Nisterus the Great, one of the holy Fathers of the Egyptian Desert, was one day
walking in the desert with a large number of disciples who revered him as a man of
God.
Suddenly a dragon appeared before them and they all ran away.
Many years later, as Nisterus lay dying, one of the disciples said to him.
“Father, were you also frightened the day we saw the dragon?”
“No,” said the dying man.
“Then why did you run away with the rest of us?”
“I thought it better to flee the dragon, so I would not have to flee from the
spirit of vanity later.”
🙂
Nisterus the Great, one of the holy Fathers of the Egyptian Desert, was one day
walking in the desert with a large number of disciples who revered him as a man of
God.
Suddenly a dragon appeared before them and they all ran away.
Many years later, as Nisterus lay dying, one of the disciples said to him.
“Father, were you also frightened the day we saw the dragon?”
“No,” said the dying man.
“Then why did you run away with the rest of us?”
“I thought it better to flee the dragon, so I would not have to flee from the
spirit of vanity later.”
🙂