A very poor newly wedded, young couple lived in a small farm. One day
\nthe husband made the following proposal to his wife: Honey, I will leave
\n the house: I will travel faraway, get a job and work hard in order to
\ncome back and give you the comfortable life that you deserve. I do not
\nknow how long I will stay away, I only ask one thing, please wait for
\nme, and while I am away, you should be faithful to me, because I will be
\n faithful to you. His wife agreed, so the young man left. He walked many
\n days until he found a farmer who was in need of someone to help him.
\nThe young man offered his services. He was accepted. Therefore he
\ndiscussed the terms with his boss: Let me work for as long as I want and
\n when I think I should go home, please relieve me of my duties. I do not
\n want to receive my salary. I ask you to save it for me, until the day I
\n leave. The day I decide to go, please give me the money and I will go
\nmy way. They agreed on that. So, the young man worked for twenty years
\nwithout holiday and without rest. After twenty years, he came to his
\nboss and said: Boss, I want my money, because I am returning to my home.
\n The boss replied: All right, after all, I made a deal with you and I
\nwill stick to it. However, before you go I want to offer you something
\nnew: I will give you all your money and send you away; or I will give
\nyou 3 pieces of advice and send you away. If I give you money, you lose
\nthe 3 pieces of advice. If I give you the 3 pieces of advice, you lose
\nthe money. Now, go to your room and think about your answer. He thought
\nfor two days. Then he went to the boss and told him: I want the 3 pieces
\n of advice. The boss stressed again, if I give you the 3 pieces of
\nadvice, I will not give you the money, and the man replied: I want the 3
\n pieces of advice. The boss then told him: No. 1: Never take shortcuts
\nin your life, shorter and unknown paths can cost your life. No. 2: Never
\n be too curious, for curiosity towards evil can be deadly. No. 3: Never
\nmake decisions in moments of anger or pain, because when you repent, it
\ncould be too late. After giving these 3 pieces of advice, the boss said
\nto him: Here, you have 3 loaves of bread, 2 are for you to eat during
\nthe journey and the last is for you to eat with your wife when you get
\nhome. So, the man went his way, after twenty years away from home and
\nfrom his wife, whom he loved so much. After the first day of travel, he
\nfound a man who greeted him and asked: Where are you going? He replied:
\nTo a distant place which is about 20 days away if I continue walking.
\nThe man said to him: Ol’ boy, this path is too long! I know a shortcut
\nthat is very safe and you will arrive in 5 days only. The man began to
\nfollow the path suggested until he remembered the first piece of advice.
\n Then, he returned and followed the long path. Days later he learned
\nthat the shortcut led to an ambush. After a few more days of travel, he
\nfound an inn by the roadside, where he could rest. He paid for a room
\nand after taking a bath he lay down to sleep. During the night he woke
\nup as he heard a terrifying scream. He rose to his feet and went to the
\ndoor to check what happened. As he was opening the door, he remembered
\nthe second piece of advice. Therefore he returned, lay down again and
\nslept. At dawn, after breakfast, the owner of the lodging asked him if
\nhe had not heard the scream at night. He affirmed that he heard. Then,
\nthe host said: Were you not curious to see what happened? And he
\nreplied: No, I was not. Then the host said: You are the first guest to
\nleave this inn alive. My neighbour is completely crazy. He usually
\nshouts at night to call someone\u2019s attention. When some of the guests
\ncome out, he kills them and buries their bodies in the backyard. The man
\n continued his long journey, eager to arrive soon. After many days and
\nnights walking, he was very tired, but he finally saw his house far
\naway. It was night. He saw some light coming out of the window of his
\nhouse and was able to see the silhouette of his wife. But he also saw
\nthat she was not alone. He came closer and saw there was a man with her.
\n She softly caressed his hair. When he saw that scene, his heart was
\nfilled with hatred and bitterness. He decided to rush at and kill them
\nboth mercilessly. However, he took a deep breath and he remembered the
\nthird piece of advice. Then he stopped, reflected and decided to sleep
\noutside that night. He slept in the midst of the bushes, determined to
\nmake a decision the next day. At dawn, he was calmer and thought: I will
\n not kill my wife and her lover. I am going back to my boss to ask him
\nto take me back. But before I go, I want to tell my wife that I have
\nalways been faithful to her. He went to the front door and knocked. When
\n his wife opened the door and recognized him, she cried and embraced him
\n warmly. He tried to push her away, but he was not able. Then, with
\ntears in his eyes he told her: I was faithful to you but you betrayed
\nme. She was shocked, so she replied: How did I betray you? I have never
\nbetrayed you. I waited patiently for you for twenty good years. Then he
\nasked: How about the man that you were caressing yesterday? And she
\nsaid: That man is your son. When you left, I discovered I was pregnant.
\nToday he is twenty years old. Hearing that, the man asked her
\nforgiveness. He met and hugged his son. Then he told them all the things
\n he had experienced while away. Meanwhile, his wife prepared some coffee
\n for them to eat together, the last bread given by his boss. After a
\nprayer of thanksgiving, he broke the bread. When he looked at it, he
\nfound all his money inside. In fact, there was even more than the right
\npayment for his twenty years of dedication and hard work. Friends, our
\nGod is like this boss. When he asks us to make a sacrifice, he wants to
\ngive us more than what we give Him. He wants us to have His unique
\nwisdom as well as the material blessings.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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