The Boy Who Chose Shame
Story★★★★Harvard used to tell of a boy lying in
bed very late in the morning and being
called by his mother. “Aren’t you
ashamed to be lying here so late?” said
the mother, and the boy answered, “Yes,
mother, I am ashamed, but I had rather
be ashamed than get up! \”
The point
A professor recounts a story of a boy who admits shame for lying in bed late but prefers shame over getting up.
Scripture
Proverbs 6:6-11Proverbs 24:30-34
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Sobering · Humorous
To tell aloud
under a minute · 52 words