There’s an old rabbinical story about how the spot was
chosen for God’s holy temple. Two brothers worked a common field and a common
mill. Each night they divided whatever grain they had produced and each took
his portion home.
One brother was single and one was married with a large
family. The single brother decided that his married brother, with all those
kids, certainly needed more grain than he did, so at night he secretly crept
over to his brother’s granary and gave him an extra portion. The married
brother realized that his single brother didn’t have any children to care for
him in his old age. Concerned about his brother’s future, he got up each night
and secretly deposited some grain in his single brother’s granary.
One night they met halfway between the two granaries and
each brother realized what the other was doing. They embraced and, as the story
goes, God witnessed what happened and said, ‘This is a holy place – a place of
love – and it is here that my temple shall be built’. The holy place is that
spot where God is made known to his people, ‘the place where human beings
discover each other in love.’
Excerpted from ‘Sacred Marriage’ by Gary Thomas (pages 30-31)
This whole planet could be a beautiful place to be a temple for God if we all had the hearts of these two brothers...:).... great story!! Where love resides God is there....ALWAYS!!....thanks .. warm thoughts for a chilly day..
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