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离开家或远离家乡有很多种方式，我们会出于很多原因这样做。有时，我们可能会选择旅行，而有时，我们在这件事上可能几乎没有选择。

但是，只有一种办法可以归回或找到新家，那就是上帝的仁慈。

《诗篇》第一百零七篇回顾了上帝拯救并重新带回祂子民的一些故事。尽管我们可能会以不同的方式迷失方向——也许我们的生活就像无迹可寻的旷野，（参诗 107:4）或者像字面或比喻所说的监狱刑罚（参诗 107:10）——但救赎的故事是相同的：上帝的子民呼求帮助，（参诗 107:6、13）上帝尊重那些向祂求救的人的呼求。（参诗 107:6-7、13-14）整个诗篇都在重复这个故事：上帝把我们带回来了，我们感谢祂的拯救。（参诗 107:8-9、15-16、21、31）

今天，我们知道基督为我们完成了工作，就更有理由庆祝上帝为祂的子民所做的大能作为。无论我们在属灵生活中如何迷失，我们都知道上帝透过祂的儿子耶稣基督已经完全救赎了我们。今天，让我们也加入到上帝赎民的故事中吧。

There are many ways to leave home or to be away from home, and we can do that for lots of reasons. Sometimes we may travel by choice, and other times we may have little or no choice at all in the matter.

But there is only one way to return or to find a new home— and that is by the mercy of God.

Psalm 107 recalls some of the stories of God's people whom he rescued and brought back again. Though we may lose direction in different ways— perhaps our lives seem like a trackless wilderness , (v. 4)or like a literal or figurative prison sentence (v. 10)—the story of redemption is the same: God's people cry out for help ,(vv. 6, 13) and God honors the cries of those who turn to him for salvation. (vv. 6-7, 13-14)The story is repeated throughout this psalm: God has brought us back, and we are thankful for his deliverance .(vv. 8-9, 15-16, 21, 31)

Today, we who know about Christ's finished work for us have all the more reason to celebrate God's mighty acts for his people. No matter how we may have wandered away in our spiritual lives, we know that God has redeemed us completely through his Son, Jesus Christ. Let our story be added today to those whom God has redeemed.