Points to Ponder — Page 12
— 12 A few minutes later, the father ’s friend came out holding the hand of his wife. He had his scabbard fastened to his waist and had a sword in the other hand. As he came out , he said, “Forgive me my friend , you came at midnight and I have been delayed since you knocked at the door. I assumed that your coming at midnight has some purpose in it. I thought, maybe you are in trouble and you have come to me for help. On this thought, I picked up my sword because that is what I would use to help you. Then I thought that although you are a billionaire, even billionaires can have financial problems and need any penny they can get. I had collected four to five hundred dollars penny by penny throughout my life and had buried them. I dug the ground and extracted that bag. I was further delayed on thinking that maybe your wife is not well and there may be some need to tend to her so I awoke my wife and brought her with me. All these three things are at your disposal. How can we be of help?” He said to his son , “ Such ones are the friends. ” This example bears a lesson in it: If a man’s friend can be like this, then how should a friend of God be?