Mark 4:21---Is a candle brought to be
put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick?
A man had a little daughter an only
and much loved child.
He lived only for her, she was his
life.
So when she became ill and her
illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like
a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to
health.
His best efforts proved fruitless,
however, and the child died. The father was totally irreconcilable.
He became a bitter recluse, shutting
himself away from his many friends, refusing every activity that might restore
his poise and bring him back to his normal self.
Then one night he had a dream.
He was in heaven and witnessing a
grand pageant of all the little children.
They were marching in an apparently
endless line past the Great White Throne.
Every white-robed, tot
carried a candle.
He noticed, however, that one child's
candle was not lit.
Then he saw that the child with the
dark candle was his own little girl.
Rushing towards her, while the
pageant faltered, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and asked,
"How is that your candle is the only one not lit?"
"Father, they often relight it,
but your tears always put it out again," she said.
Just then he awoke from his dream.
The lesson was crystal clear, and its
effects were immediate. From that hour on he was no longer a recluse but
mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates.
No longer would his little darling's
candle be extinguished by his useless tears.
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