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HEAVEN & HELL
Author Unknown
November 4, 2010

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said,
"Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like. "

The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and
the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round
table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which
smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people
sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be
famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were
strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the
pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer
than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The
Lord said, "You have seen Hell."

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the
same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large
pot of stew which made the Holy man's mouth water. The people were
equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were
well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The Holy man said, "I
don't understand." "It is simple" said the Lord, "it requires but one
skill.

You see, they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think
only of themselves." When Jesus died on the cross he was thinking of
you!

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