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An Old Hebrew Story....
Once upon a time, a rabbi said to his three disciples, "What were your sins this past year?"
The first disciple said, "Rabbi, I know that I sinned one terrible sin this year." "Go then," the rabbi said to him," and find me one large stone."
The second disciple said, "Rabbi, I sinned a few times this past year." "Go then," the rabbi answered, "and find me four or five stones."
The third disciple said, "Rabbi, I have sinned many small times, little, different, even inconsequential. I can't remember them all." "Go then," the rabbi said, "and find me many small stones."
When the disciples returned with the stones, the rabbi instructed them again, "Now go back to the exact street and replace the stones you have brought, to exactly the same spot from where you took each and every one." The disciples ran out and nearly completed this task - all but the third returned. He was gone all day. Shortly before sundown he returned, tired and disconsolate. "Rabbi," he cried, " I searched and searched all day to find each exact spot for my many small stones. I simply could not do it."
"So it is with sins," the rabbi said, "The large ones are easy to remember and thus rectify. But you can never remember all the little and seemingly inconsequential ones. That is why you must correct each as it happens, or you will be left with the little things to burden your life and weigh down your heart."
In faith,
Pastor Tim
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