A SHEPHERD was mourning over the death of his favorite child; and in the passionate and rebellious feeling of his heart, he was bitterly complaining that what he loved most tenderly, and was, in itself, most lovely, had been taken from him.
Suddenly a stranger of grave and venerable appearance stood before him, and beckoned him forth into the field. It was night, and not a word was spoken till they arrived at the fold, when the stranger thus addressed him.
“When you select one of these lambs from the flock, you choose the best and most beautiful among them. Why should you murmur, because I, the good Shepherd of the sheep, have selected from those which you have nourished for me the one most fitted for my eternal fold?”
The mysterious stranger was seen no more, and the father's heart was comforted.
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GOD never acts below Himself. Man always does, regenerate and unregenerate—God never does.
You will find Him an unfading flower in a fading world.
WE must not lower down divine truth to comfort even the weakest believer.