101  STORIES FOR YOU AND ME

By

J.P.VASWANI

Gita Publishing House, 10, Sadhu Vaswani Path, Pune, (India)

Don't Throw Me On The Scrap-Heap

A Blacksmith, who deeply loved God had to face many suffering and sickness. One of his acquaintances was an unbeliever. He said to him, one day:-"How can you lay your trust in God who sends sufferings and sickness to you?"

Quietly answered the blacksmith:- When I have to make a tool, I take a piece of iron and put it in to fire. Then I strike it on the anvil to see if it will take temper. If it does, I know I can make something useful out of it. If not, I toss it on the scrap heap. This made me  pray to the Lord again and again :-" Lord!  put me in to the fire of suffering but, pray, do not throw me  on the scrap heap."