Enjoy:
A shepherding call where one word was never spoken but was
successful!
A member of a certain Kingdom Hall, who previously had been
attending meetings regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, an elder
decided to visit him.
It was a chilly evening. The elder found the man at home alone,
sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for the elders visit,
the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and
waited.
The elder 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 elder 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 elder
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 elder 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 fiery sermon. I shall be back at the Kingdom Hall next meeting."
POINT BEING, WE NEED THE WARMTH OF OUR BROTHERS - NOT TO BE ALL
ALONE & COLD.
moo