A Boy's Longing For His Father
Poem★★★★y An English novelist told the story of a boy who was being educated at a public school. His father was em- ployed in a remote foreign field. His mother had died in giving him birth. When his schoolfellows spoke of their homes, and when they left him at every vacation to rejoin their fathers and mothers, the boy’s heart was heavy with a sense of his orphanhood.
He had abundant tokens of his father’s care. The letter from abroad never missed a mail. His father’s portrait hung in his room. But the boy’s heart had a natural hunger to see his father’s face.
Then news came that the father was coming home, and the boy went down to meet him. As the steamer was being moored he saw his father leaning forward with eager desire. He marked him spring across the gangway, and he found himself clasped in his father’s arms. “Father” had been only a word.
Now the word was made flesh. So Christ was born in Bethlehem and dwelt among men. His disciples * beheld His glory as the only begotten of the Father. He - was the Word made flesh.
The point
An orphan boy waits years for his distant father; when they finally meet, the word 'father' becomes real. A perfect allegory for Christ's incarnation—the Word made flesh.