Godly wisdom

GODLY WISDOM

A very poor newly wedded, young couple lived in
a small farm. One day the husband made the
following proposal to his wife:
Honey, I will leave the house: I will travel
faraway, get a job and work hard in order to
come back and give you the comfortable life that
you deserve. I do not know how long I will stay
away, I only ask one thing, please wait for me,
and while I am away, you should be faithful to
me, because I will be faithful to you. His wife
agreed, so the young man left. He walked many
days until he found a farmer who was in need of
someone to help him.
The young man offered his services. He was
accepted.
Therefore he discussed the terms with his boss:
Let me work for as long as I want and when I
think I should go home, please relieve me of my
duties. I do not want to receive my salary. I ask
you to save it for me, until the day I leave. The
day I decide to go, please give me the money
and I will go my way. They agreed on that. So,
the young man worked for twenty years without
holiday and without rest. After twenty years, he
came to his boss and said:
Boss, I want my money, because I am returning
to my home. The boss replied:
All right, after all, I made a deal with you and I
will stick to it. However, before you go I want to
offer you something new: I will give you all your
money and send you away; or I will give you 3
pieces of advice and send you away. If I give you
money, you lose the 3 pieces of advice. If I give
you the 3 pieces of advice, you lose the money.
Now, go to your room and think about your
answer. He thought for two days. Then he went
to the boss and told him:
I want the 3 pieces of advice. The boss stressed
again, if I give you the 3 pieces of advice, I will
not give you the money, and the man replied:
I want the 3 pieces of advice. The boss then told
him:
No.1: Never take shortcuts in your life, shorter
and unknown paths can cost your life.
No. 2: Never be too curious, for curiosity towards
evil can be deadly.
No. 3: Never make decisions in moments of
anger or pain, because when you repent, it could
be too late. After giving these 3 pieces of
advice, the boss said to him:
Here, you have 3 loaves of bread, 2 are for you
to eat during the journey and the last is for you
to eat with your wife when you get home. So,
the man went his way, after twenty years away
from home and from his wife, whom he loved so
much. After the first day of travel, he found a
man who greeted him and asked:
Where are you going? He replied:
To a distant place which is about 20 days away
if I continue walking. The man said to him:
Ol' boy, this path is too long! I know a shortcut
that is very safe and you will arrive in 5 days
only. The man began to follow the path
suggested until he remembered the first piece of
advice. Then, he returned and followed the long
path. Days later he learned that the shortcut led
to an ambush.
After a few more days of travel, he found an inn
by the roadside, where he could rest. He paid for
a room and after taking a bath he lay down to
sleep. During the night he woke up as he heard a
terrifying scream. He rose to his feet and went
to the door to check what happened. As he was
opening the door, he remembered the second
piece of advice. Therefore he returned, lay down
again and slept. At dawn, after breakfast, the
owner of the lodging asked him if he had not
heard the scream at night. He affirmed that he
heard. Then, the host said:
Were you not curious to see what happened? And
he replied:
No, I was not. Then the host said:
You are the first guest to leave this inn alive. My
neighbor is completely crazy. He usually shouts
at night to call someone’s attention. When some
of the guests come out, he kills them and buries
their bodies in the backyard. The man continued
his long journey, eager to arrive soon.
After many days and nights walking, he was very
tired, but he finally saw his house far away. It
was night. He saw some light coming out of the
window of his house and was able to see the
silhouette of his wife. But he also saw that she
was not alone. He came closer and saw there
was a man with her. She softly caressed his
hair. When he saw that scene, his heart was
filled with hatred and bitterness. He decided to
rush at and kill them both mercilessly. However,
he took a deep breath and he remembered the
third piece of advice. Then he stopped, reflected
and decided to sleep outside that night. He slept
in the midst of the bushes, determined to make a
decision the next day. At dawn, he was calmer
and thought:
I will not kill my wife and her lover. I am going
back to my boss to ask him to take me back.
But before I go, I want to tell my wife that I have
always been faithful to her.
He went to the front door and knocked. When his
wife opened the door and recognized him, she
cried and embraced him warmly. He tried to
push her away, but he
was not able. Then, with tears in his eyes he told
her:
I was faithful to you but you betrayed me.
She was shocked, so she replied:
How did I betray you?
I have never betrayed you. I waited patiently for
you for twenty good years. Then he asked:
How about the man that you were caressing
yesterday?
And she said:
That man is your son. When you left, I
discovered I was pregnant. Today he is twenty
years old. Hearing that, the man asked her
forgiveness. He met and hugged his son. Then
he told them all the things he had experienced
while away. Meanwhile, his wife prepared some
coffee for them to eat together, the last bread
given by his boss. After a prayer of thanksgiving,
he broke the bread. When he looked at it, he
found all his money inside. In fact, there was
even more than the right payment for his twenty
years of dedication and hard work.
Friends, our God is like this boss. When he asks
us to make a sacrifice, he wants to give us more
than what we give Him. He wants us to have His
unique wisdom as well as the
material blessings.