A group of wealthy merchants went into an inn located near the crossroads. They asked the innkeeper to serve them food and drink, and knowing that his guests had the ability to pay, he hastened to set the table for them.
“What would you like to eat?” asked the innkeeper.
One of them answered, “I would like a good, thick meat broth.” “I would like to eat fresh fish,” said another.
One by one, the merchants proceeded to order tasty delicacies, each one requesting the dish that he craved.
A weak voice was suddenly heard coming from one corner of the inn, “Please serve me bread, for I am starving!”
The guest who had made the request was a beggar who had happened to enter the inn at the same time.
The innkeeper left the group of merchants and quickly placed bread before the beggar.
“Should this beggar be served before us?” asked the merchants. “Why, we are ordering a massive feast, yet you prefer to serve him first?”
“You,” responded the innkeeper, “are ordering delicacies for yourselves. This beggar, is asking for bread in order to survive. Who knows how long it has been since he has last had something to eat.”
There are times when individuals who pursue their cravings and desires stand in prayer and make various requests in order to increase their assets and prestige in the eyes of the world.
Then there is the individual who tearfully requests bread for his young children.
The Holy One, blessed be He will most certainly give his prayer preference and answer it immediately, for the man is pleading for his life and the lives of his children!
May all your tales end with Shalom (peace)
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