很 久很久很久以前，在G市有兩個窮得可以的人，馬克和力克。一天，有一個旅行者路經G市。他分別送給馬克和力克，每人一個做工精細的木盒子。在盒子上，還雕刻了許許多多，幾可亂真的百合花圖案。三年過去後，馬克成為了G市最富有的人。然而，力克依然如舊，一貧如洗。各位讀者，你道原因為何？
力克得到木盒後，歡天喜地的回家，並把木盒放在家中最當眼處。起初，他會每天欣賞那木盒一下，才上街去尋找工作的機會。一段時間後，他對那木盒視如不見。他與從前一樣，有一天，沒一天的打著散工。繼續憂憂愁愁，貧窮度日。
馬克得到木盒後，歡天喜地的回家，並把木盒放在家中最當眼處。起初，他會每天欣賞那木盒一番，不時還讚嘆那木盒的精美絕倫，才上街去尋找工作的機會。一天，馬克心想：「這個木盒實在美，我相信它不會只是一個空空的盒子。」於是，他就嘗試打開那木盒。結果，他很容易就把它打開了。
馬克瞪視著木盒內的物事，嘴巴將得大大的。足有一千個世紀，呆呆地站在原地，不能動但。原來，那木盒滿滿地裝著許多比白更白的鑽石啦。於是，馬克就用那些鑽石做起生意來，成為一個極富有的人。他天天快樂地欣賞那木盒，讚嘆那木盒的美，然後，才快樂地工作去也。
“盜賊來，無非要偷竊，殺害，毀壞．我來了，是要叫羊得生命，並且得的更豐盛。” （約翰福音 10:10）
主耶穌給我們的生命，是永恒的，並且是豐盛的生命。
這豐盛是包括身，心和靈的豐盛。你相信嗎？
Long, long, long ago, in the city of G, there were two men who were as poor as can be, Mark and Nick. One day, a traveler passing through the city gave each of them a finely crafted wooden box. The boxes were carved with many lily patterns that looked incredibly lifelike. Three years passed, and Mark became the wealthiest person in the city, while Nick remained as destitute as before. Dear readers, do you know why?
After receiving the wooden box, Nick went home full of joy and placed it in the most prominent spot in his house. At first, he would admire the box every day before going out to look for work. After some time, he stopped even noticing the box. He continued as before, working odd jobs whenever he could, living in sorrow and poverty day after day.
After Mark received his wooden box, he also went home full of joy and placed it in the most prominent spot in his house. At first, he would admire and marvel at its exquisite beauty every day before going out to look for work. One day, Mark thought to himself, This wooden box is so beautiful; I believe it cannot be just an empty box. So, he tried to open it. As it turned out, it opened very easily.
Mark stared at what was inside the box, his mouth wide open. He stood frozen on the spot for what felt like a thousand centuries. It turned out the box was filled to the brim with diamonds whiter than white. Mark used those diamonds to start a business and became an extremely wealthy man. Every day, he would happily admire the box and praise its beauty before heading off to work with joy.
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)
The life the Lord Jesus gives us is eternal and abundant. This abundance includes the body, the mind, and the spirit. Do you believe this?
