And We Beheld His Glory Analysis

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Life is one of the most mysterious things in the world. And nobody can predict it. Maybe you were rich and famous in your thirties , but when you are over sixty, you might lose everything you have. Or you would be poor in your early ages but earn much money when you are old. I hardly think about this thing. Because I still think I am young and have a lot of time and things to do. What makes me think about life is a story I have read. It was named “ And we beheld his glory”—a father’s faith.which was in Child’ Story of the Bible. And I will tell you the story. Jesus stayed near Caesarea Philippi with his disciples for a week. And one evening, as they had come over the lower hills of Hermon, Jesus left the disciples to wait for him …show more content…

He was bending over them, touching them tenderly, and saying, “Arise, and be not afraid.” As they came down the mountain he told them to tell no one of the vision until he had risen from the dead. It seemed to the disciples, no doubt, like coming down from heaven to earth when after a long walk and talk with Jesus in the summer morning they came near the village they had left, and found the people—among them some Jewish lawyers—disputing with the group of disciples there. As soon as they saw Jesus they all ran to him, and greeted him. One of the men explained what they were disputing about. “ Master,” he said , “ I have brought unto thee my son which hath a dumb spirit,” and he described the frightful state into which it had brought his boy, and added that the disciples could not cast it …show more content…

“ Of a child,” said the father, “ and ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him, but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.” Jesus said, “If thou canst believe, all thing are possible to him that believeth.” Then the poor father cried out with tears, “ Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief!” The lord did not wait for greater faith than this. He charged the evil spirit to come out of the boy, and after a great struggle it left him as one dead, but Jesus took him by the hand and he arose. “ Why could not we cast him out?” said the disciples afterward. “ This kind,” said Jesus, “ can come forth by nothing but by prayer and feasting.” I used to think that god will have an eternal life, and could do everything he or she want. But this story has changed my thought. It is clear that no one can do everything he want, and everybody has his own fake. Even god cannot change his life. So everyone cannot predict his life and the only thing he can do is to live a happy life at the