By
Ron Adams
There is an old Spanish parable about a man,
a boy and a donkey. They were all three walking down a dusty road on a hot
summer day. They overheard some passer-by say, "Look at those foolish
people walking when they could be riding." So they both climbed on the
donkey.
They had ridden only a short distance when
another passer-by exclaimed, "Look at that poor donkey carrying those two
people. Aren't they heartless?" Whereupon the son climbed down from the
donkey and walked beside the father on the donkey.
Then some said, "Look at that
inconsiderate man making that poor little boy walk while he rides." Upon
hearing this the father and boy exchanged places and still they had not
satisfied the passer-by, who then said, "Look at that young man riding and
that poor old man walking in the heat of the day."
So the boy climbed down. They tied the feet
of the donkey to a pole and proceeded to carry the donkey. Everyone exclaimed,
"Look at those foolish people."
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The lesson is obvious, isn't it? We spend a
lot of time worrying about people being pleased about us. We are continually
perplexed because we can never please everybody. Don't try! (Borrowed from
Unknown Source)
We should strive to please God and do unto
others as we would have them do unto us and not worry about someone thinking us
foolish. There is a lesson here for all of us. We will be happier if we learn
it.
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The
apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church: "But to me it is a very small
thing that I should be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do
not even examine myself. For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am
not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord."
1 1 Corinthians 4:3-4
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