• 诗篇 103:1-5

1我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华！凡在我里面的，都要称颂他的圣名！2我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华！不可忘记他一切的恩惠！3他赦免你一切的罪孽，医治你一切的疾病。4他救赎你的命脱离地府，以仁爱和怜悯为你的冠冕。5他用美物使你的生命“你的生命得以满足，以致你如鹰返老还童。

“我简直想像不出你太太一周五天是怎么应付得了我儿子的！”

这是教会一位姊妹今天发给我的短信，她真这么写的。我太太在我们教会的学前班教28个小不点儿，每学年有整整九个月时间要跟他们度过。而这位妈妈和自己的几个孩子才共度不过九天，就快要疯掉了。而她绝不是个例！

这段日子以来，我注意到人们开始表达各种感谢之情——感谢那些能神奇地同时吸引几十个学生注意力的老师，感谢那些为了照顾患者不顾个人安危，倒班工作的医生、护士、技师，感谢那些为了货架上有新鲜果蔬和双层厕纸供应，而加班加点的便利店职员。

或许新冠病毒就是为了让我们睁大眼睛，去看见身边那些经年来未被注意到的无私奉献。大卫王曾经歌唱：“我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华！ 不可忘记他的一切恩惠！”（诗篇103:2）大卫不想让自己的心忘记上帝厚赐他的恩惠和福分，我们的天父也不想让我们忘记他的恩典。

所以今天就环顾四周，看看身边的人所做的无私奉献吧。让我们剔除苛责批评的本性，代之以不断感恩的心，感谢那些日复一日服务我们的人。社交媒体的评论区让我们很多人变得很会找茬纠错，或许新冠病毒就是要把我们变成不吝赞美的人。

如果这是真的，它将会证明基督＞新冠病毒。

• 花点时间向神献上感恩与祈求

• Psalm 103:1-5

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

“I have ZERO clue how your wife handles [my son] five days a week!”

That was an actual text a church member sent to me today. My bride teaches 28 little ones at our church’s preschool for all nine months of the school year. This mom, however, after only nine days with her few kids, was struggling to keep her sanity. She’s far from the only one!

I’ve noticed a lot of gratitude over the past few days. Gratitude for the teachers who miraculously get dozens of students’ attention at the same time. Gratitude for doctors and nurses and techs who spend their shifts working with the sick, putting their own health at risk. Gratitude for the grocery store employees working extra hours to make sure the shelves are stocked with fresh vegetables and two-ply toilet paper.

Perhaps Corona is opening our eyes to see the sacrifices that went unnoticed in years passed. King David sang, “Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits - ... .” (Psalm 103:2) David didn’t want his soul to forget all the benefits and blessings that the Lord was pouring into his life. Our Father doesn’t want us to forget either.

So let’s look around today and see their sacrifice. Let’s replace our critical natures with constant gratitude for those who serve us day after day. The comment section has turned many of us into faultfinders. Maybe corona is turning us into praise-givers.

If that’s true, it will be proof that Christ > Corona.

• Take a moment to give thanks and prayers to God