MESSIAH IS ONE OF YOU

Once a place of worship had fallen upon hard times. Only five members were left: the priest and four others, all over 60 years old.

In the mountains near the place of worship there lived an old cleric. It occurred to the priest to ask the old cleric if he could offer any advice that might save the place of worship. The chief priest and the cleric spoke at length, but when asked for advice, the cleric simply responded by saying, "I have no advice to give. The only thing I can tell you is that the Messiah is one of you."

The priest, returning to the place of worship, told the members what the cleric had said. In the months that followed, the old members pondered the words of the cleric. "The Messiah is one of us?" they each asked themselves. As they thought about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with extraordinary respect on the off chance that that one among them might be the Messiah. And on the off, off chance that each member himself might be the Messiah, they also began to treat themselves with extraordinary care.

As time went by, people visiting the place of worship noticed the aura of respect and gentle kindness that surrounded the five old members of the place of worship place. Hardly knowing why, more people began to come back to the place of worship. They began to bring their friends, and their friends brought more friends. Within a few years, the small place of worship had once again become a thriving , thanks to the Cleric's gift.