Ricky was a very nice man. He had a problem. His back was severely bent and he walked with a hunch. This gave him a bad complex. He felt shy to meet people and he kept himself mostly inside the house. He would lie down and imagine himself a straight-backed handsome man and revel in the thrill.
One day he went to an artist and paid him for his portrait to be drawn in a canvas—with a difference—without his hunch, depicting him as a tall perfect gentleman. The artist did an excellent job and Rick was fascinated by his portrait.
He brought it home and hung it on the wall. When he got up every morning, the first thing he did was to run to see his portrait. His hunch would not allow him to lift up his head and look at his full figure. But he would pull himself straight as much as he could and gaze at his picture.
Days, weeks and months rolled by. His friends remarked that he had grown a bit taller. By the end of two years Rick was a completely erect, tall handsome man just as the portrait pictured him! The exercise did the trick. Rick was pulling his back straight by taxing his muscles and his back straightened out!
Our life’s purpose and desire is to be transformed into the image of Jesus. He is the perfect model for us. We are defective like Rick. But if we keep gazing at the image of Jesus, we will be transformed like Him. How do we gaze at Jesus? It is by reading the Bible again and again that we get to see the image of Jesus. Before we know it, we will be like Him!
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
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Ricky was a very nice man. He had a problem. His back was severely bent and he walked with a hunch. This gave him a bad complex. He felt shy to meet people and he kept himself mostly inside the house. He would lie down and imagine himself a straight-backed handsome man and revel in the thrill.
One day he went to an artist and paid him for his portrait to be drawn in a canvas—with a difference—without his hunch, depicting him as a tall perfect gentleman. The artist did an excellent job and Rick was fascinated by his portrait.
He brought it home and hung it on the wall. When he got up every morning, the first thing he did was to run to see his portrait. His hunch would not allow him to lift up his head and look at his full figure. But he would pull himself straight as much as he could and gaze at his picture.
Days, weeks and months rolled by. His friends remarked that he had grown a bit taller. By the end of two years Rick was a completely erect, tall handsome man just as the portrait pictured him! The exercise did the trick. Rick was pulling his back straight by taxing his muscles and his back straightened out!
Our life’s purpose and desire is to be transformed into the image of Jesus. He is the perfect model for us. We are defective like Rick. But if we keep gazing at the image of Jesus, we will be transformed like Him. How do we gaze at Jesus? It is by reading the Bible again and again that we get to see the image of Jesus. Before we know it, we will be like Him!
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, Mob:8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
