18神的确是慈爱、恩慈的,祂满了恩典和赦免。然而,祂也是公义的神,祂的公义是仔细的。我们若不照着神所要我们行的去行,祂就没有机会安家在我们心里。我们的所作所为,会影响神怎样对待我们。……我们需要学习不该说错话或说闲话。我们是在神手中,甚至在神自己里面的人。……我们必须学习谨慎,甚至在小事上也是如此。
18It is true that God is loving, kind, full of grace, and full of forgiveness. However, He is also the righteous God, and He is righteous in a detailed way. If we do not act in the way God wants us to act, He will have no chance to make His home in our hearts. Our doing, our behaving, affects God in His dealing with us... We need to learn the lesson not to speak a wrong word or an idle word. We are people in God’s hands, even in God Himself... We must learn to be careful, even in small things.