Tell your story#18(A poor newly wedded, young couple)

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What happened

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A very poor newly wedded, young couple lived on a small farm, one day the husband made the following proposal to his wife,
Honey, I will leave the house: I will travel far away, get a job, and work hard to come back and give you the comfortable life that you deserve. I do not know how long I will stay away, I only ask one thing, please wait for me, and while I am away, you should be faithful to me, because I will be faithful to you.

The wife agreed, so the young man left, he walked for many days until he found a farmer who needed someone to help him, the young man offered his services and he was accepted.

Therefore, he discussed the terms with his boss, he said, let me work for as long as I want and when I think I should go home, please relieve me of my duties, I do not want to receive my salary for now. I want you to save it for me until the day I leave. The day I decide to go, please give me the money and I will go my way.

They agreed on that. So, the young man worked for fifteen years without holiday and rest and after fifteen years, he came to his boss and said, Boss, I want my money, because I am returning to my home, and the boss replied:
All right, after all, I made a deal with you and I will stick to it. However, before you go I want to offer you something new, I will give you all your money and send you away or I will give you three pieces of advice and send you away. If I give you money, you lose the three pieces of advice. If I give you the three pieces of advice, you lose the money. Now, go to your room and think about your answer.

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The young man thought for two days, then he went to the boss and told him, boss, I want the three pieces of advice and the boss stressed again, if I give you the three pieces of advice, I will not give you the money, and the man replied,
I want the three pieces of advice.

What the boss told him was that,
Firstly, do not ever take shortcuts in your life, shorter and unknown paths can cost your life, Secondly, Never be too curious, for curiosity towards evil can be deadly, and thirdly, never make decisions in moments of anger or pain because when you repent, it could be too late.

After giving these three pieces of advice, the boss said to him, here, you have three loaves of bread, two are for you to eat during the journey and the last is for you to eat with your wife when you get home. So, the man went his way, and after fifteen years away from home and from his wife, whom he loved so much.

After the first day of travel, he found a man who greeted him and asked, where are you going and he replied, I am going to a distant place which is about twelve days away if I continue walking. So, the man said to him, Young man, this path is too long, I know a shortcut that is very safe and you will arrive in three days only. The man began to follow the path suggested until he remembered the first piece of advice. So, he returned and followed the long path.

Days later he learned that the shortcut led to an ambush.

After a few more days of travel, he found an inn by the roadside, where he could rest, he paid for a room and after taking a bath he lay down to sleep. So, during the night he woke up as he heard a terrifying scream, he at once rose to his feet and went to the door to check what happened, as he was opening the door, he remembered the second piece of advice and he returned, lay down again and slept.

At dawn, after breakfast, the owner of the lodging asked him if he had not heard the scream at night, he affirmed that he heard. Then, the host said, were you not curious to see what happened? he replied:
No, I was not. Then the host said, you are the first guest to leave this inn alive, my neighbor is completely crazy, he normally shouts at night to call someone’s attention and when some of the guests come out, he kills them and buries their bodies in the backyard and the young man was a shock to hear that from the host, so he continued his long journey, eager to arrive to his destination.

After many days and nights walking, he was very tired, but he finally saw his house far away, It was night. So, he saw some light coming out of the window of his house and was able to see the silhouette of his wife, but he also saw that she was not alone. So, he came closer and saw there was a man with her, she softly caressed his hair. When he saw that scene, his heart was filled with hatred and bitterness, he decided to rush at and kill them both mercilessly.

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However, he took a deep breath and remembered the third piece of advice and then he stopped, reflected, and decided to sleep outside that night, he slept in the midst of the bushes, determined to make a decision the next day. At dawn, he was calmer and thought,
I will not kill my wife and her lover but instead, I am going back to my boss to ask him to take me back. But before I go, I want to tell my wife that I have always been faithful to her.

The young man went to the front door and knocked, when his wife opened the door and recognized him, she cried and embraced him warmly, he tried to push her away, but he
was not able to. Then, with tears in his eyes, he told her, I was faithful to you but you betrayed me. She was shocked, so she asked him, how did I betray you? I have never betrayed you, I waited patiently for you for fifteen good years. Then he asked her, how about the man that you were caressing yesterday? She replied That man is your son. When you left, I discovered I was pregnant. On this day, he is twenty years old.so, hearing that, the man asked for her forgiveness. He met and hugged his son. Then he told them all the things he had experienced while away.

After the whole explanation from the both of them, his wife prepared some coffee for them to eat together, the last bread given by his boss, after a prayer of thanksgiving, he broke the bread and when he looked at it, he found all his money inside. There was even more than the right payment for his twenty years of dedication and hard work.

What I have learned from it

God is like this boss, when he asks us to make a sacrifice, he wants to give us more than what we give him.

God wants us to have his unique wisdom as well as the material blessings.

Wisdom is the power of greatness.

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