The Miracles of Fan Blade

Fan Blade went to the harvesting countryside of China. He saw many men working in the fields. They were thirsty and hot. Some of them could hardly work because of the heat. There was one old man that passed out from a heat stroke. Fan Blade stood among the men in disguise to see what was happening. When he passed by the old man, so did his shadow, and the old man stood up slowly recovering from his stroke. There were two men that tried to help the old man. They took him out of the field and took him home. No one knew that the old man was healed because of Fan Blade's shadow. Fan Blade kept it a secret.

Suddenly, there was another man yelling at another. He was yelling at a lier. He was yelling because the lier always made his life difficult by spreading rumors and gossip. The man never said anything to anyone and always went on about his business ignoring the whispers and staring eyes. However, that day, he exploded. The angry man exploded because his lies made it difficult for him to work in the field with others. Even the man that was paying him turned against him because of false rumors. The liar stole kindness from the angry man. It caused the owner of the field to cheat the angry man in his pay. People were doing a kind man wrong and caused him to build up anger. He went off to sit down holding his heart because he felt that he was about to have a heart attack.

Soon, Fan Blade began to speak. He said, "It is a sin to bear false witness against thy neighbor. It is the ninth commandment of the Bible. Liar, you have stolen a lot from that man and have made his life difficult. You're lies are killing him. Thy shalt not steal and thy shalt not kill are also of the Ten Commandments. Repent of your sins. You think it is hot now, and you think this earth is hell. Let me tell you something. You can go sit in the shade and drink a cup of cold water, but in hell, there is an everlasting fire and no cold water. The rest of you ought to beware of lies. If this man is leading you to believe him, if he is on his way to hell, you just might go with him."

When Fan Blade was through lecturing, the liar began to feel faint and nervous. He walked away from the field and everybody was looking down on him. The liar felt sick. Fan Blade took away what was troubling the angry man. Fan Blade's words were soothing to the angry man, but were sharp as the blade in his hand to the lier. Two miracles came from Fan Blade that day.