SABRINA
Before the Civil War, a farmer hired a young man named Jim. Jim, the son of a widow, worked for the man milking cows, chopping wood, working in the fields. He slept in the hayloft and ate with the family. Over the course of the summer, he fell in love with the farmer's daughter and asked to marry her. The farmer, however, replied, “You have no money, no prospects, and no solid goal in life. I'm sorry, but I can't let you marry my daughter.”
The summer ended, Jim packed his bags and left. Some thirty years later, the farmer tore down his old barn to build a bigger one. When he did, he found, carved in the loft where Jim slept, his full name, James A. Garfield, then the 20th President of the United States.
How often do we judge too quickly when reflecting on others? Society has placed value and importance on lives. In God's eyes no one human being is more important than the other. We should all strive to live Jesus words, “when you have done it to the least of these, you have done it unto me.”
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