Andrew was convinced that he...
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Andrew was convinced that he had found the Messiah, the Christ; he felt a compulsion to share the good news, and so went straightaway to one who meant much to him, his brother. This is the way it ought to be.
A gifted artist owned a summer place in the mountains. Here each year he and his family spent two or three of the warm summer months. One year they employed a teenage mountain girl to live in with them and help with household chores. One evening at sunset, the girl sat with the family on the front porch watching the sun go down. As the western sky was illuminated with fantastic shapes and colors, the artist spoke descriptively of what he saw. All were silent, listening, watching. Suddenly the hired girl, deeply moved, broke into the silence, exclaiming, "Please, sir, may I please run home and show the sunset to my family?" Smiling, the artist replied, "Why, my dear, they can see the sunset from their front porch just as we are seeing it from ours." The girl quickly responded, "Yes, sir, maybe so; but, sir, they have never seen the sunset, and they never will until I show it to them."
Our Lord Jesus Christ has been a long time in the world; but some have never seen or known him, and some never will unless people like you and me go and show them.
-- Mann
A gifted artist owned a summer place in the mountains. Here each year he and his family spent two or three of the warm summer months. One year they employed a teenage mountain girl to live in with them and help with household chores. One evening at sunset, the girl sat with the family on the front porch watching the sun go down. As the western sky was illuminated with fantastic shapes and colors, the artist spoke descriptively of what he saw. All were silent, listening, watching. Suddenly the hired girl, deeply moved, broke into the silence, exclaiming, "Please, sir, may I please run home and show the sunset to my family?" Smiling, the artist replied, "Why, my dear, they can see the sunset from their front porch just as we are seeing it from ours." The girl quickly responded, "Yes, sir, maybe so; but, sir, they have never seen the sunset, and they never will until I show it to them."
Our Lord Jesus Christ has been a long time in the world; but some have never seen or known him, and some never will unless people like you and me go and show them.
-- Mann
