Subject: Role of spiritual company on the internet

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Role of spiritual company on the net?

 

This came on the internet and seems relevant:-

 

A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending

services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided

to

visit him. It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home

alone, sitting before a blazing fire.

 

Guessing the reason for his pastors visit, the man welcomed him, led

him

to a big chair near the fireplace and waited.

 

The pastor made himself comfortable but said nothing. In the grave

silence, he contemplated the play of the flames around the burning logs.

 

After some minutes, the pastor took the fire tongs, carefully picked

up

a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all

alone.

 

Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this

in quiet fascination. As the one lone embers flame diminished, there

was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and

dead as a doornail.

 

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. Just before

the pastor was ready to leave, he picked up the cold, dead ember and

placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow

once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

 

As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said, Thank you so

much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I shall be back

in church next Sunday.

 

Author Unknown