Having been several times to Nairobi in Kenya and knowing the city quite well, this story came to me and I was very attracted to it. Is it just a story? Is it just a myth or a legend or just a rumor?
Being aware of the city and the commercial area, as well as the slums and the areas in between, I thought that this incident had a tone of truth. If it wasn’t entirely true, then the parabolic lesson is certainly true and there is no question about it.
A man went to a hairdresser to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
When the barber started working, they struck up a good conversation and talked about so many different things and topics. Doesn’t this happen often?
When they finally brought up the subject of God, the barber said, “I don’t believe that God exists.”
“Why do you say he asked the client?”
The barber said, “Well, you just have to go outside to realize that God does not exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be so many abandoned children? There would be neither suffering nor pain. I cannot imagine a loving God who allows all these things. ”
The customer thought for a moment. She looked around the salon and it was very crowded, but she didn’t answer because she didn’t want to start an argument.
The barber finished his work and the customer left the store.
Just after leaving the salon, he saw a man on the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. It looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned and went back into the salon and said to the barber, “You know what? Barbers don’t exist.”
“How can you say that?” asked the surprised barber. “I’m here, I’m a barber and I just worked with you!”
“No!” exclaimed the customer. “Barbers don’t exist because if they did exist, there wouldn’t be people with long, dirty hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.”
The barber said, “Ah, but barbers exist. The thing is, people don’t come to me.” “Exactly” stated the client.
“That’s the point. God also exists, but what happens is that people don’t go to Him, and people don’t seek Him, and people won’t come to Him. God exists.”
Is this just a parable, a legend, a rumor, or a story? If so, your lesson is certainly true!