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O fabulă zice că Ciuma, în drum spre Bagdad, s-a întâlnit cu o caravană.
“Unde mergi aşa grăbit?”, întreabă liderul caravanei.
“Mă duc la Bagdad să iau 5,000 de vieţi”, răspunde Ciuma.
Câteva zile mai târziu, Ciuma, întorcându-se de la Bagdad, întâlneşte din nou, caravana.
“Tu ai minţit” – strigă liderul caravanei – “ai luat, nu, 5,000 de vieţi dar 50,000 de vieţi”.
“Nu, nu”, a insistat Ciuma, “eu am luat numai 5,000 de vieţi, nici un suflet mai mult – Frica i-a ucis pe ceilalţi!
Frica este mai gravă decât Ciuma – Boala, Îngrijorarea!
Ea merge mai adânc decât acestea şi te paralizează!
Frica este cea mai periculoasă şi distrugătoare emoţie!
Ea este prima consecinţă a păcatului, însoţită de Ruşine şi Vinovăţie.
Adam le-a experimentat din plin atunci când a spus: “…mi-a fost frică pentru că eram gol şi m-am ascuns!”
Frica este opusul Dragostei, “În dragoste nu este frică!”
Şi “dragostea desăvârşită alungă frica!”
Parafrazat, “Cine iubeşte cu adevărat, nu se teme!”
It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his preacher’s visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace…and waited.
The preacher made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames around the burning logs. After some minutes, the preacher 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 contemplation. As the one lone ember’s flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead.
Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. The preacher glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, 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 preacher reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, ‘Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fire sermon. I will be back in church next Sunday.’
We live in a world today, which tries to say too much with too little. Consequently, few listen. Sometimes the best sermons are the ones left unspoken.