Two men at a bus stop

 

Two men at a bus stop started a conversation.

One of them keeps complaining of family problems.

Finally, the other man says, “You think you have family problems?”

Listen to my situation..

A few years ago I met a young widow with a grown-up daughter and we got married.

Later, my dad married my stepdaughter.

That made my stepdaughter my step-mom and my dad became my stepson-in-law. Also, my wife became mom-in-law to her dad-in-law.

Then my wife’s daughter, my stepmom, had a son.

This boy was my half-brother ’cause he was my dad’s son, but he was also the son of my wife’s daughter, which made him my wife’s grandson.

That made me the grandfather of my half-brother.

This was nothing until my wife and I had a son.

Now, the half-sister of my son, my stepmom, is also the grandmom.

My dad is the bro-in-law of my child, who is the stepbrother of my dad’s wife!

A wise old man was sitting at the river bank.

He saw a cat that had fallen into the river struggling to save itself from drowning.

The man decided to save the cat.

He stretched out his hand towards the cat but the cat scratched him.

He pulled his hand back in pain.

However, a few minutes later he stretched out his hand again to save the cat, but it scratched him again, and again he pulled his hand back in pain.

A few minutes later he was again trying for the third time!

A man, who was nearby watching what was happening, yelled out,

“O wise man, you have not learned your lesson the first time, nor the second time, and now you are trying to save the cat a third time?”

The wise man paid no heed to that man’s scolding and kept on trying until he managed to save the cat.

He then walked over to the man and patted his shoulder saying:

“My son It is in the cat’s nature to scratch, and it is in my nature to love and have sympathy.”

Why do you want me to let the cat’s nature overcome mine?

“My son, treat people according to your nature, not according to theirs, no matter what they are like and no matter how numerous their actions that harm you and cause you pain sometimes.

And do not pay heed to all the voices that loudly call out to you to leave behind your good qualities merely because the other party is not deserving of your noble actions.”

So never regret the moments you gave happiness to someone, even if that person did not deserve it.

Jesus treats us according to His nature, just think where we would be if He were to treat us as per our nature.

That is why He saves us in spite of ourselves.