The Bishop's gift

[Guest guest]

I found this heartwarming tale on the web. It reminded me of Maa and

Swamiji telling us to have respect for everything.Indeed if we look

at the description on our home page, we worship a deity that inspires

seekers with sincerity, joy, love and wisdom, and the highest respect

for all that lives.

My thanks to the unknown author

Jai Maa

Nanda

 

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Once a church had fallen upon hard times. Only five members were left:

the pastor and four others, all over 60 years old

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In the mountains near the church there lived a retired Bishop. It

occurred to the pastor to ask the Bishop if he could offer any advice

that might save the church. The pastor and the Bishop spoke at length,

but when asked for advice, the Bishop simply responded by saying, "I

have no advice to give. The only thing I can tell you is that the

Messiah is one of you."

 

The pastor, returning to the church, told the church members what the

Bishop had said. In the months that followed, the old church members

pondered the words of the Bishop. "The Messiah is one of us?" they

each asked themselves. As they thought about this possibility, they

all began to treat each other with extraordinary respect on the off

chance that that one among them might be the Messiah. And on the off,

off chance that each member himself might be the Messiah, they also

began to treat themselves with extraordinary care.

 

As time went by, people visiting the church noticed the aura of

respect and gentle kindness that surrounded the five old members of

the small church. Hardly knowing why, more people began to come back

to the church. They began to bring their friends, and their friends

brought more friends. Within a few years, the small church had once

again become a thriving church, thanks to the Bishop's gift.

 

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