“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
John 1:5 New International Version (NIV)
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The Story of the Four Candles
The Story of the Four Candles
The Four Candles burned slowly.
Their ambiance was so soft you could hear them speak…
The first candle said, “I Am Peace, but these days, nobody wants to keep me lit.”
Then Peace‘s flame slowly diminished and went out completely.
The second candle said, “I Am Faith, but these days, I am no longer indispensable.”
Then Faith‘s flame slowly diminished and went out completely.
Sadly the third candle spoke, “I Am Love and I haven’t the strength to stay lit any longer.”
“People put me aside and don’t understand my importance.
They even forget to love those who are nearest to them.”
And waiting no longer, Love went out completely.
Suddenly…
A child entered the room and saw the three candles no longer burning.
The child began to cry,
“Why are you not burning? You are supposed to stay lit until the end.”
Then the Fourth Candle spoke gently to the little boy,
“Don’t be afraid, for I Am Hope, and while I still burn,
we can re-light the other candles.”
With shining eyes, the child took the Candle of Hope
and lit the other three candles.
Never let the Flame of Hope go out.
With Hope in your life, no matter how bad things may be,
“Prayer is the match that lights the candle of hope.”
“Prayer is the match that lights the candle of hope.”
“What we learn in the darkness, we are to share in the eternal light.”
“What we learn in the darkness, we are to share in the eternal light.”
“There is no light without the darkness.”
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“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
– Og Mandino
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
– Og Mandino
Craig’s ebook Thoughts of Og Mandino: A Better Way to Live is avalable at http://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Og-Mandino-Champion-ebook/dp/B007B6PS58
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It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn
“Here was a light behind the despair, beyond the darkness. At first a flicker of an ember, just a tiny pin-prick of dawning possibilities. Then burning slowly, brightly and bigger, a glimmer, a candle in the blackness of despair, which gave off just enough of a glow (luminescence?) to light a path. And so show the rest of us the way ahead… a path to endless possibilities…from the darkness into the eternal light.” as adapted (slightly) from Rian Malan’s powerful words in ‘My Traitor’s Heart’
From “It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn”
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007IX0MNW
The various novels on South Africa that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4
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