This is a story, for little boys and girls, and also for big boys and girls, for those, who are questioning themselves, why they are born, here, on this earth.

Let I tell you this story. First, I want to ask you a question. Can you remember, one moment in you life, when you were so very happy? That, for example, you got a little doggy or kitten for your birthday. Or something else, what you wanted to have so badly, and were you have waited for such a long time. Do you remember, what kind of feeling you felt, on that moment?

That radiating, happy feeling, deep in your little heart, which you can’t explain?That you want to tell, how very happy you are, but that you can’t find the right words for it.

Now, you know, that little place, where that feeling lives, deep in your little heart, in fact is a little star. Big people call it Soul.

And very many, of those little stars, are in heaven, with God, and Jesus, but sometimes there is a little star, who asks Jesus, “I want to go to the earth, to the people there”.

Let I tell you the story, of one little star.

It was sparkling and radiating, and it felt itself so very happy, it was so happy to be a little star, and that it, together with the other little stars, was with Jesus. But, when it looked at the earth, very often, it felt a little sad, because it saw, that there were so many people, who carried also little beautiful stars in their hearts, but they didn’t sparkle and radiate anymore, because the people were feeling so sad.

The little star cared so much about it, that, one day, it went to Jesus, for advice.

“Hello, sweet little star”, Jesus said, “I am so happy, you came to me, I expected you already”.

“Why?” The little star asked. “I will explain”, Jesus said.
“Because, God asked me, to take care of all the little stars, and that’s why, I know, of each little star, how it feels, and how it is doing. But He asked me, to wait, till the little stars come to me, for advice. I could see, that you felt a little sad, but I couldn’t come to you, because God asked me, to wait, till you came to me. That’s why I’m so happy, you came to me!
Because I know the problem you have, and I was just waiting for you. Because I have a problem too, and maybe you can help me.
I also feel a little sad, when I’m looking at the earth, and when I see all those beautiful little stars in the hearts of the people, which can’t sparkle and radiate anymore, because the people are feeling so sad. I want to help them, so very much, but God asked me, to wait, till they come to me. But very many people don’t know, how to find me.”

“I have a plan. If there are little stars, who care also a lot about it, maybe, they can help me.
Than, they will go to the earth, they will be born, they will have a father and a mother, and maybe other brothers and sisters too, and they will grow up, and so, they also become a human being. And so, they can help, by the people who are feeling sad, to let sparkle and radiate their little star, and they can show them the way to find me, so I can help them.”

"Yes", the little star said, "that’s what I want to do, that’s what I want to do!!!" It sparkled and radiated, of joy and enthusiasm! It became far more beautiful, than it already was! A beautiful, sparkling light was radiating, in so many beautiful colours!
And, all that light, with all those colours, was caught, by all the little stars, who were around there, and they became infected, by the joy and the enthusiasm of the little star, and their colours, became also more brilliant, and intense. The sky was full of light, of so many beautiful sparkling colours!
The other little stars radiated: “ we will help you, we will help you, when you’ll go to the earth, to become a human being, to help the people there who are feeling sad, to let sparkle and radiate their little stars, and to show them the way, how to find Jesus! We will help you!”

Jesus smiled, when He was surrounded by so much enthusiasm, joy, and beauty.
“ I am so happy, with your enthusiasm,” He said, “but you have to know, that it won’t be easy. It won’t be easy, for all of you. Because, the little star, which will make the choice, to become a human being, will have a difficult life, because it shall have to know, how it is, to feel so sad, because only then, the other people who are feeling sad, will trust you so much, that they wish your help! If you will choose, to become a human being again, then, on a moment in time, you will forget, that once you were a beautiful sparkling and radiating little star, and you will be feeling yourself so sad, that that beautiful sparkling light of your little star, (that then will live in your heart, because you are then a human being), almost is invisible. So very bad it will be.

Living as a human being, you will be afraid, and you will trust nobody anymore, including yourself. And that’s why, it will be for the others here, very difficult, to help you. The other little stars, who are wishing to help you, and who are staying here with me, they will speak to you, by the way of your heart, but your heart will be closed, because of your fear, and, if you will hear it, on a moment in time, when your heart will be open, than you will doubt yourself.

That’s why, you will have to wish it so very much. Because if you wish it so very much, as a human being, you will remember yourself that feeling. Because, your feelings, you will take them all with you, and the feeling, which is the most powerful, you will remember it yourself at first, and that feeling, at final, will help you to remember who you really are, namely, a beautiful sparkling little star! A beautiful sparkling little star, which has made the choice, to live as a human being, between the other people on the earth, to live through all sorts of human sorrow, and, on the moment, that the light of your little star looks like it will be put out, because of all that sorrow, the other stars will come to you, to help you remembering who you really are, and with which kind of purpose you came to the earth.
But all of you, will meet all sorts of difficulties. So, you all will have to wish it so very much, otherwise, it won’t work.”



At advice of Jesus, the little star, went to the forest of the angels, together with the other little stars, which wished to help it. That is a place, so magnificent, so beautiful, where the sun always shines, and where you can see the rainbow. There are angels there, who are taking care of the sun, and there are angels, who are taking care of the trees, and others are taking care of the flowers, the animals, the people, the earth, the wind, the water.

