Wednesday, May 19, 2010

One line

There's a story about a young man taking a religious studies exam at Cambridge University nearly two centuries ago. He and his fellow classmates had been asked to write about the spiritual significance of the miracle of Jesus turning the water into wine. For two hours, all the other students busily filled page after page with their thoughts. The young man, however, just gazed out of the classroom window. Near the end of the period, the proctor came over to him and insisted that he start writing or fail the exam. The young man, who happened to be Lord Byron, took up his pen and wrote only one line: "The water met its master and blushed."

3 comments:

  1. I hadn't ever heard this, but I love it.

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  2. I'll remember this one when I'm rushing around trying to impress with my extra effort. "One thing is needful," as Jesus said. I think recognizing HIM is that thing.

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