Saturday, March 2
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ…may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation… so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which you have been called. –Ephesians 1:17-18
There once was a traveler who journeyed all over the globe in search of wisdom and enlightenment. In the midst of one village, he came upon a great deal of noise, dust, and commotion.
He approached the nearest laborer and asked, “Excuse me, I’m not from this village. May I ask what’s going on here?” The laborer replied curtly, “Can’t you see? I’m busting rocks.”
The traveler approached a second laborer doing the same thing and asked the same question. The second laborer replied, “Can’t you see? I’m earning a living to support my family.”
The traveler then approached a third laborer who was also breaking up rocks and posed the question a third time. With a broad smile and a gleam in his eye, the third laborer replied with great pride: “Can’t you see? We’re building a cathedral.”
- Author unknown: adapted from “The Cathedral Within” by Bill Shore
Bless us, we pray, with a broader vision, that we may awaken to hope. Amen.