The angels of the trees explained, that the trees are also there for the people, and, that they are very strong. And if you love them very much, they will give you their energy. That’s why you are feeling so good, when you took a walk into the forest.
The angels of the flowers explained, that the flowers are also there for the people, to enjoy, and to love, and that they ‘ll give colour to life.
Just look, to a rose, or an orchid, or to a lovely little forget-me not. Just look, how beautiful they are, isn’t it just possible, to love them?
And, if you love very much, your heart will be open, and your little star gets sparkling and radiating, and the other little stars will have the chance, to help you, because than, you can hear, the whispering, of their voices, in your heart.

So they learned a lot from the angels. The little stars learned, how to talk with the animals, they learned how to listen to the whispering of the wind, they learned, how to take in the power of the sunlight, to feel sunny, light, and happy, and also how to take in the power of the earth, to feel steadfast, strong, and full of trust.
And so they learned a lot there, which would be later a great help.

Jesus asked them, to go to the forest of the angels, and to wait there. He has told, they would know, of themselves, when it was time to perform His plan.
He has told, “the most important thing is, that all of you are wishing it so very much. And that’s where I’m waiting for. Every feeling has a colour. And I’m waiting, till all of you are radiating a particular kind of colour, and that kind of colour has to radiate and sparkle very powerful and strong. And then, I will know, and you too, that the time has come, to perform my plan.”

They have had to wait, for a very long time. For years and years. But finally, the time was there, that the little star said goodbye, to the other little stars, because it was time, to go to the earth. It looked, at the other little stars, it loved them so very much, they were together for such a long time, and the meeting again, would take a long time.

“Look to the firmament, at night,” the other little stars said. “Look to the firmament, when you grow up as a human being, and when you are feeling sad and lonely. Look at the firmament, then you will see us, we love you, we will always love you, and once we will be together, sparkling and radiating again. Look at the firmament at night, then you will see us, look, and know, that you are one of us, open your heart, be in silence and open your heart, then you can hear the whispering of our voices, and we can help you.”



“See you later”, the little star said. “See you later”, the other little stars said. The angels brought the little star to the earth, where it was born, as a girl. And it happened, just as Jesus said. She became a very difficult life, and she forgot, who she really was, and why she was living on the earth. She had so much sorrow, that the light of the little star, that now was living in her heart, and that once was sparkling and radiating so beautiful, almost went out. So very bad was it.

But the little star recovered a bit, when she made a walk, into the forest. Or, when she looked at a bouquet of flowers, or when she looked at the animals, and she could caress them. She devotedly loved the sun, the trees, the flowers, and the animals.
She grew up, from a little girl, to a big girl, and, the greater she became, the more sad, and lonely she felt. On one day, when she was grown up, she woke up at night, and she felt a feeling of homesickness, and a deeply desire to love, and she felt sad, and lonely.

It was a hot summer night, and she got up, and walked outside, into the garden. The light of the moon, softly enlighted the beautiful garden, and made glittering mysteriously the water of the pond which was there, and enlighted the trees, the bushes and the flowers, and her heart became light, and gentle, and she smiled, because she loved the nature so very much.
She looked up, to the moon, on the firmament, surprised, she looked to the stars. There were so many of them, and it seemed, that they were sparkling far more beautiful, as usually!

Suddenly, one particular star took her attention, it sparkled more intense, as the others. She was standing there, looking at it, and suddenly, it seemed that something was changing.The star was changing, it became greater and greater, and suddenly, there was a face in it.

A face of a man, of slender built, with markedly features, and with big eyes, which threw her into ecstasies, and which radiated so much love and gentleness, that she knew, this is, where I always looked for, but I never ever could find it.

The face spoke to her, “I love you so much, I am your friend, and your protector, and, you are one of us. I will help you remembering, who you really are, and with which kind of purpose you came to the earth. Your life was difficult, but everything will change, and I will help you, together, with many others. You are not alone, you never were alone, we were with you, always, but you couldn’t hear us. You never were alone, and you never ever will be.
Look to the stars, at the firmament, and know, that we are with you.”

The face faded away, and changed again, into a sparkling star. Later she noticed, that she could hear the voice, deep in her heart, from that strange protector, who, at the same time, seemed so reliable. As if they knew each other, for years and years. When she looked to a flower, in astonishment, she could hear him, when she was outside, dozing in the sun, she also could hear the voice. She began to love that voice very much, of that strange protector, and, the more she began to love it, the better she could hear him!

Slowly her her life changed. She didn’t feel so lonely anymore. The happy moments in her life, became more and more frequently. On those moments, she felt, deep in her heart, something sparkling and radiating, and, the sparkle and the radiate became more and more intense!

So the brave little star got help. That brave little star, which had chosen, to help Jesus, to let sparkle and radiate the other little stars, which lived in the hearts of the people on the earth, and which couldn’t sparkle and radiate anymore, because of the people were feeling so sad.
So the little star got help, to remembering itself, with which kind of purpose it came to the earth. To let sparkle and radiate the little stars in the hearts of the people, who are feeling sad, to help them with it, and also, to show them the way, to find Jesus, so that He could help them.

There are many, of those brave little stars, which have chosen, to help Jesus, and which went to the earth, to live as a human being with the people on the earth, because of they wished to help so much.
Do you often feel sad, and lonely? Are you looking for something, which you still can’t find? And you don’t know, where you are looking for? Do you feel so much love for the trees, the flowers, and the animals? Do you also feel so happy, when you can comfort someone, who is feeling sad, and making him smile?

Who knows, maybe you also are one, of those brave little stars...


The little star© Anneke van Nuus


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