In
the spring of 1828 a shoemaker was attracted by the sight of a boy about 16 who was trying to walk, but who could not stand upright or control the movement of his legs.
When
we are about to enter a dark room with a light, we do not wonder whether the darkness in that room will resist the light or whether the light will dispel the darkness.
Surely
each one of us, knowing himself as actually a child of the loving Father-Mother God, may apply to himself the words of the father to the elder son in Jesus' parable of the prodigal.
