should we read the bible ?
This is
beautiful story if inspired please. forward. If not, keep it. Can't
say when it might inspire you!
Story:
An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson.
Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading
his BIBLE.
His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in
every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the BIBLE just like
you but
I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I
close the book.
What good does reading the BIBLE do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and
replied,
"Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of
water.
" The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked
Out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said,
"You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to
the
River with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but
again
the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told
his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and
he
went to get a bucket instead. The old man said, "I don't want a bucket
of water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough,"
and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his
grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would
leak
out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped
the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather
the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See Grandpa, it's
useless!"
"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the
basket
was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and
was
now clean, inside and out. "Son, that's what happens
when you read the BIBLE. You might not understand or remember
everything, but when you read it; you will be changed, inside and out.
That is the work of Jesus
in our lives."
