It Hurts To Love 爱的伤痛

When Israel was a child, I loved him... My people are bent on backsliding from Me. 以色列年幼的时候,我爱他...我的民偏要背道离开我.

                                                                                       Hosea 何11:1,7

你若想在你的生命路途中,尽量减少忧伤和痛楚,你就不要爱上任何人.每逢你让自己去爱,你便要打开苦痛之门.人恋爱结婚可能会因配偶患病或死亡,洒下眼泪.爱自己儿女父母,看着儿女成长时,必然会忍受不少伤痛.

If you want to go through life with as little sorrow or pain as possible, don't love anybody. Every time you let yourself love,you open the door to pain. A person who falls in love and marries may shed many tears over the illness or death of the spouse. Parents who love their children will suffer many hurts as they watch them grow up.

我们若不让自己在情感与任何人连上关系,必可免去很多痛苦.不过,者也使我们失丧人生的最大快乐.诚然,我们爱的越深,痛苦也更深.不过,无私之爱,也同样是得到最大快乐的途径.

We can spare ourselves much pain if we don't let ourselves become emotionally attached to anyone. But we will also miss out on some of the greatest joys in life. The more we love, the more we suffer. That's true. But the path of selfless love is also the path to some of our greatest joys.

在何西阿书第11章,神将出他对以色列的爱.他将自己比作一位照顾幼儿的慈父.可是原该使他喜乐的以色列人,反令他痛苦.他们拒绝他的爱和引领,不尊敬他.神说,他要整治他们;然而他的怜爱顿生,他应该不会毁灭这个国家.

In Hosea 11, God spoke of His love for Israel. He compared Himself to a father caring for a child.(vv3-4). But the people who should have brough Him joy caused Him pain instead. They rejected His love and guidance and did not honor him(vv5-7). God said He would discipline them,yet His sympathy was stirred and He promised He would not destroy the nation(v.9)

爱别人虽然使我们容易受伤害和失望,但那份赏赐却是巨大的.因此我们应选择去爱,即使爱会带来痛苦.

Loving others makes us vulnerable to hurt and disappointment,but the rewards are great. Let's choose to love in spite of the pain it may bring.