“看哪，我将你铭刻在我掌上”（赛49:16）。{FH.56 .1}
我们可以追求的道路有两条。一条引我们离开上帝，将我们关在祂的国度之外。在这条道路上充斥忌妒、纷争、凶杀和一切恶行。另一条道路是我们应当遵循的。追求这条道路会找到喜乐、平安、和谐与爱。……我们最需要的，乃是耶稣胸怀中所洋溢的爱。这爱若在心中，就必彰显出来。我们若有耶稣基督的爱在心里，怎么会不爱别人呢？祂的爱若在我们心里，就不会不表现出来，而会显示在我们的言语和面部表情上。……{FH.56 .2}
我们曾对我们的长子（亨利·尼可尔斯·怀特，1847-1863）抱有极大的希望，指望能依赖他，并庄严地把他献给了上帝。当他被取走离开我们，当我们在他死时合上他的眼、悲痛欲绝之时，有一种无法形容，无法理解的平安进入我的心中。我想到了复活的清晨；想到将来，伟大的赐生命之主要来打破坟墓的禁锢，把死了的义人从他们满是尘土的床上召出来。祂要使被掳的出监牢。那时我们的儿子就会又在活人中间了。这里有平安，这里有喜乐，这里有无法形容的安慰。……{FH.56 .3}
基督离开世界时，把一项任务交在我们手中。祂在世时亲自推进了祂的工作；但当祂升天时，就让跟从祂的人继续祂的工作。又有人继续门徒所留下的工作，一直到今天，我们要在自己的时代做这项工作。……{FH.56 .4}
我们不必独自行走。我们可以把一切忧愁和悲伤，烦恼和考验，痛苦和挂虑带来，对那侧耳倾听的主倾诉。祂正天父面前用祂自己宝血的功劳代求。祂在用自己的创伤据理力争——我的手，我的手！“我已将你铭刻在我掌上。”祂向上帝举起被钉伤的手，祂的恳求蒙了垂听，天使迅速奉差来为堕落的人类效力，提拔和支持他们。——《评论与通讯》，1887年1月4日。{FH.56 .5}
Led by the Spirit, February 13
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands.?Isaiah 49:16.?{FH 56.1}[1]
There are two courses of action which we may pursue. One leads us away from God, and shuts us out of His kingdom; and in this path are envying, strife, murder, and all evil deeds. The other course of action we are to follow, and in its pursuance will be found joy, peace, harmony, and love.... It is the love that glowed in the bosom of Jesus which we most need; and when it is in the heart, it will reveal itself. Can we have the love of Jesus Christ in the heart, and that love not go out to others? It cannot be there without testifying that it is there. It will reveal itself in the words, in the very expression of the countenance....?{FH 56.2}[2]
When our eldest son, in whom we had the brightest hopes, and upon whom we expected to lean, and whom we had solemnly dedicated to God, was taken from us, when we had closed his eyes in death,*?and mourned in great sorrow because of our affliction, then there came a peace into my soul that was beyond description, that was past understanding. I could think of the morn of the resurrection; I could think of the future, when the great Life-giver will come and break the fetters of the tomb, and call forth the righteous dead from their dusty beds; when He will release the captives from their prison houses; that then our son will be among the living ones again. In this there was a peace, there was a joy, there was a consolation, that was beyond description....?{FH 56.3}[3]
When Christ left the world He committed a work into our hands. While here He Himself carried His work forward; but when He ascended to heaven His followers were left to take it up where He left it. Others took up the work where the disciples left it; and so it has been carried on until now we have the work to do in our own time....?{FH 56.4}[4]
We do not have to walk alone. We can carry all our sorrows and griefs, troubles and trials, afflictions and cares, and pour them into the ear that is open to hear, of One who is pleading before the Father the merits of His own blood. He is pleading His wounds—My hands, My hands! “I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.” He offers the wounded hands to God, and His petitions are heard, and swift angels are sent to minister to fallen men and women, to lift up and to sustain.—The Review and Herald, January 4, 1887.?{FH 56.5}[5]
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