“Oh! Mother,” said Guy, “can it all be only a dream?”
“Yes, sonny; you have been very fast asleep; but hurry, now, and you can tell me your dream as soon as you are dressed.”
While he was eating his breakfast, he told his mother his dream.
“Was it not a strange dream, Mother?”
“Yes, dearie; but strange dreams are often sent us for some wise purpose, if we have only the wisdom to understand the meaning of them.”
“You mean, Mother, it was sent to break me of my fault of always saying ‘I have no time.’”
His mother smiled, and said “Just that, sonny!”
In after years, Guy used to say that dream of his was at the bottom of all his success in life, as he mastered a bad fault, and at last quite gave up saying “I have no time,” but always “found time” for everything, not only in doing his own work, but also in helping others, so that his life became a truly happy and useful one.
And now, dear little readers, will you also try and overcome your faults? Not in your own strength, for then you will surely fail; but in the strength of Him, who said “Be ye perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” Then you, too, can claim the promise, which is this:—“He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”—Rev. xxi. 7.