A rich
man called his personal architect and said:
“Build a
house in a remote land. You can make it any way you want it to be. I want to
present the house to a special friend of mine.”
The
architect gladly accepted the offer and went to the building site, where there
were lots of various building tools and materials already.
The
architect was a sly guy, though. He thought to himself, “I know my job: no one
will notice if I use low-grade materials or apply less stringent quality
control. The building will look fine in spite of that. I’ll be the only person
who knows about the minor defects. I’ll be able to fulfil the order quicker and
earn some more money by selling expensive building materials.”
The work
was done by the specified day. The rich man came to inspect the house. He
looked at it and said:
“Well
done! Now it’s time to present this house to my friend. He is so special for me
that I didn’t spare tools or materials to build him a house. You are that
precious friend of mine. I present this house to you!”
God gives
each person a task to perform in life and lets everyone do it freely and use as
much creativity as one wants. Each of us will receive the house that he builds
in the course of his life on the Resurrection Day.
Translated
by The Catalog of Good Deeds
CONVERSATION