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这里有半杯水，你认为杯是一半满、抑或是一半空的呢？这是两个对生命完全不同的看法。

在我大部分的人生中，我认为神看我是一个半空的杯。我的性格有那么多的缺点，恐惧往往令我无力去做应该做的事；假若人们知道我心中正在想什么 ——那么，我便“完蛋”了。看来最好的求生策略，就是把我的内心隐藏起来，并且外表假装我很好。

然而，神看我们乃是一个半满的杯，祂已经在我们心里动了善工！哗，我们实在有很多事情需要感恩的！基督在我们里面建造祂自己的形像。即使你尚未跟随基督，你正在阅读这篇灵修信息的事实，便证明这是神在你心里动了的善工的一部分呢！神在你心里开始了的善工，就像一座充满盼望、决心、感恩和勇气的发射台，准备继续在基督里被建造完全。

你可以视自己为“正在施工中”的工程。神已经在你里面动了善工，而祂也将会继续动更多的善工。

因此，靠着祂的大能大力，让我们一同“存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣”吧。（参来 12:1-2）

Are you a person who sees a half glass of water as half full—or half empty? These are two very different ways of looking at life.

For much of my life, I saw God as checking me out in a half-empty-glass sort of way. I had so many character flaws. Fear often paralyzed me from doing the right thing. If folks knew what really went on in my heart and mind—well, it would be “game over” for me. It seemed that the best survival strategy was to hide my heart and pretend I was doing great.

But God sees us as a glass half full. He has begun a good work in us! Wow, there’s so much to be thankful for! Christ is being formed in us. Even if you are not a Christ-follower, the fact that you are reading this is part of a good work that God is beginning in you! The good work that God has begun in you is like a launchpad filled with hope, commitment, gratitude, and courage to keep on being formed in Christ.

Think of yourself as being “under construction.” God is doing good things in you. And God has many more good things that he will do.

So in his strength let us all “run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:1-2).