The Prince, The Frog, And The Nightingale

Friday, January 10, 2025

Once upon a time, there lived a frog, a nightingale, and a prince. The nightingale used to sing the most beautiful of songs with the most beautiful of voices. Whenever the nightingale started to sing, the frog would begin to croak. So when the frog croaked, the nightingale would stop singing. One night, the prince was walking by and stopped hoping to hear the nightingale sing its beautiful song, but there was no singing. The only thing he could hear was the croaking of the frog in the distance. "Aren't you going to sing?" asked the prince. "How can I sing when all day long that stupid bullfrog makes those horrible noises? It's obnoxious! It's horrible, don't you hear it?" said the nightingale. "Yes" said the prince. "But I wouldn't hear it if you would stop complaining and start singing." Let the one who has ears to hear, hear. You don't have to deal with that bullfrog. You could be singing. Start singing to the glory of God. Praise the Lord, and the croaking will disappear.

From Message #522 - Drowning out Haman