This really hit me and I pass it on to you..............

A simply dressed lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, who was

dressed in a tattered old suit, entered the secretary's office of the

President or Harvard University. The secretary looked with disdain at

the older couple and told them that the President was busy.

The couple insisted to see the President. They were continually put off

until the secretary gave in and told the President that this couple was

there to see them and if he would give them a few moments, they might

leave.

The President peeked out of the door, saw the shabbily dressed couple

but told them to come in for a few minutes.

The President was "stern faced" and it was obvious he was "too busy" and

too "important" to spend any time with this shabbily dressed couple.

The lady spoke first. "We had a son who attended this university but he

was killed in an accident and we'd like to erect a memorial his honor.

The President looked at the couple in disbelief. "Well", he said, "we

cannot erect a statue"........ "No", the bereaved mother said, "We'd

like to erect a building in his name". The President replied "That would

cost at least half a million"......The wife look at her husband, "Is

that all it would cost?"

The President looked at the couple and smiled within himself. "They

couldn't buy a ticket out of town on the nearest bus".....he mused.

For a moment, the lady was silent. The President of the great

University thought he finally would get rid of this couple who would

bring embarrassment on his university.

Eventually the couple got up and walked out of the plush office. Mr. and

Mrs. Leland Stanford traveled to Palo Alto, CA, where they established

the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard

no longer cared about.

In our travels and among the influence of churches we have visited, we

find a similar situation where people are judged by the clothes they

wear, the shade (or lack there-of) of skin color, language or ethnic

identity or lack of influence and money. It's easy to judge the

character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them

or to them.

"The world will know you are My disciples in you have love for one

another"___Y'Shua

.........from Malcolm Forbes