NOT TOO FAR FROM WRONG
It was a Rally Day program at the church and a little girl was to recite the Scripture which she had memorized for the occasion. When she got in front of the crowd, the sight of hundreds of eyes peering at her, caused her to forget her memory work. Every line that she had so carefully rehearsed faded from her mind and she stood there unable to utter a single word. In the front row, her mother was almost as frantic as the little girl. The mother gestured, moved her lips, trying to form the words for the girl, but it did no good. Finally, the mother, in desperation, whispered the opening phrase of the memorized Scripture: “I am the light of the world.” Immediately the child’s face lit up and relaxed and a smile appeared on it as she said with supreme confidence: “My mother is the light of the world!” Of course, everybody smiled and some laughed…
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