Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Grieving Fathers   A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled: “Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t you have any sense of responsibility?”       The doctor smiled & said: “I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call…… And now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work.”       “Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do?” said the father angrily.       The doctor smiled again and replied: “I will say what Job said in the Holy Book “From dust we came and to dust we...

  N ever compare your inside   to someone else's outside. ~ Anne Lamott   S top judging by mere appearances, BUT instead judge correctly. ~ John 7:24

  D on't judge each day by the harvest you reap, BUT by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson   B ut the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance. ~ Luke 8:15 

Friday Tale - Judging Too Quickly T here was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things quickly. So he sent them each on a quest…, in turn…, to go look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.        The first son went in the Winter, the second in the Spring, the third in the Summer, and the youngest son in the Fall.        When they had all gone and come back, he called them together and asked each one to describe what they had seen.        The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.        The second son “no” it was covered with green buds and full of promise.        The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. It was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.     ...

J udge not by the eye   BUT by the heart. ~Native American proverb  S top judging by external standards,    and judge by true standards.   ~John 7:24 (CEV)