September 25, 2024

 Whose Father is He?

A beggar came asking for food. I totd him to cơme around to the back door and asked him to sit on the floor while I went in and brought the left-over food.

I brought him food and said, let's  pray. Now repeat after me, "Our Father in heaven". He said, "Your Father in heaven". l said, "No, say Our father in Heavern". He again said, "Your Father in Heaven"!

This irritated me! I asked why do you say Your father when I say "Our Father"?

He said, "Sir, it is like this. If I say Our Father; then we both become brothers. If we are brothers, you would invite me from the front door and not from back. You would ask me to sit on your dining table not on the floor. You would also not give me stale food ! Sir; somehow it is not possible that we are sons of the same Father !

He may be your Father, but he can't be Our Father!

Whose Father is He?

 It took a beggar to teach me the truth !

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