Do what you can with what you have and leave the results to God.

以我所有，完全摆上，求主成全。

Nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. 1 Corinthians 15:58 

In my third year battling discouragement and depression caused by limited mobility and chronic pain, I confided to a friend, “My body’s falling apart. I feel like I have nothing of value to offer God or anyone else.”

三年来，我因行动不便和长期疼痛，经常觉得挫败和沮丧。我忍不住向一位朋友倾诉：“我的身体已经衰败，再也无法为上帝或任何人做些什么有意义的事了。”

Her hand rested on mine. “Would you say it doesn’t make a difference when I greet you with a smile or listen to you? Would you tell me it’s worthless when I pray for you or offer a kind word?”

她轻拍我的手，说：“那妳会认为，我面带微笑向妳打招呼，或听妳诉苦，是没有意义的吗？还是妳觉得，为妳祷告、安慰妳，也都是毫无意义的呢？”

I settled into my recliner. “Of course not.”She frowned. “Then why are you telling yourself those lies? You do all those things for me and for others.”

我躺在躺椅中说：“当然不是！”她皱着眉头说：“那妳为什么要说自己不能再做些什么有意义的事了呢？因为妳就是这样关心我和其他的人啊！”

I thanked God for reminding me that nothing we do for Him is useless.

In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul assures us that our bodies may be weak now but they will be “raised in power” (v. 43). Because God promises we’ll be resurrected through Christ, we can trust Him to use every offering, every small effort done for Him, to make a difference in His kingdom (v. 58).

感谢上帝提醒我，凡是为上帝做的，没有任何一件事是徒然的。在哥林多前书15章，保罗要我们确信，或许现在我们的身体是软弱的，但日后“复活的是强壮的”（43节）。因为上帝已经应许，藉着基督将来我们也要复活，所以我们可以信靠祂，使用每一项资源，在各样大事、小事上竭力为祂做工，并为祂的国度带来改变（58节）。

Even when we’re physically limited, a smile, a word of encouragement, a prayer, or a display of faith during our trial can be used to minister to the diverse and interdependent body of Christ. When we serve the Lord, no job or act of love is too menial to matter.

即便我们的身体受到局限，但是一个微笑、一句鼓励、一个祷告，或是在试炼中所展现出来的信心，都可以服事基督的身体──彼此相异、互相扶持的主内肢体。当我们服事主的时候，没有任何工作或爱的行动是徒然无益的。

Jesus, thank You for valuing us and using us to build up others.

主耶稣，感谢祢看我们为宝贵，
并让我们能彼此建造。

1 Corinthians 15:42-58New International Version (NIV)

42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[a]; the last Adam,a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we[b] bear the image of the heavenly man.

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[c]

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[d]

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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