Consider This
STICKS AND STONE S BY VANDERBILT BRABSON III, AUTHOR
Pastor and author Chuck Swindoll, once shared a story regarding an incident that happened during the Korean war. This was a war fought between the Republic of Korea (South Korea and supported by the United Nations) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea and supported by China and the Soviet Union). Swindoll communicated that a group of four (4) American GI’s, who were serving in Korea, decided to rent a house in the local village there in South Korea where they were stationed. They also decided to hire for themselves a local house-boy to cook and keep the house clean. Therefore, they hired this one particular houseboy [a South Korean lad] because he appeared to be mild mannered and good spirited. And because these fun-loving
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soldiers believed him to be mild mannered and good spirited, for the next few weeks these soldiers pulled prank after prank on this young Korean lad as he worked in their rented home. For example… 1. One morning as the lad slipped his feet into his sandals, he immediately tumbled over when he attempted to take the first step because these fun-loving soldiers had nailed his shoes to the floor. The lad said nothing to the soldiers about it. He simply removed the nails from his sandals and the floor and went about his daily chores. 2. On another occasion when he went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, he
