Wanting to know God more, to go deeper, to experience all that He has for us - surely that is our desire, at least some of the time.
One night a group of nomads were surrounded by a great Light. They felt they were in the Presence of a celestial being, and their anticipation and wonder was great as they awaited an important heavenly message.
Finally a Voice spoke. "Gather as many pebbles as you can; put them in your saddlebags; travel a day's journey, and tomorrow night will find you glad - and it will find you sad."
The Visitor departed. The nomads shared their disappointment for they had expected the revelation of a great universal truth - something to enable them to create wealth, health and purpose for the world. Instead, they had been given a task that made no sense to them at all.
Nevertheless, the memory of the brilliance of their visitor caused each of them to pick up least a few pebbles to deposit in their saddlebags.
They travelled a day's journey and made camp at night. But when each reached into his saddle bag, he discovered that every pebble gathered had become a diamond!
They were glad they had diamonds. They were sad they had not gathered more pebbles.
One night a group of nomads were surrounded by a great Light. They felt they were in the Presence of a celestial being, and their anticipation and wonder was great as they awaited an important heavenly message.
Finally a Voice spoke. "Gather as many pebbles as you can; put them in your saddlebags; travel a day's journey, and tomorrow night will find you glad - and it will find you sad."
The Visitor departed. The nomads shared their disappointment for they had expected the revelation of a great universal truth - something to enable them to create wealth, health and purpose for the world. Instead, they had been given a task that made no sense to them at all.
Nevertheless, the memory of the brilliance of their visitor caused each of them to pick up least a few pebbles to deposit in their saddlebags.
They travelled a day's journey and made camp at night. But when each reached into his saddle bag, he discovered that every pebble gathered had become a diamond!
They were glad they had diamonds. They were sad they had not gathered more pebbles.
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