智慧人生篇章 第20期:退一步海闊天空

The road to peace and reconciliation is a complexand painful process, whether in national or indeedindividual conflicts. It involves the conquering offear, the dealing with bitterness and outrage, andthe building of trust. It can be supported orsubverted by those outside of the immediatesituation as well as those inside. Yet it has to startsomewhere with one side making the firstvulnerable move, and taking risks for peace.As aChristian celebrating Easter, I have been struck onceagain that the work of God in the death andresurrection of Jesus Christ is often described in terms of peace and reconciliation. The NewTestament sees the selfishness and arrogance of human beings as leading to separation fromGod and from one another. However, it continually emphasises that God makes the first movein offering a new start of reconciliation, with the cross being the place of vulnerability andpain which achieves it.

不管是個(gè)人之間還是國(guó)家之間，相互妥協(xié)、通向和平之路總是個(gè)復(fù)雜崎嶇且痛苦的過程，因?yàn)檫@是一個(gè)戰(zhàn)勝恐懼，克服苦難，消弭暴行，建立信任的過程。在千鈞一發(fā)之際，任何外部?jī)?nèi)部的力量都會(huì)改變其走向。但是總要有一方先做出讓步，為和平冒上一點(diǎn)險(xiǎn)。作為一個(gè)基督徒慶祝復(fù)活節(jié)時(shí)，我又一次意識(shí)到，耶穌的死和復(fù)活經(jīng)常被描述為某種意義上的和平和調(diào)解?！缎录s》認(rèn)為人的自私和傲慢最終導(dǎo)致了人神分離，造成了人與人的隔閡。然而，《新約》也不斷強(qiáng)調(diào)，上帝給了大家一個(gè)重新和解的機(jī)會(huì)，而十字架下的妥協(xié)與苦難是必由之路。