找誰(shuí)倚靠—我們都是有故事的人(慢速) 一頓特殊的晚餐

[00:07]A very special meal [00:11]Once there was a very poor and devoted woman who always prayed to the Glory of God, asking very little, if anything for herself. [00:25]But one thought, one desire continued to recur and finally she asked, petitioning the Lord, [00:34]that if it were possible she would love to prepare a special meal and have God share at her table. [00:44]And God, in His Love for this goodly woman, said He would indeed come the next day and share a meal. [00:55]Filled with ecstasy, the woman went out the following morning with her meager purse and purchased such delicacies that she felt would please the Lord. [01:10]Returning home, she prepared a banquet and waited patiently for her most honored guest. [01:19]Soon there was a knock on the door, and when she opened it, there stood an old beggar asking for something to eat. [01:29]Being a woman of God, she could not turn the beggar away, so she invited him in to partake of her table. [01:40]The beggar felt as if he was in a dream—such a feast set before him. [01:48]He finished all the food, thanked his hostess and left. [01:54]The woman was only slightly disheartened, and then she gathered up her purse, her coat, [02:03]and hurried back to town to get more food for her special guest. [02:09]Her funds were less now and so the food was not quite so elaborate. [02:17]Nonetheless, she lovingly prepared another meal and sat to await the arrival of the Almighty. [02:28]A few hours went by and there was a loud knock on the door. [02:34]This time it was an old gypsy woman with no teeth, who was deaf, [02:41]who spoke quite loudly and was rather rudely insisting that any true believer in the Lord would not deny her something to eat. [02:53]Though the woman had no more money with which to buy more supplies, she invited the woman in and offered her a seat at the table. [03:04]The gypsy ate everything, did not even thank the woman and left without closing the door. [03:13]By now it was beginning to get dark both inside and out. [03:20]The woman’s faith was strong, so that, though somewhat distraught, she did not give up, but rather, [03:30]looked around her humble house to see if there was anything she could sell in order to buy more food to set before the Lord. [03:41]She hurried to town with a little silver cup that had been in her family for several generations, [03:52]but she was willing to part with it for the great honor that God was going to bestow on her—the sharing of a meal. [04:02]Late in the night she rushed home to prepare yet a third meal. [04:10]She waited and waited until, once more, there was a knock on the door. [04:18]Holding her breath, she slowly opened the door to find yet another poor man in the guise of a wandering monk, in search of a meal. [04:30]Again, she offered hospitality, with as much grace as she could muster in her disappointment. [04:40]This man also ate all that was set on the table and left after blessing the woman for her kindness. [04:53]So discouraged and dismayed was she that all she could do was nod slightly,in acknowledgment of the thanks. [05:05]Now it was too late, with no way to buy any more food and no more money with which to buy it. [05:15]She got down on her knees, weeping such heart-broken tears. [05:21]She asked God what she had done wrong. [05:26]Why had God not come to share at the table as He had promised? [05:32]And God, in all His Divine Compassion and Mercy, lifted the woman off her knees, and holding her close to His Heart, said, [05:44]“My child, I enjoyed your hospitality so much that I came three times!”

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