| Dear Young Christian: |
| It is a cold winter day where I live, here in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada. Having just returned from the Bahamas yesterday afternoon, I am really feeling it, and I have an extra heater on in the office where I am writing this morning. |
| All this reminds me of an incident in the life of the Apostle Paul, when he was shipwrecked on the island of Melita. “And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold . … when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire” (Acts 28:2-3). What I have enjoyed about this is that Paul, in the gathering of sticks, was willing to help in the warming of those with him, and as a result was no doubt warmed himself. We can do this in a spiritual sense as well. Let the grace of God and the love of the Lord Jesus warm your heart by reading your Bible and spending time in communion, so that you can then warm others by what you yourself have gathered. |
| Your Christian Friend, |
| Jim Hyland |
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