The beggar and the Old Lady - A sharing from a sermon
 

There was once a beggar who had only one arm. He went around begging asking people to take pity on him. One day, he came to an old lady house.

"Ah soh, have pity on me and give me a few dollars for my dinner."


The old lady looked at the one arm sword man beggar and said  "okay, why don't you help me to carry some of this bricks to inside my house first."


The beggar got angry and answered "Ah soh, you don't have to insult me. You know I have only one hand and you ask me to carry bricks."


The old lady did not bother to answer and instead picked up one brick with one hand and walked inside the house. After a second she came out again and saw the beggar was still there.


"If I can take one brick with one hand, why can't you?. I will pay you
if you agree to help me."


The beggar was indigent and  speechless and he help the old lady to carry the bricks one at a time to inside the house. After two hours of hard work, it was all finished and the old lady paid him twenty dollars for his labour. Before he left she also gave him a towel to rub his sweat.


"I give this towel to you and next time whenever you use it, remember always even you are handicap you are not useless."

God give us different gifts. We may think we don't have a good voice to sing and praise God in church but we are not useless.