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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 5 - N° 215 - June 26,  2011

  Translation
Johnny Silveira - silveirajohnny@yahoo.com

 

Inner House

 

Bernard, nine years-old, was a boy who did not care about anything. He had a good heart, but he was very lazy, especially when it came to his obligations.

He did not like to study or to perform any tasks that were his responsibility: ie.: tidy up his room, put his toys away, take a shower.

The mother had been worried about him, not knowing how to make the child understand the need to be more responsible.

Until one day, she entered Bernard's room and saw everything was a mess. The bed, which she had made early on, was undone; dirty clothes mixed with the clean and ironed ones; toys and books were scattered on the floor. Amid all that confusion, sitting on the carpet, the boy listened to music.

- Bernard! - the mother called once, twice, three times without result.

Walking up to him, she took his earphones out of his ear, while the boy turned, startled.

- What happened, Mom?

- Want to go for a ride? The day is beautiful!

Surprised, he gladly accepted.  He expected to receive a reprimand but there was an invitation for a ride! Not bad! ...

Not even the mother knew why she had made that invitation! However, she trusted in God.

She always asked Jesus to help her to educate the child. She loved him very much and did not know exactly what to say to him at that time and she did not want to quarrel with him, creating an unpleasant situation.

Suddenly, she had a great idea! Walking through the quiet streets, they talked. Noting the homes as they were passing by, she commented:

- My son, you know we can be compared to a house?

- A house, mom? - the boy did not understand where his mother was going with that conversation.

- That's right, son! A house! Imagine yourself as a house. A spiritual house! As each person's a spirit, and it is the spirit that drives the body, we can be considered as a Spiritual House . Have you seen how houses are different from each other? Small and big, beautiful and ugly, dirty and clean ...

Becoming more interested, he commented:

- It is true, mom. Look at this one... what a beautiful home! It is new and well cared for. That one, on the other hand, although large, is ugly and dirty.

Then, they passed by a house that was scary! It was an abandoned wooden house with weed growing around it, the windows were falling off and the gate was broken. Bernard felt a strange uneasiness!

Standing in front of the house, watching it, suddenly, they saw a large snake coming out of the bush and slithering towards the

street.  

They were frightened. The mother held Bernard's hand and they walked away, quickly!

Recovering from the scare, the mother thought for a moment and said:

- My son, did you see how the material house needs care, to be comfortable and make us feel good? With our Spiritual House the same thing happens. It also is not free from care, cleaning, maintenance, to be always with the best appearance possible.

- With the material house, fine! But with the spiritual house, how do we do it, Mom?

- Caring for and cleaning it so that dirt does not stick. The inside of our heads, that is, our mind, can't be washed and dusted, as a house can. The only way to keep it clean is to remove bad thoughts and negative feelings like anger, jealousy, envy, laziness, ill will, everything that can represent dirt. In the cotton of patience, you put a little goodwill water  and then polish with the oil of love.
Everything will be pretty clean and shiny.

- I would like to be like that, Mom! Pretty clean and shiny!

- I'm glad, my son. You will only benefit from it. You will realize that everything in your life will change for the better. You will see people with different eyes and will want to help them; you will not fight anymore at school, you will be careful with your stuff and our house. Do you know why? Because LOVE will direct your life.

Listening to his mother speaking with such affection, Bernard remembered the mess in his room. He lowered his head in shame, recognizing:

- Mom, I need to get started by cleaning my room, right?

The mother stroke her son's hair and considered:

- The cleaning of our Spiritual House will be reflected in the cleaning of the material house.

Bernard returned home and went to his room determined to get everything in order, ashamed of the mess.

The mother was impressed with the house they had seen, which was for sale. She was interested. The house was large, had a good structure and with a good make over it could be excellent. When her husband came home, she told him about the house and he looked for the owner. The price was good and they closed the deal.

They began the make over. For months, the confusion was great. Every afternoon, Bernard went to see the progress on the old house, and he helped

on what he could. Thus, he followed the changes in the house.

One day it was ready. They went to see it. Bernard, excited, looked at it with enthusiasm.

- Mom! Look how our home is beautiful! ...
 

It really was. Restored with new paint, windows and the gate repaired, the well-kept garden full of colourful flowers at the entrance. It was perfect!

Bernard was proud to have collaborated with the work.

- Mom, you were right. We can improve all things. No one would recognize this house from that other falling apart. But it took a lot of patience, goodwill, dedication and great love.

Giving the boy a hug, she said:

- And a lot of work, my son! You put much effort during these months. Actively participated in the make over, helping the builders. Over time, you will realize that many times, your inner house may need a make over, but the great restorer of our lives is Jesus! Stay connected to Him and you will not need to fear anything.
 

Meimei
 

(Psychographed by Celia Xavier de Camargo on 06/06/2011.)




 



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