A man beats his 6-year old daughter until she loses her right eye. After recovering, the girl thanks her father for having spared her left eye. ‘He blessed me with my left eye vision,’ the girl exclaimed happily.
This spring the Red River flooded half a town. On Sunday the river crested and began to subside. The townsfolk gathered at church to thank God for having spared the other half of the town. ‘The Lord blessed us,’ the parishioners exclaimed happily.
Weeks ago, a pastor in Haiti lost his son in the chaos of the earthquake. He later found his son’s remains buried in the rubble of the boy’s school. The pastor thanked God for having returned the boy’s corpse. ‘God blessed me,’ the man exclaimed happily.
The dictator sent half his populace into forced-labor camps, and when they grew too weak from starvation to be much use, he had them all killed. The remaining populace gathered in the capital square and thanked the dictator for sparing them. ‘He blessed us with continued life,’ the crowds exclaimed happily.
Is there a difference? What is the difference?
— asotir
