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A Beautiful Analogy
A man went to a barbershop
to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the
barber began to work, they began to have a good
conversation.
They talked about so many
things and various subjects. When they eventually
touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I
don't believe that God exists. "Why do you say that?"
asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go
out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick
people? Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there
would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't
imagine a loving God who would allow all of these
things." The customer thought for a moment, but
didn't respond because he didn't want to start an
argument. The barber finished his job and the
customer left the shop. Just after he left the
barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.
He looked dirty and
unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the
barber shop again and
he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?"
asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a
barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the
customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if
they did, there would be no people with dirty long
hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! " answered the barber. "
What happens, is, people do not come to me. "
"Exactly!"- affirmed the
customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist!
What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not
look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and
suffering in the world."
Centered in Your presence, dear God, I let go of every concern and my soul awakens to new blessings of Your love and grace.
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