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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 8 - N° 406 - March 22, 2015

Translation
Johnny Silveira - silveirajohnny@yahoo.com
 

 

Is It Better To Help
Or To Be Helped?

  

A long time ago, there was a man named Ephraim who always tried to help others. He was nice and helpful but was always ridiculed by everybody.

People thought it was strange the way he behaved because he would always do what others asked of him without complaint.

When his wife asked him for something he could have done, although it was not his duty, he would solve the problem, silently.

When someone at work would tell him off for not carrying out a certain service, which was actually someone else's, he would not argue. With good will, he would take the hoe and do the job, leaving everything finished.

If someone asked him to clear the yard, even though it was not his duty, he would agree and spend the day to get it tidy and beautiful.

And so it always was, without this man complaining about anything.

One day, as Ephraim was felling a tree at someone's request, Joshua, a friend, came up to him and asked:

- Ephraim, why do you do all what people ask, even if it is not your job? And often, with no charge?

Ephraim, tired, dropped the axe at his feet, sat down in the shade of the beautiful tree, took a breath and replied:

- Joshua, I think we should always help others in their needs. What if it were me that was in need of help? Thus I'd rather be the one that helps so that I am not the one who asks for help.

- But why? Don't you like to be helped?!...

Ephraim thought for a moment and stated:

- Joshua, our Master Jesus, when He was here on earth, at a certain occasion taught us that anyone who wishes to be first among all should be the servant of all. Because Jesus came not to be served but to serve. So, with Jesus, I'd rather be in the position of the one who helps instead of the position of those who receive help. Get it?

Joshua, who had listened attentively to Ephraim's response, nodded:

- Jesus is right. If we are working we are well. When we need help it is a sign that we are not well, whatever the situation.

- And the Master also clarifies it by telling us to put ourselves in the person's shoes. So looking at a needy brother, I think: would I like to be in his place? No. So, let us be the friend who help, lest we are tomorrow in need of help.

Joshua smiled and thanked his friend Ephraim for the explanation. He left the tent that sheltered them, seeking the fresh country air.

Before long, remembering what he had heard from Ephraim, Joshua was surrounded by a certain feeling of intimate dissatisfaction as he remembered how he had acted with one of his employees. Ashamed, he looked for the servant and found him with a hoe in hand, revolving the land.

Approaching him, Joshua considered:

- Justin, the other day I treated you badly because of a nonsense. I called you lazy and said that you do nothing and I'm sorry. You're still very young, you are learning to work and I have been told that you are sick. I sought more information and have been told that you feel a lot of pain and therefore cannot work. Then, I thought about it and until you get better you do not need to come to work. Take some time off.

- But, boss...

- Do not worry, Justin. Come back when you are well again!

The worker's eyes glistened with tears that did not get to fall. He approached his boss and said:

- God bless you, sir! Once I am well, I will continue my job. Do not worry. You will not lose any money, believe me!

They said goodbye and Joshua, spurring his horse, took his way home. He felt a great joy! That simple attitude that he had taken had given him peace of heart.

Indeed, to put himself in Justin's place had made all the difference, leading both parties to a feeling of well-being and satisfaction.

Happy, Joshua returned to his home, where the peace and love of

his family enveloped him. He remembered the Master of Nazareth and knew that He had helped him in the decision.

Then, he knelt on the floor and thanked Jesus, from the bottom of his heart, for the inner enlightenment he had been given. 

MEIMEI 

(Psychographed by Celia X. de Camargo on 08/12/2014.) 


                                   

 



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