July 1 The Favourite – Genesis 37：2-4，17-24

We can play different kinds of sports, have various kinds of hobbies or reading stories of our favourite authors. But if we have a favourite child in a family is no joking matter. It will affect the relationship among the siblings from the childhood stage to the adult stage. Personally, I had a living sample of a relative, who had two daughters. One is smarter and looks better than the other. The two sisters were never in a good relationship since the mother always favoured the smarter daughter. The other was ignored most of the time. The smarter and good looking one later got married to a son of a rich family while the other less good looking one never got married. After the mother passed away. The two sisters were never together as they should be since they have nobody in the family except two of them left behind. What a tragic situation.

In a more extreme case as in the bible. Displaying favouritism can be crippling in a family. In Genesis 37, we read about Jacob who gave his son Joseph an ornate coat—an indication to his other children that Joseph was special (v. 3). Without a hint of subtlety, the coat’s message shouted: “Joseph is my favourite son.” And Joseph was sold to Egypt as a slave. When it comes to our relationships, we may sometimes find it tricky to be objective. But our goal must be to treat everyone without favouritism and to love every person in our life as our Father loves us.

February 28, 2021 New Every Morning – Lamentations 3：19-26

In certain stages of our lives, we experienced some severe forms of affliction and tormenting. It was beyond our control with one’s finances and human abilities. We could not imagine how bleak in the future and the situation was hopeless. At that moment, we cried out...

February 27, 2021 No Longer Yourself – Galatians 2：14-21

Before I was baptized to become a Christian, it was hard to believe what in the bible said and then I began to walk with God. All these were incredible and I wouldn’t believe I could do as the bible demands. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has...

February 26, 2021 Facing Fear – Psalms 56：3-11

When someone made up some story of false accusation or slander against us, how would you handle this kind of situation. It is quite common in a political campaign or an election. This really made our life upside down and distressful. The only solution is to clarify...

February 25, 2021 To Be Human – Philippians 4：6-8

There is an old Chinese adage: A real man sheds blood but not tears. That implies if one cries to show that he is weak. So when we were young as a boy, we tried not to cry for any reasons. But when I grew older I learned from books saying that crying was a sign to...

February 24, 2021 Never Alone – Ecclesiastes 4：8-12

Loneliness is an all-time high afflicted disease of all ages, social or economic status. Particularly in our digital era and pandemic plague, there are alarming rates of increasing loneliness in our society. And in the long term, the symptoms will become depression....