As long as we live in this world we cannot be without tribulation and temptation. (CIoC) S A 2 Can we do better by honestly praying the prayer Jesus taught us to pray? J ; May we honestly pray: Our Abba(daddy) Father, who art in heaven The one that teaches us how to be responsible to the degree we can handle responsibility; The one who loves Mom like the Catholic’s love Mother Mary and more; The one who enjoys spending time with us. Help us to respect Your Name so much so that You are proud of us and others are proud of You Give us today, everything that we need and help us to be grateful for all the abundance especially w...
These are the words of Christ, which reminds me of Paul Harvey's modern day parable about a religious skeptic who worked as a farmer. It's found in the student bible
ReplyDelete“One raw winter night the man heard an irregular thumping sound against the kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the evident warmth inside, beat in vain against the glass.
Touched, the farmer bundled up and trudged through fresh snow to open the barn door for the struggling birds. He turned on the lights and tossed some hay in a corner. But the sparrows, which had scattered in all directions when he emerged from the house hid in the darkness, afraid.
The man tried various tactics to get them into the barn. He laid down a trail of saltine cracker crumbs to direct them. He tried circling behind the birds to drive them toward the barn. Nothing worked. He, a huge alien creature, had terrified them; the birds couldn’t comprehend that he actually desired to help them.
The farmer withdrew to his house and watched the doomed sparrows through a window. As he stared, a thought hit; if only I could become a bird, one of them, just for a moment. Then I wouldn’t frighten them so. I could show them the way to warmth and safety. (Student Bible (NIV) page 1008)
At the same moment, another thought dawned on him. He had grasped the reason Jesus was born.”
Jesus said to Nicodemus “For God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” Saint John’s Biography of Christ John 3:16