A young Christian packing his bag for a trip said to a friend, “I have nearly finished packing. All I have left to put in are:

a guidebook

a lamp

a mirror

a microscope

a telescope

a volume of fine poetry

a few biographies

a package of old letters

a book of songs

a sword

a hammer, and

a set of tools.”

“But you cannot pack all of that into your bag,” his friend argued. “Oh yes I can,” said the Christian. “Here it is!” And he placed his Bible in the suitcase and closed the lid.