Divine Lessons

Stories tagged Divine Lessons:

• How the Peacock Got His Beautiful Tail Aug 22, 2025

  

  Come close, children of the village, and let the firelight warm your faces as I share a tale of beauty, pride, and the wisdom of the ancestors. Tonight we speak of Ɔkɔkɔmmɔtwe, the peacock, and how he came to wear the most magnificent tail feathers in all of creation. But listen carefully, for this story carries within it a lesson as precious as gold, as lasting as the baobab tree.

• The Story of the Rice Grains Aug 2, 2025

  

  In the earliest days of the world, when humans first learned to till the soil and grow their food, the Jade Emperor in Heaven looked down upon them with great compassion. He saw how hard they worked under the burning sun, how they struggled to feed their families, and how often they went hungry when crops failed or natural disasters struck their lands.

  Moved by their suffering, the Jade Emperor decided to bestow upon humanity a precious gift that would ensure they would never go hungry again. He created rice – a miraculous grain that would grow abundantly in the wet fields of the tropical lands, providing nutritious and filling food for all people.