Lu Xiao Cui
sighed sadly as her stomach rumbled with hunger. Since her parents died and
left her an orphan, she was forced to beg for food, and today, and yesterday,
and many days ago, there was no one who was willing to give her anything, so
she would have to go hungry. No one cared for an orphan, no one wanted to give
her any food. Xiao Cui would have to starve again, tonight.
“Jesus, I am so hungry.” Xiao Cui said
to her saviour, whom she accepted three years ago into her life after someone
shared the gospel with her. That someone was someone who was willing to buy her
a load of food after he learnt of her plight. He supplied her with one year of
food at his house until he was forced to leave his home because of job
requirement. That was the happiest year of Xiao Cui’s life since her parents
left her an orphan. That man not only shared food with Xiao Cui, he also shared
about the Bread of Life, Jesus, with her. Xiao Cui missed him, deeply. She
wished he was still around so that she did not have to go hungry.
Xiao Cui slept at the park; her stomach
unfulfilled. She never woke from her sleep. She had starved to death because no
one, not even the Christians bothered to share their food with her. That night,
angels came to surround her and brought her soul to Jesus. Xiao Cui stared in
wonder when she met face to face with her saviour.
“Jesus,” Xiao Cui cried as she saw the
bread that satisfied all hunger.
“You will never be hungry, again.” Jesus
smiled as the He embraced the girl. “All because you chose to feed on the best
bread in the universe—Me.”
Xiao Cui smiled and silently thanked the
man who shared the gospel with her. He had given her true riches beyond all
measure. She would never go hungry again, because of her faith in the Bread
that truly mattered.
