Where Is God?

Where Is God? 

In a certain home town there lived a cobbler, Martin
Avdeitch by name. He lived in a small basement room
whose one window looked out onto the street, and all he
could see were the feet of people passing by. But since
there was hardly a pair of boots that had not been in
his hands at one time for repair, Martin recognized
each person by his shoes. Day after day, he would work
in his shop, watching boots pass by. One day he found
himself consumed with the hope of a dream that he would
find the Lord's feet outside his window. Instead, he
found a lingering pair of worn boots belonging to an
old soldier. Though at first disappointed, Martin
realized the old man might be hungry and invited him
inside to a warm fire and some tea. He had other
visitors that evening, and though sadly none were
Christ, he let them in also. 

Sitting down at the end of day, Martin heard a voice
whisper his name as he read the words: "I was hungry
and you gave me meat; I was thirsty and you gave me
drink; I was a stranger and you took me in. Inasmuch as
you did for the least of these, you did unto me."1

1. Story told in Leo Tolstoy's, 
"Walk in the Light While There Is Light and
Twenty-three Tales" 
(Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003).