{"id":2544,"date":"2011-06-02T14:33:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2011-06-02T14:33:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T18:33:22","slug":"warm-inspirational-message-rags-at-the-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/06\/warm-inspirational-message-rags-at-the-banquet.html","title":{"rendered":"Warm Inspirational Message! RAGS AT THE BANQUET"},"content":{"rendered":"

RAGS AT THE BANQUET<\/strong>
\n–Author Unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Once upon a time, a man lived in the streets, clad only in the dirtiest and\u00a0worst of rags. One day a person from the Palace noticed him, and approached him. \u00a0There was going to be a banquet at the Palace, and he had instructions to come\u00a0and invite people from the highways and byways. Would the man like to come?<\/p>\n

The fellow was indeed interested. However, he could not attend a banquet dressed\u00a0in his rags. The Palace representative assured him they would exchange his rags\u00a0for some suitable finery to wear to the banquet.<\/p>\n

\"\"All was in order. The two arrived at the Palace where they went directly to the\u00a0dressing chambers of the King. Servants took the filthy rags, bundled them in a\u00a0little package, and proceeded to rub, scrub, and clean the man from top to\u00a0bottom.<\/p>\n

He was then allowed to choose his robes from the closets of the King. He was\u00a0told that whatever he picked he would be able to keep, so he carefully examined\u00a0all the many garments in the closet. He chose an exquisite inner garment of\u00a0purest silk, and an outer robe of finest purple satin. He was ready for the\u00a0banquet!<\/p>\n

\"\"As they left the dressing quarters, the man grabbed his old rags. The servants\u00a0told him to just leave them, because he wouldn’t need them anymore. However, he\u00a0insisted on taking the bundle with him. Even though he didn’t need the rags now,\u00a0he felt more secure somehow if he could just hold on to them.<\/p>\n

In the Palace banquet hall, the festivities were about to begin. So many were\u00a0there, including the King himself. The man was seated, looking resplendent in\u00a0his new attire. He hid his bundle of rags on his lap, underneath the tablecloth,\u00a0so no one would see them.<\/p>\n

The banquet was not to be believed! There was music and dancing, and every kind\u00a0of delicacy imaginable. As the trays were passed, the beggar had difficulty\u00a0getting the food onto his plate. He was constantly juggling the package of old\u00a0rags on his lap, balancing it so it wouldn’t fall off. It constantly distracted\u00a0him from what was going on in the grand hall.<\/p>\n

Eventually the evening ended and the great gala event was over. Everyone was\u00a0stuffed to the gills except for the man clinging to his rag bundle. He was as\u00a0hungry as when he had come in. He never had eaten even one morsel of the food. \u00a0He had been too busy fixing and holding on to his old rags.<\/p>\n

\"\"Today, you are all invited God’s great banquet, to leave our old ways and old\u00a0rags, and to say, “Yes!” to Him and to a new and glorious way of living. That is\u00a0good news!<\/p>\n

–as seen at Inspirational Messages<\/address>\n
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\"\"[Excepts from Matthew 22 KJV]
\n<\/strong>The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,\u00a0 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.\u00a0 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.\u00a0 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.\u00a0 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.\u00a0 For many are called, but few are chosen.<\/p>\n

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