“Truly I say to you,
to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least
of them, you did it to Me.” (Matt.
25:40).
Hey Gang, I have been doing some
house cleaning of the archives and ran across one of my very favorite stories
that I used many times when on the mashed potatoes, peas and sliced roast beef
circuit telling about Eagle Village.
Perhaps it will ring a bell with some of you who have been a steady reader
of Gramps Morning Thoughts. I went back
five years in the archives and did not find it so perhaps it will be new to all
this time around.
It is the story of a saintly cobbler
who learned he was to receive a visit from the Lord. Though poorer than a church mouse, he
determined to entertain the Lord with the best hospitality he could muster. He went to the local baker’s shop and bought
a loaf of his finest bread; then he went down the street to the wood shop and
bought a log to heat his shop; finally, he took one of his finest pair of shoes
and polished them to a high shine, so that he could see his image when looking
at them.
As he awaited the King of kings to
arrive at his shop, a starving child arrived at his door. There was no way he could not break out the
fine bread and give it to the starving child. Shortly thereafter, came another
knock to his door; there stood a little old- hunched-back lady who was
shivering in the cold.
Without hesitation, he took the
fragrant log that he had purchased to warm the shop for the coming of the Lord
of lords and warmed the shop for that very needy guest. But he still had the hand-made gift - a pair
of fine shoes for the Lord. Suddenly, yet another knock came to his door.
There, in the cold, stood a young
lad whose feet were bruised and bleeding- for he had no shoes. Once
again without hesitation he unwrapped the that very special gift that he had
prepared with his own hands and placed them on the feet of the lad.
As the day came to an end, the
cobbler was deeply disappointed that the Lord had not yet visited him. He cried out, Lord why have you not
come?” But Jesus responded, “I did come
– three times. I was the hungry and you
fed Me; I was cold and freezing, and you warmed Me; and I came with bruised and
bleeding feet and you placed your very special shoes on My feet.
So, keep in mind when you stand
before the Lord to give an account of your works- will you hear Him say, “Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (Matt. 25:34).
Blessings,
Gramps
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