| 當我肚子餓了，我可以吃下任何東西──皮轡、繩索、帳棚、或鞋子。我這張嘴強壯得很，就是多刺的仙人掌也難不倒它。我就是活躍在中東沙漠地區的單峰駱駝。 別小看我背上的單峰，它重約八十磅，裏面不是裝水，而是紮紮實實的脂肪！造物者巧妙的設計了這個重要的結構，萬一我沒東西吃時，身體就可以自動吸取儲藏在單峰裏頭的脂肪，有時，你們會看見我的背峰頹然萎縮下來，就是因為身體正在吸收它的營養。不過，一旦進入綠洲，我有了東西吃，它又會恢復往常的堅挺。 沙漠中的水源很少，有時我一星期都喝不到水，那時我就很慘了，體重遽減二百廿五磅，身上瘦得可以看見肋骨。不過，一旦找到水源，我可以在十分鐘內喝下廿七加崙的水，把失去的二百廿五磅體重再追回來。你看，我真是為這乾熱的沙漠而設計的。 我也是人們在沙漠中旅行的最佳交通工具，再沒有其它動物比我在沙地中走得更穩健了。對我來說，這一點也不難，因為造物者為我配備了一雙「沙鞋」。我那長長的骨趾間，有超強韌的皮膚可以延展；我的腳蹄又寬又厚，所以行走在軟滑的沙地上也不會下沉。 當沙漠風暴來襲時，我一點也不怕，因為我的設計師賦予我一種特殊的鼻肌，可以半掩鼻孔，阻攔風沙吹入，同時卻能吸進足夠的空氣供我呼吸。我的長睫毛更是絕佳的擋沙屏風，就算有一小粒沙乘隙進入我的眼睛裏，眼瞼也會像汽車擋風玻璃上的雨刷一樣，自動把沙粒驅除出境。 我真不瞭解人們怎麼會說我是逐漸演化成今天這個樣子。像我這麼「精密、進步」的單峰駱駝，絕不可能是偶然冒出來的，必定有一位非常聰明、有智慧的設計者才能製造出奇妙的我。這位創造者的著作──聖經──告訴我們，偉大的設計師就是耶穌基督：「萬物是藉著祂的，凡被造的，沒有一樣不是藉著祂造的。」（約一：3） 耶穌基督為我設計了特別的構造，使我能在沙漠中生存；祂也為了使你能成為上帝的兒女做了一件特別的事。祂知道你的善行沒辦法搆到上帝的標準；誠如聖經羅馬書所說：「世人都犯了罪，虧缺了上帝的榮耀。」所以耶穌就親自來到世上，擔當人所有的罪──所有你曾做過的錯事。祂死在十字架上，從死裏復活，使你的罪可得赦免。 如果你全心相信耶穌為你所做的，你就能成為上帝永遠的兒女。聖經有明確的應許：「凡接待祂的（耶穌），就是信祂名的人，祂就賜給他們權柄，作上帝的兒女。」（約一：12） 你願意相信耶穌基督嗎？ 你可以這樣禱告：「親愛的耶穌基督，我相信你為我的罪死在十字架上，又為我復活，使我能得著永遠的生命。現在求你赦免我的罪，進入我的心中，作我的救主。奉耶穌的名求，阿們。」（阿們的意思是誠心所願） When I’m hungry, I’ll eat almost anything--a leather bridle, a piece of rope, my master’s tent, or a pair of shoes. My mouth is so tough that even a thorny cactus doesn’t bother it. I’m a dromedary camel, the one-hump kind that lives on the hot deserts of the Middle East. My big hump weights 80 pounds and is full of fat, not water! The intelligent Creator designed me so my body automatically takes this fat and feeds me when I can’t find anything to eat. Naturally this causes my hump to shrink, and soon it tips to one side. But when I find a nice oasis and begin to eat again, it builds back up. Water is often very hard to find out here on the desert. Sometimes I will have to wait eight days before I can get a drink. I look terrible then. My ribs show through my skin, and I may lose 225 pounds. But when I find water, I’ll drink up to 27 gallons in just 10 minutes,, and gain those 225 pounds back immediately. I was designed for the hot, dry desert. People use me for transportation because I can travel through the sand dunes so well. It’s really easy because my Creator gave me specially engineered “sand dunes so well. It’s really easy because my Creator gave me specially engineered “sandshoes.” My two long bony toes have a super-tough piece of skin stretched between them. My hooves are wide, but they stretch and get wider when I step down on them so I don’t sink into the soft, drifting sand. Sometimes a big sandstorm screams across the desert, but that doesn’t bother me. My Master Designer put special muscles in my nostrils that close part way, keeping the sand out but letting in just enough air to breathe. My Designer also gave me long eyelashes that hang over my eyes and keep out the blowing sand. If a grain of sand should slip through and land on my eye, my Maker gave me an inner eyelid that automatically wipes the sand off my eyeball like a windshield wiper. It’s really difficult for me to understand how some people say I evolved into what I now am. I’m a very technical, highly-engineered dromedary camel. Things like me don’t just happen. They’re planned by Someone very intelligent and logical. The Creator’s Boo, the Bible, tells us that this Great Designer is Jesus Christ. It says, “Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:3) Jesus Christ designed a way for me to live in the desert. He also designed a way for you to live as one of God’s children. He knew that you can’t make yourself good enough to be in God’s family. The Bible says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). So Jesus came to earth and took the blame for all your sins─for all the wrong that you have done. He died on the cross and rose from the dead so that you can be forgiven. When you believe this with all your heart, you will become one of God’s children forever. The Bible promises, ”To all who received Him [Jesus], to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12). I hope you’ll decide to believe in Christ. Bob Devine
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