'Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'
The Lord led the holy man to two doors.
He opened one, and the holy man looked into a room with a large round table in the middle.
In the center, on the table was a large pot of stew,
which smelled so delicious it made the holy man's mouth water.
Yet, the people sitting around the table were thin, sickly, and appeared famished.
They were holding spoons with very long handles strapped to their arms.
Each found they could reach into the stew-pot and take a spoonful,
but with the handle longer than their arms,
they could not get the spoons close to their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering and the Lord said,
'You have seen Hell.'
He then opened the second door.
The room was exactly as the first one,
with the large round table and large pot of stew,
again making the holy man's mouth water.
The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons strapped to their arms,
but here the people were well nourished, plump, laughing and talking.
The holy man said, 'I don't understand.'
'It is simple,' said the Lord, 'and requires but one skill.
As you see, they have learned to feed each other,
while the selfish think only of themselves.'
When Jesus died on the cross,
he was thinking of you.
Remember, God loves You, and so do we. =)
eee-loo too.
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