The Two Sons
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Long ago, in Bible times there was a man who had two sons. He was very proud of them, and loved them both very much. We don't know their names, but we will call one son Walt, and one son we'll call Lucas. The father had a tough job that he needed done one day. "Walt", he said, "will you go and weed the garden for me?" "Sure, Dad", Walt said. "I will go." But then things kept happening to keep him from doing it. Friends came by to visit him, and they stayed until lunch time. After lunch he couldn't go weed, because he had eaten too much, and was too full! Then he had a good book that he really wanted to finish, and then, before you knew it, it was just too dark! The father was disappointed when he saw the garden had not been weeded. "Lucas", he said, "would you go weed
the garden for me?" "No, way! Lucas said. "I hate weeds, and I don't want to get chiggers! Besides," he said, "it's too hot outside!" The father shook his head, and sadly left for work. Lucas couldn't get the sad look from his fathers' face out of his head. He felt badly about how he had answered him. He knew his dad worked very hard every day. He didn't ask much of Lucas. That was very bad of him to be so rude to his dad. His conscience just wouldn't let him alone. "OK, OK, I'll go!" and Lucas grabbed up his gardening gloves, and headed for the garden. He worked all morning, until every weed was gone. Which son made the father happy? The son who said "yes", but didn't , or the son who said, "no", but did? God is like that father in the story! When He asks us to do something for Him, it doesn't matter what we SAY to Him, what matters is what we DO! We should always do what God asks us to do, and
make Him happy.
"He that hath my commandments and keepeth them,
he it is that loveth me, and he that loveth me shall be loved of
my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him."
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