DARKNESS
Illustration★★★★A small Indian boy, sitting with
his father near a campfire, said: “What
does the fire eat, Father?” The father
answered: “It eats the forest, dark and
tall, but most of all it feeds on the dark-
ness of the night.”
The point
An Indian boy asks his father what the fire eats, learning that while it consumes the forest, it feeds most on the darkness of night—a metaphor for truth defeating darkness.
Scripture
John 1:5Ephesians 5:81 Peter 2:9
Audience
Adults
Tone
Poetic · Philosophical · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 41 words
Subjects