Calling for Death
StoryParable★★★★Calling for. An old man that had traveled a long way with a huge bundle of sticks, found himself so weary that he cast it down, and called upon Death to deliver him from his most miserable existence. Death came straightway at his call, and asked him what he wanted. “Pray, good sir,” says he, “do me but the favor to help me up with my burden again.”
Aesop.
The point
A weary old man carrying a heavy bundle of sticks calls for Death to end his misery, but when Death appears, he only asks for help to lift his burden again. The fable illustrates our natural attachment to life and the folly of wishing for death in hardship.
Scripture
Job 3:20-21Philippians 1:21-24Ecclesiastes 9:4
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Sobering · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 61 words
Subjects