Never Blame God or Fate for Your Mistakes – A Moral Story

Introduction

Sometimes people will use clever words to excuse what they do, but wisdom is the guide to knowing right from wrong. An inspiring moral story that proves that it is possible for a gardener to give a stranger a valuable lesson about responsibility, honesty and respecting others through his own logic.

A Beautiful Garden and a Hardworking Gardener

Long, long ago there was a good man who had a large and beautiful garden. He had planted a lot of fruit trees in his garden and has been very careful about them and had been looking after them for a whole year. The trees yielded tasty fruits after months of being patient and working hard.

He was looking forward to picking the fruits and selling them for his family's income.

An Unexpected Stranger

One morning, the gardener was in his garden with his son and they picked the ripe fruits. As he was working he saw a man sitting on the branch of one of his trees taking the fruit and eating it without permission.

The gardener was angry.

"Hey! What's being done to my tree? Know ye these fruits are mine? How did you dare take them without asking?" he shouted.

But the stranger just turned his gaze to him and went on picking the fruits.

A Strange Excuse

The gardener was even more angry and shouted, "I have spent a whole year on the cultivation of these trees; you have no right to take their fruits without my permission. Come down immediately!"

The stranger calmly replied,

"Why should I come down? This garden is God's and I am His servant. You may not interfere with God's work, or His servant.

The gardener was taken aback at this peculiar argument. With a moment's thought, he determined to teach the stranger a lesson in his own words.

The Gardener's Clever Plan

The gardener told his son to go and get him a rope.

His son quickly brought the rope. The gardener told him to tie the stranger safely to the tree.

The gardener bound him up and took a stick and started beating him.

The other man yelled in agony.

"Why are you beating me? You shall not inflict harm on an innocent person!

But, the gardener went on without stopping.

The Stranger learns a lesson.

The other man screamed, "But have you not been seized by fear of God? You are causing him pain!You are injuring His servant!

The gardener coolly answered,

"Why should I fear? I am also God's servant and this is a stick which came from God's creation. Why shouldn't I use what God has given me if I know that everything belongs to God?"

The other man was amazed at the gardener's response. He now realized that the old excuse was of no use to him.

Accepting the Mistake

The stranger immediately desisted from his contention, and he pleaded.

Please don't beat me again, I am sorry for taking your fruits without permission, this is your garden and I should have asked before taking on anything please set me free and forgive me.

When the gardener heard that the stranger accepted him, he was pleased and smiled.

 A lesson of life is valuable.

The gardener untied the stranger and said,

I forgive you because you have understood your mistake, but remember God has given every man, woman and child the power to think and to make decisions, and we must take responsibility for our decisions; we should never use God, or fate, as an excuse for our wrong actions.

The gardener replied, "Thank you, stranger, and you will know how to be a good steward of God's resources forever.

Moral of the Story

Each one of us has our own responsibility for our own actions. Don't let God, fate, or circumstances get in the way of your mistakes. The beginning of wisdom is to take responsibility for what we do.

Life Lesson

• Respect others work and property.

• Don't make excuses for bad behavior.

• Consider before you act.

• Take responsibility for any errors and move on!

• Be responsible for personal choices.