Wednesday, October 1, 2014

JIM CAIN

One day a man pulls up to an old country store on the outskirts of town, hops out of his automobile and asks the old man sitting out front,” How are the people in this town, old man?"

The old man looked at the stranger and asked,” How were the people in the town you just left?" The man looked at him with a puzzled expression and replied,” They were mean and hateful people, hard to work and live with.  We were glad to get out of that stinking place." The old man nodded his head and replied,” Well, that's how you'll find the people in this town."

The man drove away in a cloud of dust and the old man settled back down in his rocking chair in front of the store. A little while later another car pulls up and a man gets out and says,” Excuse me sir, but how are the people in this town?" The old man looked at the stranger and said," How were the people in the town you just left?" The stranger smiled and answered,” They were warm-hearted and kind, always willing to help a person out. We hated to leave." The old man nodded his head and replied,” That is how you'll find the people in this town."

The lesson to be learned from this can be found in Luke 6:31and is often called the golden rule,” do unto others as you would have them do unto you."  If this lesson is learned by all of us, we may be surprised at how nice a place the world becomes!