PAID IN FULL
A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening
while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been
writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is
what it said:
For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $.50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total owed: $14.75
For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $.50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total owed: $14.75
Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and
the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She
picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she
wrote:
For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me:
No Charge
For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:
No Charge
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years:
No Charge
For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead:
No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose:
No Charge
Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:
No Charge.
When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".
For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me:
No Charge
For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:
No Charge
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years:
No Charge
For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead:
No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose:
No Charge
Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:
No Charge.
When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".
(Unknown author)
and atong ebanghelyo karon naghisgot sa usa ka sambingay mahitungod sa amo nga nagsuweldo ug mga sinuhulan. Ang una, giswelduhan ug usa ka denario sa usa ka adlaw, ang uban giswelduhan gihapon sa susama nga kantidad bisan pa nga ulahi na sila nagtrabaho, ilabi na kadtong alas singko na sa hapon nagsugod. Tungod niini, ang nagtrabaho ug usa ka adlaw nagbagotbot nganong susama ra sila ug suhol. Apan ang amo mitubag: “Migo, pamati. Wala ako maglimbong kanimo kay miuyon ka man sa suhol nga usa ka denario ang adlaw... wala ba diay akoy katungod sa paggamit sa akong kuarta? o nasina ka ba hinoon kay ako manggihatagon man.”
Ang ebanghelyo karon nagpadayag sa pagkamanggihatagon sa Dios apan
bisan pa niana ang mga tawo nagsige lang gihapon ug reklamo sa kinabuhi.
Pananglitan diha sa pamilya ang uban masuya tungod kay pinalabi daw ang usa ka
anak; diha sa managsilingan ang uban masuya tungod sa paglambo sa iyang silingan;
diha sa trabahoan ang uban masuya tungod sa especial treatment sa trabahante ug
daghan pang uban.
Masinahon ang tawo, mao nga wala gayoy kausbawan ang matag usa
kanato. Apan ang Dios lahi, alang kaniya ang tanan patas ug walay pinbalabi. Kon
atong sundon ang tawhanon nga pamaagi siguro sa katapusan sa panahon paninglan
usab kita sa Ginoo. Siguro siya moingon: “imo bang gibuhat ang akong gisugo
kanimo sa pagtabang sa uban?” makaingon kaha kita “Yes, Lord, paid in full”?
Ang
tanan iyang gihatag kanato ilabi sa kinabuhi. Aduna kitay nadawat nga hangin
aron kita makapadayon sa pagginhawa aron mabuhi. Sa usa ka adlaw kon atong
susihon ang grasya nga atong nadawat daghan kaayo kini: hangin,
friendship, love, pagkaon, pamilya ug
uban pa. In one week time makausa ra kita giaghat sa pagsimba, kon sa imong
pagsimba nakahunahuna ka sa pagpaambit sa grasya nga imong nadawat,
naghinayhinay ka sa paghimo sa trabaho sa Dios. Sa umaabot nga panahon
makaingon ka: “yes, Lord Paid in full”. Kon kitang tanan nga nagsimba karon
nagdala pa unta ug halad, daghan unta kaayo ang matabangan nga mga
nanginahanglan.
Karon gihagit kita sa pagpaambit sa mga grasya nga atong nadawat,
aron sa umaabot nga panahon kon kita ang paninglan sa Dios makaingon kita: “yes,
Lord paid in full”. Ang paghatag balik sa Dios dili na kinahanglan ug daghan,
igo na ang ginagmay. Kon gagmay lang pero daghan ang mohatag daghan na kana. Kon
kini ang atong buhaton, makaingon kita sa Dios “Lord, paid in full.”
Atong pamalandungan karon sa atong kinabuhi: nakapaambit kana ba sa
imong grasya ngadto sa uban? Makaingon ka naba “Lord, Paid in full”.
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