#FRIDAY_SPECIAL
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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 neighbour 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.
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