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Be Not Afraid The Childlike spiritchild too, but he was so unaware, so trusting. He grewthoughtful as he looked at the picture and asked us totell him about it. We told him that Jesus was the GoodShepherd, and that we all are his lambs – also he. Itwas remarkable how he listened intently and seemed tounderstand…By now he was eating hardly anything at all. He gotthinner and thinner, and we feared he would starve. Wewondered how long our other children could endureto see him suffer so much, as this illness slowly butterribly distorted and changed his dear face and body.Yet somehow, love showed us the way. All the childrenwanted to be with him. They accepted his sufferingcompletely…One day when we bent over him as he lay in his littlewagon, he reached out his thin arms and cried pitifully,“I can’t see, I can’t see!” We said, “When you are inheaven – when your guardian angel comes and carriesyou to the arms of Jesus – you will be able to see again.”But he could not be comforted. He asked, “When?When?” and we said, “Soon.” He argued and said “No,”so I had to insist, “I promise.” Then he grew calm.A day or two later, when we said goodnight to MarkJohn, he reached up and said, “I want to kiss you,Mommy,” and gave her a healthy kiss. He kissed hismother first and then me. We were both so moved andhappy because he hadn’t asked for a kiss like that for