Faith, hope and love

One day, FAITH, HOPE and LOVE left the world to help the afflicted. Which one would be able to do the best job for the glory of God?

At the roadside of life they’ve found a poor man who suffered from an illness that left him paralyzed from birth; a beggar trying to find a good soul to help him out.

Given that situation, the FAITH took the lead of HOPE and LOVE to settle the case. It said:

- Wait here, I’ll accomplish my work in that miserable life and I’ll take him out of that situation.

FAITH brought to man God's word and so it was reproduced in his heart. Immediately that man rebelled against this situation by using the FAITH which had in his heart to determine his healing and, when he prayed, got cured.

Finally stood up and jumped for joy. There was no need for being further along the road to beg and suffer such pain.

A few hours later, the man had nowhere to go; neither home nor work, to give him position to settle in life.

HOPE immediately felt it was its turn of working. It took him to the mountain and made him see the fertile fields of the earth. Thus, he was changing his heart and the man realized that he could thrive. Driven by the power of HOPE, he set his way. He got a job in a nearby farm, and quickly learned to cultivate the land. Soon he had gathered enough money to buy his own field. With FAITH and HOPE, new strength every day, and in a few years greatly expanded his business. His crops were exported by ship, reaching ports around the world. He had many employees and became the richest man on earth. FAITH and HOPE were satisfied with the wonderful work they had produced in the man’s life. Then they said to LOVE:

- "Don’t mind to accomplish your work. See, that together, we moved through this man's life, making him stronger and prosperous."So, LOVE set out to find someone else who you can help.

The man's empire expanded all over the place, so that the houses were so many that the man himself didn’t know them completely. He traveled the world and there was nothing that surprised him. But as time went by, the man grew bored and sad:

- "I have everything a man could want" he said, "but I still feel empty."

FAITH and HOPE gather to see what they could do to make him as strong as before.

He now didn’t need the miracle of healing or Hope to believe in the success of his future, because he was very rich.

Then the two ran in search of LOVE to help him.

LOVE returned with them and accomplished its work in the heart of the man. When he felt LOVE, he began to understand God and his finest work; there came the need to helping others with the same problems as his.

FAITH and HOPE understood that although their work has been of extraordinary magnitude ... over time, without LOVE, lost all sense.

FAITH is the basis ...HOPE remains ...but LOVE Never ends!