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Microscopic love?
显微镜般的爱？
(John MacDuff, “The Night Dream of the Desert”)
(约翰·麦克杜夫，《沙漠之夜梦》)
Our Omnipotent God keeps watch over the lichen on the rock, and the lily on the mountain side.
我们全能的神看顾着岩石上的地衣，和山坡上的百合。
He tempers His wind to the fragile flower as it trembles on the lip of the Alpine glacier.
祂调节祂的风，吹向在高山冰川边缘颤抖的脆弱花朵。
He follows the timid bird to its cleft; feeds the young raven’s brood; and notes the fall of the sparrow.
祂跟随胆怯的鸟儿到它的裂缝；喂养幼小的乌鸦；并注意麻雀的坠落。
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31
“两个麻雀不是卖一分银子吗？若是你们的父不许，一个也不能掉在地上。就是你们的头发也都被数过了。所以，不要惧怕，你们比许多麻雀还贵重。” 马太福音10:29-31
We see here, the personal love of God for every individual member of His vast family.
在此，我们看到神对祂广大家庭中每一个成员的个人之爱。
The heavenly Shepherd has a special, particular care for each sheep of the fold.
这位天上的牧者对羊圈中的每一只羊都有特别的、具体的看顾。
As it utters its apparently unheard bleat on the lonely moorland, or amid the thorny thicket of its wanderings, He tracks its truant footsteps, as if it engrossed all His interest, restoring it to the green pastures by the side of the fold.
当羊在孤寂的荒原上发出似乎无人听见的哀鸣，或在荆棘丛中迷失徘徊时，祂追踪它离群的脚步，仿佛它吸引了祂全部的注意力，将它带回羊圈旁的青草地。
Yes, there is surely nothing more cheering, more sublime, than the thought of this unwearying tending of the Great Shepherd; this individual, (if we may so call it), this microscopic love, of our Great Father.
是的，再没有比想到这位大牧者不知疲倦的照料更令人欢欣、更为崇高的了；这种个别的（如果我们可以这样称呼），这种显微镜般的爱，来自我们伟大的父。