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I heard of a bishop who preached at the chapel at Yale University. He took as his outline the four letters: Y.A.L.E. He held forth for ten minutes on Y for "Youth." The audience was unimpressed. He went on seventeen minutes about A for "Ambition." By now the congregation was asleep. Undaunted, he preached four minutes more on L for "Loyalty," winding up with three minutes with E for "Energy."
At the close of the service, the bishop followed the choir in recession down the aisle and found a student in the last row still kneeling in prayer. The bishop leaned over and said, "Perhaps you would be good enough to tell me what I said that moved you so deeply."
The young man answered, "I was just offering a prayer of thanksgiving that I go to Yale and not to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
If we look hard enough, we can always find something for which to be grateful. The ten lepers in this biblical story had much for which to give thanks.
At the close of the service, the bishop followed the choir in recession down the aisle and found a student in the last row still kneeling in prayer. The bishop leaned over and said, "Perhaps you would be good enough to tell me what I said that moved you so deeply."
The young man answered, "I was just offering a prayer of thanksgiving that I go to Yale and not to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
If we look hard enough, we can always find something for which to be grateful. The ten lepers in this biblical story had much for which to give thanks.
