2020 09 05
作者 Article by: Yvonne Zheng
價值
孫女還未出世時，我妹妹曾說：「不會將來要幫女兒帶孩子吧！」她認為現代女性，讀完一個學位又一個學位，到頭來在家相夫教子實在不值。而退休後還要帶孫兒那就更甚了。各位曾經在家相夫教子的女士們，你們有沒有曾經質疑自己的價值呢？我們在家或在職場所做的一切事情，究竟是值得還是
徒然的呢？是不是一定要做些揚名聲、顯父母的事才算有價值？又或者要做一些對社會有供獻的事才不枉此生呢？
我們的價值是誰定的呢？是父母、老師、上司、老闆、朋輩、社會或是自己定的？是同金錢、地位掛鈎？又或者同生活質素有關連？我想十個人會有十個不同的不意見。但我肯定在上帝的眼裏我們每一個人都有價值。
「 因為你們是重價買來的，所以要在你們的身子上榮耀神。」
(哥林多前書六章二十節現代標點和合本)
在我來說，人在不同階段做不同的事。不論是學習、工作、帶孩子、照顧家人或做義工都是在榮耀上帝、都是有價值的。
「主乃活石，固然是被人所棄的，卻是被神所揀選、所寶貴的。
你們來到主面前，也就像活石，被建造成為靈宮，做聖潔的祭司，藉著耶穌基督奉獻神所悅納的靈祭。」
(彼得前書 二章四至五節現代標點和合本)
彼得前書 二章四至五節提醒我們每人都是主靈宮裏的一塊活石、是神的祭司。我們每一個人其實都是價值不菲的。「幫兒女帶孩子」都是一件非常有價值的事。你同意嗎?
What is our worth?
Before my granddaughter was born, my sister asked me: “Are you going to help take care of the baby?” She was in the opinion that taking care of babies should be a woman’s choice and not a woman’s job. You see, women are never paid to stay home to take care of their families. It seems that our work is worth nothing. Why bother spending time to get one university degree after another if we end up staying home to take care of our babies? Our work should be worth something.
So, how is our worth measured? Can it be measured by how much money we made, how successful we became or how famous we are? Can it be measured by the size of our houses or the number of vacations we take? Let me share the following bible passages with you:
1 Corinthians 6:20 (NIV version)
20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:20 NIV version)
1 Peter 2: 4-5 (NIV version)
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
In God’s eyes, we are worth a lot for he bought us with his son’s blood. Peter also taught us that we are “living stones that are built into God’s spiritual house”. We are God’s “holy priests”. We all have our values in our own ways. Whatever we do, we are doing it to glorify God. Now back to my sister’s question about taking care of grandchildren. Do you think one should put a price tag on it?