Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

This reminds me of the old story of the monks who were conductingan all-night holy vigil:In the morning, as the old abbot walked down the aisle,one young monk came up to him and said, “Father, Ialone have kept the holy vigil, while these, my brethren,have been engaged in irreligious slumber.”The old man looked at him and said, “Son, it wouldhave been better for thee to be engaged in irreligiousslumber than to remain awake to criticize thy brethren.”I believe God is dealing with us these days, making a sharp divisionbetween pride and sin, between cause and effect. For thefailure and the sin, the Blood of Jesus cleanses. But for the pride,which produces the sin, God resists. The only answer is that Imust humble myself under the mighty hand of God. Get rid ofthe spider and that will get rid of the web.“OK…” “Hallelujah…” and “Coke!”While in Ti Chung, I visited missionaries who were quite poor.We had only bread and jam to eat, and then jam and bread, andthen bread and jam again, and maybe a little rice, and jam andbread.“Don’t worry,” I told them. “I don’t drink tea. A glass of waterwill do.”“Oh, you can’t drink the water!” they exclaimed. “The water ispolluted so we must boil it before we can drink it.”This was a problem because, without refrigeration, the boiledwater stayed warm and tasted sickly in that heat. I didn’t want toupset them, but I didn’t know what to do. I walked up the laneinto the village where I saw the magic word: “Coke.”Entering a shop, I offered the clerk money, telling him, “Coke,”and for the remainder of the week, I lived off Coke. In my travelsaround the world, I learned there are three universally understoodwords: “OK”, “Hallelujah” and,… “Coke”!201