Who are you? What are you doing?

February 1, 2009 10:49 PM

Here's a story you might be familiar with.

A pastor was taking a much needed sabbatical in the mountains of Eastern Europe. He was desperate for physical rest, emotional replenishment, spiritual renewal, and vocational recommitment. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?

One morning while taking a walk in the woods a soldier appeared, rifle raised. It seemed that the pastor had crossed over the border into what was then the USSR. The soldier, whose sole assignment was to guard this invisible line between countries, shouted, "Stop! Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Although the pastor heard the question, he didn't respond. So the guard repeated, his voice (like the situation) elevated, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" Instead of answering the soldier's question, the pastor asked one of his own. "How much do you get paid to do what you do?"

And then the pastor made a most unusual offer, "Because I will gladly double your salary if you come back to where I live, stand guard outside my house, and every morning when I step outside my door stop me and ask those same two questions."

Now think about that for a moment. How would you answer the border guard?

Who are you and what are you doing here?


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