You may have heard this mashul before, but, it keeps me going when times are so tough!
A man leased a farm from boris, who was a very kind landowner, and every time this man wasn’t able to pay that month’s rent, Boris excused him and let him lease on credit.
Once, Boris went away and let his son Nikolai in charge of the lease. And unfortunately there was no rain that month and the man didn’t have enough to pay up. Nikolai was furious and beat him 5 times.
When Boris came back and heard what his son had done, he called the man over to his house.
Quite scared, the man went and knocked timidly on the door of Borris’ statelt mansion.
WHen he came in, Boris greeted him warmly and asked him how things have been. Then he commanded his servants to bring five big bags. He then gave the bags to the man and told him to fill them from his treasury one bag for each slap he received.
As soon as he heard boris’ words, the tenant burst out crying.
shocked, boris asked him why?
the answer he gave was “had i known how good this beating was for me, I wouldve asked him to beat me more!”
That’s us…
Every time we get a beating, oh yeah, it’s hard and sometimes almost insurmountable, But, when we come up there, we may just cry when we see how worth it these pains were…..
Hatzlacha, and stay strong!
If he gave these tests to you, He knows that you can ace them!
Give them your all!