"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." - John Wooden
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| What Goes Round |
A monk opened a monastery door, after a knock and was presented with a
bunch of grapes. "Brother, these are the finest my vineyard has
produced. I’ve come to bear them as a gift." The visitor said.
"Thank you! I will take them to the Abbot immediately, he’ll be delighted with this offering." Replied the monk.
"No! I brought them for you, because whenever I knock, you always open. I needed help when the crops were destroyed by drought, it was you, who gave me a piece of bread and a cup of wine daily."
The monk decided to deliver the gift to the Abbot, who had always encouraged him with words of wisdom. The Abbot was very pleased with the grapes, but he recalled, there was a sick brother in the monastery, "I'll give him the grapes, they may bring some joy to his life." And that is what he did. But sick monk reflected: "The cook has looked after me for so long, feeding me always. I’m sure he will enjoy these." He thought. The cook was amazed at the beauty of the grapes. No one would appreciate them better than, the sexton. The sexton, in turn, gave the grapes as a gift to the youngest novice, that he might understand that the work of God is in the smallest details of creation. The novice received the grapes, but remembered the first time he came to the monastery, he quickly remembered the monk who had opened the gates for him. And so, just before nightfall, he took the grapes to the monk at the gates.
In your own little way, what are you sowing into people's lives? Love, empathy, generosity, or kindness? Are you making sure you leave people better than you met them, or worse? Are you the type who will never give up your spot on a queue for any reason? Whatever you're doing today, are you doing it the way Jesus would do it, had He been in your shoes? Have you been sowing good seed, hold on. Your reward is coming.
God's principles make room for 'payback.' We always get paid in our coin - a million times over. It might take a while, but it surely happens. God's Word says, 'whatever a man sows he shall reap.' If you desire a good turn, the plant a seed of same, in another person's life. The only problem here is that, we can never reap the same quantity as we have sowed. Be mindful of your daily, seemingly insignificant actions.
"Thank you! I will take them to the Abbot immediately, he’ll be delighted with this offering." Replied the monk.
"No! I brought them for you, because whenever I knock, you always open. I needed help when the crops were destroyed by drought, it was you, who gave me a piece of bread and a cup of wine daily."
The monk decided to deliver the gift to the Abbot, who had always encouraged him with words of wisdom. The Abbot was very pleased with the grapes, but he recalled, there was a sick brother in the monastery, "I'll give him the grapes, they may bring some joy to his life." And that is what he did. But sick monk reflected: "The cook has looked after me for so long, feeding me always. I’m sure he will enjoy these." He thought. The cook was amazed at the beauty of the grapes. No one would appreciate them better than, the sexton. The sexton, in turn, gave the grapes as a gift to the youngest novice, that he might understand that the work of God is in the smallest details of creation. The novice received the grapes, but remembered the first time he came to the monastery, he quickly remembered the monk who had opened the gates for him. And so, just before nightfall, he took the grapes to the monk at the gates.
In your own little way, what are you sowing into people's lives? Love, empathy, generosity, or kindness? Are you making sure you leave people better than you met them, or worse? Are you the type who will never give up your spot on a queue for any reason? Whatever you're doing today, are you doing it the way Jesus would do it, had He been in your shoes? Have you been sowing good seed, hold on. Your reward is coming.
God's principles make room for 'payback.' We always get paid in our coin - a million times over. It might take a while, but it surely happens. God's Word says, 'whatever a man sows he shall reap.' If you desire a good turn, the plant a seed of same, in another person's life. The only problem here is that, we can never reap the same quantity as we have sowed. Be mindful of your daily, seemingly insignificant actions.
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