Perpetrators of Darkness

I delighted to hear the “lumberjack” had discovered that four red oaks, a hackberry, a cherry, and a birch tree had survived!  They still had their amor on or they surely would have been destroyed by the bullies.

Three Bricklayers

The passerby thought about their answers and concluded that the first bricklayer laid brick because that was his job.   Nothing more – just a job to earn money.
The second bricklayer laid brick because he had a goal – to build a building as something to show for his time at a job.
The third bricklayer laid bricks with his eyes toward heaven. 

When God is Silent, What Then?

Do you remember back in school days when the teacher distributed a test, placed it face-down on each desk, and  said,  “No talking.  This is a test.” And for the remainder of the hour the teacher never said a word and the students dared not to speak.  The classroom filled with utter silence.