。
担当者のリーディングと解説で詩篇２５篇を学びました。
この詩編は、メンバーはもとより、当教会のだれもが敬愛した姉妹が大好きだった聖句ですが、先月神様の御もとに召されてしまいました。
たぶん天国からこの日のバイブルクラスの様子を観て、それぞれのみ言葉の受け止め方を聴いててくれたのではないかと思っています。
この詩も詩人は苦しみのどん底にありながらも、神様の愛、救い、そして敵に囲まれ窮地にある自分に対し「憐み」が向けられることを確信と共に祈る様子が想像できます。
また詩人は正直に自分の一生の中には、神様との契約を違えるような悪い行いがあったことを率直に認め許しを請うところも印象的です。10 From now on every road you travel Will take you to God. Follow the Covenant signs;
Read the charted directions.11 Keep up your reputation, God; Forgive my bad life; It's been a very bad life.
一方、今回の担当の方が大変興味深い英単語を披露してくれました。Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis（ニューモノウルトラマイクロスカピックシリコヴォルキャノコニオーシス）
総数45文字で肺塵症 という病名だそうです。
次回は、3月17日（土）午後3時から教会会館で詩篇26編を学びます。
Psalm 25 The Message (MSG)
A David Psalm
25 1-2 My head is high, God, held high;
I'm looking to you, God;
No hangdog skulking for me.
3 I've thrown in my lot with you;
You won't embarrass me, will you?
Or let my enemies get the best of me?
Don't embarrass any of us
Who went out on a limb for you.
It's the traitors who should be humiliated.
4 Show me how you work, God;
School me in your ways.
5 Take me by the hand;
Lead me down the path of truth.
You are my Savior, aren't you?
6 Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, God;
Rebuild the ancient landmarks!
7 Forget that I sowed wild oats;
Mark me with your sign of love.
Plan only the best for me, God!
8 God is fair and just;
He corrects the misdirected,
Sends them in the right direction.
9 He gives the rejects his hand,
And leads them step-by-step.
10 From now on every road you travel
Will take you to God.
Follow the Covenant signs;
Read the charted directions.
11 Keep up your reputation, God;
Forgive my bad life;
It's been a very bad life.
12 My question: What are God-worshipers like?
Your answer: Arrows aimed at God's bull's-eye.
13 They settle down in a promising place;
Their kids inherit a prosperous farm.
14 God-friendship is for God-worshipers;
They are the ones he confides in.
15 If I keep my eyes on God,
I won't trip over my own feet.
16 Look at me and help me!
I'm all alone and in big trouble.
17 My heart and kidneys are fighting each other;
Call a truce to this civil war.
18 Take a hard look at my life of hard labor,
Then lift this ton of sin.
19 Do you see how many people
Have it in for me?
How viciously they hate me?
20 Keep watch over me and keep me out of trouble;
Don't let me down when I run to you.
21 Use all your skill to put me together;
I wait to see your finished product.
22 God, give your people a break
From this run of bad luck.
