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Spiritism for
Kids
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Célia Xavier
Camargo -
Portuguese
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Year 9 - N° 449
- January 24,
2016 |
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Translation
Johnny Silveira
- silveirajohnny@yahoo.com |
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Jesus's Help
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Fabio felt
discouraged
about his life.
Nothing worked
for him. He
wanted to study
but could not
find the will to
enrol in a
course that
would teach him
to work in any
occupation.
Despite that
desire, he lived
without courage
to seek help,
letting the days
pass by without
taking any
action.
On one occasion
his mother,
broom in hand,
watched him as
he was silent,
lost in thought.
Full of
compassion she
asked:
- Honey, what is
happening to you?
You are always
silent,
discouraged, not
daring to do
something to
change your life.
You are young,
you have good
health,
intelligence,
but you do not
use anything
that God gave
you.
The boy sighed
discouraged and,
with tears in
his eyes,
replied:
- Oh, Mom! If
you knew how I
suffer! I need
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to work but I
can’t! Nobody
gives me a job,
not even a
simple one! How
can I change
this situation? |
His mother
nodded, then sat
down beside him
and considered:
- You need to
change your
attitude, Fabio.
If you really
want to work,
you cannot
expect that a
job will come
knock on our
door. You do
have to look for
work!
- But I have no
motivation, Mom
- he said,
justifying
himself.
- So change that.
In life
everything
depends on
ourselves. What
do you think of
when you are
silent?
- Nothing.
- Why don’t you
look for
something to do?
Here at home I
have work all
day! Do
something good
and useful!
Start by
sweeping the
leaves that fell
from the trees
in the yard, for
example. I would
be very grateful
to you!
- I do not like
to do that kind
of job, Mom. I
want a real job!
- And what do
you consider "a
real job"? - his
mother replied.
- A job in an
office, a shop,
a garage, a bank...
Full of
compassion for
her son's
cluelessness,
the mother asked:
- And do you
think that in an
office, in the
absence of
someone, you
would not have
to sweep the
floor? In a
garage you would
not have to wash
the car parts?
In a shop, you
would not have
to use your head
to sell products?
- I know, Mom.
But when I get
the job, I will
do it all!
His mother
thought for a
moment and
answered
truthfully:
- The truth,
Fabio, is that
you do not use
any of the
treasures that
God has given
you. You always
have unoccupied
mind, you do not
like to study,
you do not use
your hands
except to dress
yourself, eat
and drink; you
do not seize
your time and
are always
pessimistic. Do
you think that
you will change
suddenly?… Honey,
you are
self-indulgent:
you expect
everything to
fall on your lap
without any
effort.
- How horrible,
mom! Is that
really what you
think of me?
- That's what
you show me and
everybody, dear.
The boy hung his
head and began
to cry. His kind
mother got
closer to him,
hugged him
fondly and said:
- Sweetheart, to
achieve what you
want, you need
to strive, to
look for a job.
No one will come
here to our
house to offer
you some work!
As he kept his
head down, his
mother continued:
- Also, you do
not have the
habit of prayer,
Fabio.
And picking up a
book, she opened
it on a specific
page and ordered:
- Read!
Fabio took the
book and looked
at its title:
The Gospel
According to
Spiritism. Then
he began to read:
"Ask and it will
be given to you;
seek and you
shall find;
knock and the
door will be
opened for you;
For he who asks
receives, and he
who seeks finds
and to him who
knock on a door,
it will be
opened. "
Interested, he
continued
reading:
"What man among
you, would give
a stone to his
son who asks for
bread? Or if he
asks for a fish,
would give him a
serpent? Well,
if you, being
evil as you are,
know how to give
good gifts to
your children,
is it not
logical that,
with stronger
reason, your
Father in heaven
will give the
real gifts to
those who ask
Him? "[1]
After reading,
Fabio had his
eyes filled with
tears. Then he
turned to his
mother:
- This means
that, if I ask
Him, God will
give me what I
want?
- Yes, honey.
But asking is
not enough. You
have to look for
it until you
find what you
want. And knock
on the door,
which means
making an effort
to achieve what
we want. Got it?
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Fabio showed her
that he had
understood and
more excited,
said:
- Now I
understand the
value of prayer,
Mom. But also
the value of
seeking what we
want and seeking
a way to find
it.
From that day on,
Fabio would rise
early, help his
mother with the
house chores,
then go out to
study at a quick
course in office
practice. He
soon finished
the course and
finally applied
for a place at
several offices.
After a few days
he got what he
wanted and did
his activities
so well and
showed himself
so ready to help
others that he
was chosen to be
the employee who
would teach the
course for
beginners.
And whenever a
new course was
started, he
would open the
Gospel on that
page, read the
text to the
students and
then begin telling his
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own
story and how he
had managed to
succeed, with
the help of
Jesus. |
MEIMEI
(Psychographed
by Celia X. de
Camargo on
07/09/2015.)
[1] Matthew 7:
7-11.
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