[This is=
a reprint from the Grif.Net January 20, 2001, 25 years ago this week. Wond=
erful lesson still today.]
A few months before the fall of the Berli=
n Wall, some of the East Berliners decided they were going to send their We=
st Berlin adversaries a little "gift." They loaded a dump t=
ruck with garbage, broken bricks, stones, building material, and anything e=
lse with zero value. They drove the truck across the border, gained c=
learance, and dumped it on the West Berlin side.
Needless to say, the West =
Berliners were incensed and were going to "get even" with them. F=
ortunately, a very wise man intervened and gave them entirely different cou=
nse. As a result, they responded and loaded a dump truck with food (w=
hich was scarce in East Berlin), clothing (also scarce), medical supplies (=
even scarcer), and a host of other essential items. They took the tru=
ck across the border, carefully unloaded it all, and left a neat sign that =
read, "Each gives according to his ability to give."
We might all=
learn the lesson of real kindness from them.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.n=
et
Continue steadfastly in prayer,
being watchful=
in it with thanksgiving.
om