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"Whoever welcomes in my name one of these children, welcomes me ... and the one who sent me ..."
A woman we'll call Edna had worked for many years in a large, downtown business office. Many different things were said about Edna, but there was one thing all of her colleagues agreed on: Edna was a very unlikeable, hateful person.
No one ever managed to get close enough to her to know her very well. Edna had a way of quickly turning off anyone who tried to get close to her. No one ever managed to get to know
her well. She was a loner, a crab, very disagreeable, and whenever a new employee was hired, the warning went out very quickly: "Stay away from Edna!"
This situation went on for many years, until a new employee named Sally arrived on the scene. Sally disregarded all of the warnings about Edna and she made a very special effort to let her know there was someone in the office who really cared about her. Slowly Edna came out of her shell, relaxed, began communicating, and even developed one or two friendships.
Then early one morning, the whole office was shocked to learn that Sally had died suddenly in her sleep. When Edna heard the news, she cried and cried and said over and over again, "SHE WAS THE ONLY CHRIST I EVER KNEW!"
-- Schroeder
"Whoever welcomes in my name one of these children, welcomes me ... and the one who sent me ..."
A woman we'll call Edna had worked for many years in a large, downtown business office. Many different things were said about Edna, but there was one thing all of her colleagues agreed on: Edna was a very unlikeable, hateful person.
No one ever managed to get close enough to her to know her very well. Edna had a way of quickly turning off anyone who tried to get close to her. No one ever managed to get to know
her well. She was a loner, a crab, very disagreeable, and whenever a new employee was hired, the warning went out very quickly: "Stay away from Edna!"
This situation went on for many years, until a new employee named Sally arrived on the scene. Sally disregarded all of the warnings about Edna and she made a very special effort to let her know there was someone in the office who really cared about her. Slowly Edna came out of her shell, relaxed, began communicating, and even developed one or two friendships.
Then early one morning, the whole office was shocked to learn that Sally had died suddenly in her sleep. When Edna heard the news, she cried and cried and said over and over again, "SHE WAS THE ONLY CHRIST I EVER KNEW!"
-- Schroeder
