Thursday, April 3, 2008

Holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said,

"Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."

The Lord led the holy man to two doors

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand."

"It is simple," said the Lord.

"It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."

When Jesus died on the cross, He was only thinking of u and me!

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a good message for us to remember. Thanks for sharing :)

flawsandall said...

nice analogy. I was not expecting that lesson to come out of it

Ms. emmotions said...

this so very trueeeeeee

Ms. emmotions said...

this is so very trueeeeeee

Zayzee said...

thanks alot for this one.

lemonade factory said...

lol, nice one sherri....how u doing babes

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

wow, sherri! That was so good. I really liked that.


NIGERIAN CURIOSITY
IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN I ONLY HAD ONE...

princesa said...

Making heaven is really not so difficult. Loving everyone selflessly like our lord did is the key.

NikkiSab said...

I am tapping into ur tinking and it makes serious sense. We got to pray for guidance EVERYDAY, EVERY HOUR, EVERY MIN & SEC!!

Jinta said...

i tried to determine how the story would end but failed. it is a lovely analogy, fastastic.

how's sherri?

Anonymous said...

preach it sister

soupasexy said...

wow...that was so cute, well said babe!

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

Just checking in for an update...

LG said...
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LG said...

a nice inspiring post, 10q

TheAfroBeat said...

Thanks for sharing this!

How you dey now?

guerreiranigeriana said...

wow!!!...nice!!...

Today's ranting said...

Hmmm this post makes so much sense .Thanks for sharing.

Ms. emmotions said...

seriously, am gettin mad at u now for real !

since April 3rd or wat?

Zayzee said...

how u dey? just passing by

ablackjamesbond said...

wow! very powerful...

...no wonder some pple think we live in hell in naija...too mamy greedy pple.

Sherri said...

@all,
excuse my skipping town o, totally unforeseen.
thanks for ur comments and input.

i hope we can all strive to make a difference by taking thought of others.

@ms emotions,
my lovely sister!
abeg, no vex o