Orthodox Parables and Stories: God hears our Prayers!

Once, a poor woman passed by a vineyard, which was full of delicious and ripe grapes. It was midsummer, so she stopped in front of the vineyard and as she was thirsty, she pondered:

"If only I had a bunch of these juicy grapes..."

At that moment, the owner of the vineyard appears on the street.

He greeted her and said:

"What are you looking at, my dear? Would you like a bunch of grapes?"

"Of course, I would!" she replied, "but I can't take."

"Don't worry," the landlord tells her. "I am the master of the vineyard and I will give you, wait for me."

He then enters the vineyard and gets lost in the tufted vines. She waited anxiously, but when she saw that the winegrower was late, she thought that he forgot about it and so she moved away from that place. After a while, the winegrower appears and finds that the woman was gone. But he saw her at the far end of the road, far away, and called for her to come back.

As soon as the woman returned, the winegrower told her:

"I'm sorry I'm late. But why did you leave? I was a little late because I wanted to choose the best bunches! Here, I brought you a full basket!"!

And he gave her the basket. The woman was ashamed, put her head down, took the basket, thanked the good winegrower and left!

This story hides a great lesson for everyone. Many times we ask in our prayer for something, but we do not get an immediate answer. Then, we believe that God does not care about us. Sometimes, after a while, and when, of course, it is for our good that we ask, the answer comes from the Lord and indeed rich and blessed, as much as we could not have expected it!