When there is
something that we are so used and God is saying, "Take your hands off of it
and let it go," then we need to let go! Let the past be the
past. Forget and take the broader view, cast away all bitterness and let God's
wisdom shine through. Let love mend our lives for at the end love is all that really matters. Let's
learn from the following article about a person who refuses to let go.
As the story goes,
a beggar lived near the king's palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted
outside the palace gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in
royal garments was invited to the party.
The beggar went on his way. He looked at the rags he was wearing and sighed.
Surely only kings and their families wore royal robes, he thought. Slowly an
idea crept into his mind. The audacity of it made him tremble. Would he dare?
He made his way back
to the palace. He approached the guard at the gate. "Please, sire, I would like
to speak to the king."
"Wait here," the guard replied. In a few minutes, he was back. "His majesty will
see you," he said, and led the beggar in.
"You wish to see me?" asked the king.
"Yes, your majesty. I want so much to attend the banquet, but I have no royal
robes to wear. Please, sir, if I may be so bold, may I have one of your old
garments so that I, too may come to the banquet?"
The beggar shook so hard that he could not see the faint smile that was on the
king's face. "You have been wise in coming to me," the king said. He called to
his son, the young prince. "Take this man to your room and array him in some of
your clothes."
The prince did as he was told and soon the beggar was standing before a mirror,
clothed in garments that he had never dared hope for.
"You are now eligible to attend the king's banquet tomorrow night," said the
prince. "But even more important, you will never need any other clothes. These
garments will last forever."
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The beggar dropped to his knees. "Oh, thank you," he cried. But as he started to
leave, he looked back at his pile of dirty rags on the floor. He hesitated. What
if the prince was wrong? What if he would need his old clothes again. Quickly he
gathered them up.
The banquet was far greater than he had ever imagined, but he could not enjoy
himself as he should. He had made a small bundle of his old rags and it kept
falling off his lap. The food was passed quickly and the beggar missed some of
the greatest delicacies.
One cannot heal himself without giving the gift of love & forgiveness.
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Dr. Lionhearteagle Leon
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Time proved that the prince was right. The clothes lasted forever. Still the
poor beggar grew fonder and fonder of his old rags. As time passed people seemed
to forget the royal robes he was wearing. They saw only the little bundle of
filthy rags that he clung to wherever he went. They even spoke of him as the old
man with the rags. One day as he lay dying, the king visited him.
The beggar saw the sad
look on the king's face when he looked at the small bundle of rags by the bed.
Suddenly the beggar remembered the prince's words and he realized that his
bundle of rags had cost him a lifetime of true royalty. He wept bitterly at his
folly. And the king wept with him.
When we put our faith in God, we must let go of the sin in our life, and our old
ways of living.
By
Tim Pedrosa
There
is no human being who does not deserve forgiveness. There is no human
being who does not deserve love... |
Tim
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