barring the way into Paradise .....

from Free Believers Network on facebook

A very large group of people is standing in the middle of the road, 

barring the way into Paradise.

The puritan asks: 

"What are these sinners doing here?"

The moralist bawls: 

"The prostitute wants to join the feast!"

The guardian of social values yells: 

"How can the adulteress be forgiven when she has sinned?"

The penitent rends his clothes: 

"Why cure a blind man if all he cares about is his illness 
and he doesn’t even say thank you?"

The ascetic protests: 

You let that woman pour expensive oil on your hair! 
Why didn't she sell it instead to buy food?"


Smiling, Jesus holds the door open. 

And the Warriors of the Light go in, 

despite the hysterical shouting.

~ Paulo Coelho

Cartoon by nakedpastor, David Hayward