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Sitting by the Fire
How can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:11
Recommended Reading
Ecclesiastes 4:7-12
According to the show 60 Minutes, new questions have arisen about the death of artist Vincent Van Gogh. Two journalists have written a book claiming Van Gogh didn't shoot himself after all, but was murdered by local teens. It's an interesting theory, but historians point out that Van Gogh was obviously troubled and lonely. He once said: "One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way." 1
As Christians, we need to take time to sit by the fire with a lonely soul. Our churches should be blazing with love and fellowship. It's not just that the church is a place where your own loneliness is relieved; it's a place where you can relieve the loneliness of another. Look around at faces. See who's sitting by themselves. Watch for someone needing a smile.
In showing love to someone else, your own complaints will lessen.
Cheer for all the lonely, comfort for the sad, sacred, blessed duty, make some other glad.
Hymnist, Lanta W. Smith
Read-thru-the-Bible
Leviticus 22:1 -- 24:23
How can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes 4:11
Recommended Reading
Ecclesiastes 4:7-12
According to the show 60 Minutes, new questions have arisen about the death of artist Vincent Van Gogh. Two journalists have written a book claiming Van Gogh didn't shoot himself after all, but was murdered by local teens. It's an interesting theory, but historians point out that Van Gogh was obviously troubled and lonely. He once said: "One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way." 1
As Christians, we need to take time to sit by the fire with a lonely soul. Our churches should be blazing with love and fellowship. It's not just that the church is a place where your own loneliness is relieved; it's a place where you can relieve the loneliness of another. Look around at faces. See who's sitting by themselves. Watch for someone needing a smile.
In showing love to someone else, your own complaints will lessen.
Cheer for all the lonely, comfort for the sad, sacred, blessed duty, make some other glad.
Hymnist, Lanta W. Smith
Read-thru-the-Bible
Leviticus 22:1 -- 24:23
