Heaven and Hell
A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man
"come, I will show you hell". They entered a room where a group of
famished people sat around a huge pot of cooking stew. Everyone in the room was
starving and desperate. Each person held a spoon that reached the pot but each
spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arms that it could not be used
to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible. "Come
now, I will show you heaven" the Lord said.
They entered another room identical to the first, the big pot of stew, the
group of people, and the same long-handled spoons. But here everyone was happy
and well nourished. "I don't understand" said the man. "Why is
everyone happy here and miserable in the other room? Everything is the
same."
"Here," said the Lord "they have learned to feed each
other"
Author unknown
“ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another.
( John 13: 35 ) “