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Two sinners visited a holy man and asked his advice. “We have done wrong,” they said, “and our conscience is troubled. What must we do to be forgiven?” “Tell me of your wrongdoing, my sons,” said the old man. The first man said, “I have committed a great and grievous sin.” The second man said, “I have done some small things, nothing much to worry about.” “All right,” said the saint. “Go and bring me a stone for each sin.” The first man came back with a big boulder. The second man cheerfully brought a bag of small stones. “Now,” said the old man, “go and put them all back where you found them.” The first man lifted the rock and staggered back to the place where he had gotten it. The second man could not remember where half the stones belonged to, so he just gave up. It was too much like work. “Sins are like these stones,” said the old man. “If a man commits a great sin, it is like a heavy stone on his conscience. But with true sorrow it is removed completely. But the man who is constantly committing small sins which he knows to be wrong, gets hardened to them and feels no sorrow. So he remains a sinner. “So you see, my sons,” concluded the old saint, “it is as important to avoid little sins as well as the big ones.” — Tony Castle “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Related articles - Jeremiah 3 (boynhillbiblestudies.wordpress.com) - He didn’t repent? (wordsofgrace.wordpress.com) - Jesus Cast The First Stone (ackans.com) - Repent by Michael Daley Pastor (prayerworkscafe.org) - Accessing the Spirit of the Lord (chanteea.wordpress.com) - Don’t Judge! Don’t You Dare Judge!!! (gentlyspeaking.wordpress.com) - 1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, (calvinistview.com) - A Blessed New Year (ptl2010.com) - What is Does it Mean to Repent? (christianitymatters.com) - Repentance (lacykitkat.wordpress.com)
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Grijesi kao kamenje 30. siječnja 2012. Dva su muškarca posjetila svetog čovjeka želeći ga upitati za savjet. „Sagriješili smo i savjest nam je uznemirena. Možeš li nam reći što nam je činiti kako bi nam bilo oprošteno i kako više ne bismo griješili?“, upitaše ga. „Kažite mi svoje grijehe“, reče im sveti čovjek. „Učinio sam veliki grijeh“, odgovori prvi muškarac. „A ti?“, upita sveti čovjek drugog muškarca. „O“, odgovori ovaj, „ja sam počinio više loših stvari, ali su tako male da jednostavno nisu zamjetljive“. Pobožni je čovjek dugo razmišljao. „Evo što morate napraviti“, konačno reče. „Pođite i za svaki grijeh koji ste počinili donesite kamen. “Muškarci su otišli. Prvi se brzo vrati s iznimno teškim kamenom, tako teškim da ga je jedva nosio. Stavi ga pred svetog čovjeka. Nakon dugog vremena stiže drugi muškarac noseći bez napora vreću kamenčića. I on ih stavi pred svetog čovjeka. „Sada“, reče sveti čovjek, „uzmite kamenje i vratite ga tamo odakle ste ga uzeli. “Prvi muškarac uze svoj kamen i vrati ga na mjesto odakle ga je uzeo. Drugi se sjeti mjesta gdje je uzeo tek nekoliko kamenčića, a odakle je uzeo ostale nije se mogao sjetiti. Vrati se za nekoliko trenutaka i reče da mu je ta zadaća preteška. „Moraš znati, sinko moj, da su grijesi kao kamenje. Što je čovjek teže sagriješio, to dublje shvaća težinu grijeha, a kad se iskreno kaje, tada mu je oprošteno. Ako čovjek ponavlja manje grijehe, ne osjeća posebnu krivnju pa mu zato nije žao i ostaje grešnik. Sada vidiš koliko je doista važno kloniti se kako malih tako i velikih grijeha.“