The Broken and Rusty Bell

The Broken and Rusty Bell

I will tell you of a story, of a broken and rusty bell.  Once there was an old church with a tower.  And in that tower, there is an old and rusty bell.  It was a long time that worship was celebrated in this old church.  And ever since, no one would enter this old and dusty church.

 This old and empty church caught the attention of the Lord.  Forever since there was no worship, nor sermons done, the people in the land lived a sinful life.  So the lord in his goodness went down to this old empty church.  He wanted to save the souls in the land and be given a chance.  He opened the door, and he cleansed the pew.  He decorated the old and frail altar.  He lighted the candles, he prepared bread and wine.  Then, he said to himself it is now the time to call the people in the land. 

He went into the tower, which holds the broken and rusty bell.   Then he said.  I will sound you to call the people in the land to repentance.  I will use you to call them, to come back home to me.  But the Bell replied:  But,  Master who will listen to such an old and rusty bell. Who will come to you to this house, to worship you and to repent from their own sinful ways?  I am nothing but an old and rusty bell, and people may not listen, because my sound is ugly, and my vibration is frail.  Then the Lord said,  I will use all the things of the world whenever I want to, even if they are old or new, even if they are ugly or pretty, even if they are sinful or holy.  So the Bell said, your will be done oh, Master.

 Then the Lord take hold of the rope, and sounded the chime.  An hour passed, and two people came.  Another hour passed, and five families came.  And  an hour passed, one person came.  Then the Lord went down to the tower, and the people were astonished for it was the Lord.  They all came near to him and asked for his mercy, they all plead and cried for pardon.  Then the Lord said, you are all forgiven, but where are the other hundreds of family, and the youth of weary?  Then the people said, they did not heed the sound of the old and rusty bell my Lord. 

So, the Lord closed the doors, and raised his hand.  Fire and brimstones rained down to the land.  All the unrepentant man and women in the land perished.  And only the few people who came to the church was saved from the chastisement of the Lord.

It is sometimes that the lord use frail spirit to call back man to repentance.  But sometimes we do not hid his call because we judge this frail spirits by their appearance or by their past.  The Lord makes use of everything he wills to use.  And by faith we must see, hear, and f eel him through the others, whatever, and whoever they might be.