The Parable of the Box of Clothes
The Kingdom of God is like unto a master who sent a large box of clothes to his head servants. The two servants looked through the box and said, “Our Master has great love for us and is a great master. Surely what he wants is for us to be comfortably dressed; he has given us these clothes so that we may honor him and be as happy as he wants us to be.” As time passed the two servants would go to the box – which never seemed to empty – and put on the clothes they found. In winter they had warm coats and hats and shoes; in summer, shorts and sandals. The rest of the servants always wore their same work clothes, no matter the season. Many of the clothes in the box did not really fit the two head servants, but they would wear them anyway, satisfied they were being obedient to their Master. One day the Master appeared at the servants’ quarters and received a warm welcome from the head servants who ...