我為何總是重蹈覆轍？
Why Can"t I Stop Doing Wrong？
我為何總是重蹈覆轍？
英文摘自Rick Warren
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8 NIV.
如果我們說自己沒有罪，便是自欺，真理就不在我們心中。
——《約翰一書》1:8
Sin always involves self-deception. At the moment you』re sinning, you』re deceiving yourself because you think that what you』re doing will actually produce better results than what God has already told you to do.
罪總是與自欺息息相關。在你犯錯的那一刻，你也在自欺，因為你認為自己的方式比神給你下達的旨意更能出成效。
To stop defeating yourself, you must stop deceiving yourself. You』ve got to take an honest look at your life, face the truth, and deal with the issues. Is there something in your life that you』re pretending isn』t a problem? Maybe an addiction? Something that you』re thinking is no big deal, when it really is a big deal?
若要停止自毀，必須停止自欺。你應客觀看待自己的人生，直面真相，解決問題。你是否在刻意迴避人生中的某些問題？是成癮？還是一些你覺得沒什麼大不了，可實際上卻很嚴重的問題？
It really doesn』t matter whether you』re addicted to heroin or abusing a credit card, whether you』re viewing pornography or reading a crude novel. You』re using these things to escape something painful, or something hard to deal with. But you』re not going to find healing until you first acknowledge the root of your problem.
無論是染上海洛因，還是老刷爆行用卡，無論是沉迷色情內容，還是喜閱粗鄙小說，這些問題的本質是一樣的。你在通過這些方式逃避讓你痛苦、卻又難以解決的問題。然而，你若不先認清問題的根源，就無法得到治癒。
You don』t have to hit rock bottom before you really change. There are wake-up calls going on all around you right now, if you』ll only listen to them. But if you don』t, you』ll continue on a path toward destruction.
你無需跌至谷底才開始脫胎換骨。此時此刻你身邊已響起許多警鐘，你要是洗耳恭聽就好了。假如你把它們當耳邊風，那就只能在毀滅的道路上漸行漸遠。
You don』t have to go that way! You can acknowledge the root of the issue and ask God to help you deal with it once and for all.
你不必走上這條路！你完全可以承認問題的根源在哪，請求神一次性幫助你解決它。
I』ve asked the professional counselors in our church, 「What』s the biggest problem you encounter?」 They say over and over, 「People wait too long before they ask for help. Then it』s almost impossible to turn around.」 There will be warning signs all over the place in a marriage, and then all of a sudden the husband or wife walks out. Far too many people stay in denial and wait until it』s too late, and so they go through unnecessary pain.
我曾問我們教會裡專業的心理諮詢師：「你遇過最大的問題是什麼？」 他們的回答千篇一律：「人們總是拖了太久才想到尋求幫助。結果到了我們這兒，幾乎已無任何回頭餘地。」 在婚姻中亦是如此，警鐘時刻作響，卻無人在意，結果只見某一方突然決然而去。太多人對問題視而不見、避而不談，直到來不及才悔不當初，結果他們只得承受這本不必要的痛苦。
The Bible says, 「If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us」(1 John 1:8 NIV).
《聖經》上說：「如果我們說自己沒有罪，便是自欺，真理就不在我們心中。」 （《約翰一書》1:8）
What hard questions do you need to be asking yourself about the sin in your life? What warning signs have you been ignoring? If you want healing, acknowledge the root of your problem, and face the truth about you. God is ready, willing and wanting to bring healing to your life.
有哪些難題是你需要捫心自問的，好認清自己人生中的過犯？你一直以來忽視了哪些警示？如果你想要得到治癒，那就認清自己問題的源頭，直視自己的真面目。神已萬事俱備，祂願意且想要治癒你的生命。
Talk It Over
談心時刻
How might pride keep you from acknowledging the root of your problems?
驕傲會如何阻礙你認清自己問題的根源？
Why do we often think we know better than God what is best for us?
我們為什麼總是認為自己比神更清楚何事對自己最有益處？
What do you think God wants you to do after you face the truth about the problems in your life?
在直面自己人生問題的根源之後，你認為神希望你怎麼做？
