* Luís Alberto Alves
A man appeared assiduously to the meetings of a group of Friends, and without communicating to anyone, stopped participating in its activities.
After a few weeks, a Friend, a member of this group, decided to visit him.
It was a very cold night. The Friend found him in his house, alone, sitting in front of the fireplace, where the fire was bright and welcoming.
Guessing the reason for his friend's visit welcomed him, and approaching the fireplace offered him a large chair in front of the chimney and was quiet, waiting.
In the next few minutes there was a great silence, for the two men only admired the dance of the flames around the logs that burned.
After a few minutes, the Friend examined the embers that had formed and carefully chose one of them, the most incandescent of them, pushing it out of the fire.
Sitting down again, he remained silent and motionless. The host paid attention to everything, fascinated and also quiet.
Within a short time, the flame of the solitary ember diminished, until after a discreet and momentary glow, its fire was extinguished in a minimal instant.
Before long, what was once a party of heat and light was now a cold, dead, black piece of charcoal, covered with a thick layer of ash.
No word had been pronounced since the initial greeting protocol between the two friends!
Before he was about to leave, his friend moved the once-cold, useless piece of charcoal back into the fire.
Almost immediately a new flame came back, fueled by the light and heat of the flames of the other coals and the surrounding coals.
When the Friend approached the door to leave, his host said to him:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT AND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SERMON ......
I will return to the group of FRIENDS that very well always makes me ...
For reflection!!!
To the "Friends" members of a group, it is always worth remembering, that they are part of the "FLAME" of the group and that separated from it lose all their brilliance.
To the Friends of a group, it is always worth remembering that they are also responsible for keeping the flame of the "MEETING" between each of its members and to promote unity among them, so that the fire is always really strong and lasting.
A family keeps the flame burning when members do not forget that everyone is important on the boat of life. Each wood that makes up the beam is not the same or burn in the same way, but the whole emits intense light and warms up much more to all and the environment that they live.
Together, we will always be stronger!
Make your dream bigger than your difficulties !!!
None of us are more important than the other, we will all be happier together !!!
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
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