This is my first post. I didn’t know where to start from and decided to mention an event from my childhood concerning lamp (when I was 4-5 years, can’t remember exactly).
One day my elder brother was playing with automat toy. That automat was with a little lamp in front of it, and if you pulled the trigger, the lamp was lighted several times and “nice” sounds covered the whole room. My brother was so happy playing with it, but he didn’t want to share it with me. I just watched him playing…
Then, my mother called us for dinner and my brother immediately ran toward dining–room, but I decided to stay and refused dinner, because I was about to play that automat I couldn’t play before because of brother’s greed. When I tried to pull the trigger, my brother appeared and took away the toy from me, saying that I was not allowed to touch it. Then he disappeared…
But I was still sitting near the toy and was pondering. Actually, I was deeply hurt: I was going to play this automat too, I liked this lamp, I liked these sounds…. That’s not fair!…
Then I did the following: I turned that lamp out and… put it into my mouth, masticated it a bit and swallowed...
Where was my logic, why I behaved that way – I don’t know!?? o_0
When my brother came into the room and took the automat, he didn’t notice anything lack. But when he pulled the trigger, there’re not any sounds except “hhhhr-prrrrr”, not those nice ones =) …consequently he noticed there hadn’t been the lamp in the place. He required explanations from me, where I put the lamp. Firstly, I said that I didn’t know then I said the truth. He began to yield and ran to our mother to complain…
Then there was a big mess about this situation. I couldn’t remember the details well, but some moments…
Remember that some tiny fragments of that lamp were on my T-shirt and they were good arguments to my statement, that I had eaten the lamp.
Another moment – doctors came soon and gave me something to drink…Parents were shocked of my action…
Remember of my mom: her tears on her face and her prayers to God though she was not a Christian or a believer of any religions, she just believed that there’s High Power we couldn’t know or see.
Never forget that moment: empty room except a sofa in the middle of it and my mother laying on it and cried… I remember how she beg God to save my life, me to stay alive…
God’s GRACIOUS! I don’t know why, but He really answered her prayers, maybe that’s why several years later when the Gospel came to our region she then I became Christians…
One more moment, not very pleasant one: I remember how my parents rummaged in my “outcomes” and were happy to notice the fragments of that lamp there… =))) That’s it!!!
So, if you are going to invite me to be your guest, be sure that you have turned all the lamps out yourself and hidden them!
That’s a joke! I have done with that – one lamp was enough! =)
Thanks God for His tender mercy, owing to Him this story had happy end!!!