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Author Topic:   Modern Day Parables
thewordofgod 
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Message 1 of 3 (604533)
02-12-2011 10:40 PM


These following parables were inspired by God so they have a hidden message in them that the blind can't see.
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A landowner rented his land to a farmer named Mr. Wise with a three year contract. After three years, Mr. Wise had lost money so he went to the landowner to renegociate a better contract and get the rent lowered.
The landowner told him if he rents it for more money than the last contract, then he would get a real good deal in the future. Mr. Wise went away discouraged but the idea of a good deal in the future was enough for him to keep farming the land.
Three more years went by but this time the weather wiped out his crops during the last year and cost him a substantial financial loss. Mr. Wise went to the landowner and demanded a better deal along with a loan to pay for his losses.
Instead of helping Mr. Wise out, the landowner told him if he rents the land for three more years at a higher rate than his neighbors contract for, then he would give him the best deal in the world. There was only one added demand to this contract and that was to eradicate every weed on his land.
Mr. Wise went away after agreeing with the new contract but he had no idea why he accepted it. He had to borrow money from his neighbors to make the payments to the landowner so he was getting into some serious financial trouble. However, he continued to farm and risk everything for this best deal in the world.
Not only did he lose money on this contract, he hurt his back by hoeing and pulling weeds for three years in row. He ended up in the hospital to have back surgery. This time the landowner came to him to ask Mr. Wise if he was ready to be a landowner. Mr. Wise was totally confused by this offer but he told him he would go for it.
Then the landowner gave Mr. Wise the title to the land, money to pay for all his financial losses and offered to pay for all hospital expenses for his back surgery. Mr. Wise was stunned by such a good deal because it was way more than he ever dreamed about.
The landowner had additional demands with this deal so after Mr. Wise calmed down, he told him since he was a new landowner that he had to stop farming. He also had to find a farmer to rent his land who was willing to be a landowner like himself one day.
The landowner told him he had plenty of land to make more deals with other farmers who were willing to sacrifice everything they had. All Mr.Wise had to do was to offer high price contracts to anyone who would accept it. No one becomes a landowner without giving up everything for it. Those who expect to get the land for free will have to wait for the big land giveaway in the new world.
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Here are a few other parables for you people who like to figure them out.
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A man goes down to the well to get a pail of water but sees the well is dry, so he doesn't drop his bucket down the well. The man right behind him drops his bucket in the well and pulls up a full pail of clean water. As he leaves, he stops to bless the man standing there with a confused look and tells him the Kingdom is near.
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A garden can only grow if it has seed and a gardener to tend it. A well tended garden is beautiful when all the weeds are pulled. To leave them in the garden is a shame, but one day, the gardener will finish pulling the weeds.
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Getting lost in the mountains is a fearful thing. The fear of darkness and wild animals fill your mind as you stumble over fallen trees and rocks everywhere. You have no idea how you're going to make it. Death stares you in the face as the light is fading away. But don't worry, life will never leave you in the dark.
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A platoon of soldiers were told to go destroy the enemy, but after searching for the enemy, they came back without accomplishing their mission. Their Commander asked them why they didn't destroy the enemy. The platoon leader said they became friends with the enemy so they couldn't see any reason to destroy their friends. The Commander told them to line up and cover their eyes while he destroyed them. The platoon leader cried out to the Commander asking why they're being destroyed. The Commander told him that anyone who becomes friends with the enemy becomes an enemy and the enemy was ordered to be destroyed. If you would have obeyed my commands to destroy the enemy that you made friends with, you would have spared your life and never have to worry about being destroyed.
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A Father took his son to a big party and told him to mingle with the crowd. His Father left his son there and said he would come back to get him after the party. When his Father came back to get him, he was sitting all alone in the corner of the room. His Father asked him if he mingled with the crowd and his son said he did, but nobody would believe his story that his Father left his three year old all alone at a big party.
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A little boy got lost in the woods but he didn’t realize he was lost because he had been with his Father many times in there. This time, however, his Father wasn’t there with him and the boy began to cry. It was good the little boy cried out for his Father because his Father knew he’d been blind from birth and had no fear of the darkness. Without hearing his son’s cries, he might not be at home with his Father now.

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AdminSlev
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Message 2 of 3 (604539)
02-12-2011 11:37 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by thewordofgod
02-12-2011 10:40 PM


Hi thewordofgod,
I find that this is not a suitable debate topic. As such, it will not be promoted.
I would suggest to you to concentrate on the one topic you started which did get promoted, and if your are actively participant there we can see for eventual promotions of future threads from you.

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thewordofgod 
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Message 3 of 3 (604572)
02-13-2011 7:52 AM
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02-12-2011 11:37 PM


AdminSlev writes:
Hi thewordofgod,
I find that this is not a suitable debate topic. As such, it will not be promoted.
I would suggest to you to concentrate on the one topic you started which did get promoted, and if your are actively participant there we can see for eventual promotions of future threads from you.
I work about 14 hours a day in these forums and handle about ten threads besides making a few comments in other people's threads. When a moderator tells me what to do, then I know their forum is going to be dead soon, which this one is already.
Moderators should be adding more members to their forums, not chasing them away with their arrogant dictatorships.

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