STORY A Long Letter From God by Bert Balling

Story title: A Long Letter From God  by Bert Balling     In the third century, a monk called Antony lived a lifetime all alone in the endless desert of Egypt. Despite his isolation, he kept up a lively correspondence with many of the prominent personalities of the day. Emperor Constantine would write to ask for his advice. Other hermits would write asking for his prayers. One day one of  Antony's pupils expressed surprise that even kings and emperors wrote to him. The saintly hermit answered,"Think nothing of it. What the emperor writes is nothing special. And what the other famous people write about is not even worth mentioning. As a matter of fact, I know of only one letter which is really worth reading, and re-reading, and thinking about."     The pupil, of course, wanted to know who could have written such a special kind of letter. So Antony told him,"The letter that I am talking about was written for us humans by God himself. We call it the Bible."