neighbours

today @ church there was a very interesting story during sermon:

An angel visited a couple one night and told the couple very good news..

"Congratulations.. God will grant you 3 wishes, anything you want is possible. Furthermore, your neighbours will get double of what you wished for!"

On hearing this, the couple were overjoyed, and decided on their first wish, which was to have a hill of wheat such that they would not have to fret for food for one whole year.

The next morning, voila! There was a mound of wheat in front of the couple's house. They were estatic and the husband set off to the woods to cut some wood to building a silo to store the wood.

On the way, he met his neighbour, who was beaming and collecting wood as well. When his neighbour saw him, his neighbour exclaimed: "Tom! Can u believe what happened? Today when i woke up, there wer 2 whole mounds of wheat at my doorstep! I don't have to worry about food for another 2 years already!"

Upon hearing this, Tom felt a slightly bitter taste in his mouth and walked away with a gritted smile...

The next night, the angel visited the couple again, and this time, the couple wanted a baby, as they were getting old and still had no children.

And so, in 10 months time, the wife gave birth to a cherubic, cute baby, and they were overjoyed. Just then, their neighbour burst into their house brimming with joy, carrying a basket of red eggs, exclaiming: "My wife gave birth to healthy twins! This is such a great joy that we must celebrate!" With that, he left and went on visit other houses....

The couple's joy vanished quickly as they stared at the red eggs angrily..."What's the meaning of this?" the wife uttered indignantly... "Why do they get twice of what we ask for? They don't even deserve it!" The couple's joy over the baby was completely overshadowed by their jealousy towards their neighbours, and they continued fuming...

The final night, the angel visited the coupled and asked them for their third request. The man replied angrily, "I want God to cut off one of my hands! So that my undeserving neighbour over there will be handicapped and not be able to do anything!"... with that he closed his eyes and waited...

the angel got a shock... and then started weeping, "You foolish people! GOD loves everyone of us, every single of us are undeserving because of our sins, yet He loved us so much... WHY did you think of such a foolish request?!"

with that, the angel disappeared, never to return...

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food for thought eh? what jealousy does to you...

gone hIberNatin'
fraNk