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Do You Want a Donut?



 

Steve was attending a class at Seminary in Utah,
which was being taught by Brother Christianson.
Brother Christianson had an open-door policy
and would take in any student that had been thrown
out of another class as long as they would abide by his rules.

Steve had been kicked out of his sixth period
and no other teacher wanted him,
so he went into Bro. Christianson's Seminary class.
Steve was told that he couldn't be late,
so he would come in just seconds before the bell rang
and he would sit in the very back of the room.
He would also be the first to leave after the class was over.

One day, Bro. Christianson asked Steve to stay after class
so he could talk with him.
After class, Bro. Christianson pulled Steve aside and said,
"You think you're pretty tough, don't you?"

Steve's answer was, "Yeah, I do."

Then Bro. Christianson asked, "How many push-ups can you do?"

Steve said, "I do about 200 every night."

"200? That's pretty good, Steve.
Do you think you could do 300?" Bro. Christianson said.

Steve replied, "I don't know...I've never done 300 at a time."

"Do you think you could?" again asked Bro. Christianson.

"Well, I can try," said Steve.

"Can you do 300 pushups if you did 10 at a time?
I need you to do 300 in sets of ten for this to work.
Can you do it?
I need you to tell me you can do it." Bro. Christianson said.

Steve said, "Well...I think I can...yeah, I can do it."

Bro. Christianson said, "Good! I need you to do this on Friday."

Friday came and Steve got to class early and sat in the front of the room. When class started,
Bro. Christianson pulled out a couple of boxes of donuts.
Now these weren't the normal kinds of donuts.
They were the extra fancy BIG kind,
with cream centers and frosting swirls.
Everyone was pretty excited - it was Friday,
the last class of the day,
and they were going to get an extra early start on the weekend.

Bro. Christianson went to the first girl in the first row and asked,
"Cynthia, do you want a donut?"

Cynthia said, "Yes."

"Well, there is a price for your donut," Bro. Christianson said.
He then turned to Steve and asked,
"Steve, would you do ten push-ups so that Cynthia can have a donut?"

Steve said, "Sure," and jumped down from his desk to do a quick ten.
Then Steve again sat back in his desk.


Bro. Christianson put a donut on Cynthia's desk.
Bro. Christianson then went to Joe, the next person,
and asked, "Joe, do you want a donut?"

Joe said, "Yes."

Bro. Christianson asked,
"Steve would you do ten push-ups so Joe can have a donut?"
Steve did ten push-ups, Joe got a donut.
And so it went, down the first aisle.
Steve did ten pushups for every person before they got their donut.

And down the second aisle, till Bro. Christianson came to Scott.
Scott was captain of the football team and center of the basketball team.
He was very popular and never lacking for female companionship.
When Bro. Christianson asked, "Scott do you want a donut?"


Scott's reply was, "Well, can I do my own pushups?"

Bro. Christianson said, "No, Steve is the one who wants to do them."

Then Scott said, "Well, I don't want one then."

Bro. Christianson then turned to Steve and asked,
"Steve, would you do ten pushups
so Scott can have a donut he doesn't want?"
Steve started to do ten pushups.

Scott said, "HEY! I said I didn't want one!"

Bro. Christianson said,
"Look, this is my classroom, my class, my desks, and my donuts.
Just leave it on the desk if you don't want it",
and he put a donut on Scott's desk.

Now by this time, Steve had begun to slow down a little.
He just stayed on the floor between sets because it took too much effort
to be getting up and down,
and a little perspiration appeared around his brow.

Bro. Christianson started down the third row.
By now, the students were beginning to get a little angry.
Bro. Christianson asked Jenny, "Jenny, do you want a donut?"

Jenny said, "No".


Then Bro. Christianson asked Steve,
"Steve, would you do ten pushups
so Jenny can have a donut that she doesn't want?"
Steve did ten, Jenny got a donut.

By now, the students were beginning to say "No"
and there were all these uneaten donuts on the desks.
Steve also had to really put forth a lot of effort
to get these pushups done for each donut.
There began to be a small pool of sweat on the floor beneath his face,
and his arms and brow were beginning to get red
because of the physical effort involved.

Bro. Christianson asked Robert to watch Steve to make sure
he did ten pushups in a set because he couldn't bear to watch
all of Steve's work for all of those uneaten donuts.
Robert began to watch Steve closely.

Bro. Christianson started down the fourth row.
During his class, however, some students had wandered in
and sat along the heaters along the sides of the room.
When Bro. Christianson realized this; he did a quick count
and saw that there were now 34 students in the room.
He started to worry if Steve would be able to make it.

Bro.Christianson went on to the next person and the next and the next.
Near the end of that row,
Steve was really having a rough time.
He was taking a lot more time to complete each set.

Steve asked Bro. Christianson,
"Do I have to make my nose touch on each one?"

Bro. Christianson thought for a moment,
"Well, they're your pushups. You can do them any way that you want."
And Bro. Christianson went on.
A few moments later, Jason came to the room
and was about to come in when all the students yelled, "NO! Don't come in! Stay out!" Jason didn't know what was going on.

Steve picked up his head and said, "No, let him come in."

Bro. Christianson said,
"You realize that if Jason comes in you will have to do ten pushups for him."



Steve said, "Yes, let him come in."

Bro. Christianson said,
"Okay, I'll let you get Jason's out of the way right now.
Jason, do you want a donut?"

"Yes."

"Steve, will you do ten pushups so that Jason can have a donut?"
Steve did ten pushups very slowly and with great effort.
Jason, bewildered, was handed a donut and sat down.

Bro. Christianson finished the fourth row,
and then started on those seated on the heaters.
Steve's arms were now shaking with each pushup
in a struggle to lift himself against the force of gravity.
Sweat was dropping off of his face and, by this time,
there was not a dry eye in the room.

The very last two girls in the room were cheerleaders and very popular. Bro. Christianson went to Linda,
the second to last, and asked, "Linda, do you want a donut?"

Linda, too choked up to talk, just shook her head.

Bro. Christianson asked Steve,
"Steve, would you do ten pushups
so that Linda can have a donut she doesn't want?"
Grunting from the effort, Steve did ten very slow pushups for Linda.

Then Bro. Christianson turned to the last girl, Susan.
"Susan, do you want a donut?"

Susan, with tears flowing down her face, asked,
"Bro. Christianson, can I help him?"

Bro. Christianson, with tears of his own, said,
"No, he has to do it alone."


"Steve, would you do ten pushups so Susan can have a donut?"

As Steve very slowly finished his last pushup,
with the understanding that he had accomplished all
that was required of him, having done 350 pushups,
his arms buckled beneath him and he fell to the floor.

Bro. Christianson then said,
"And so it was, that our Savior, Jesus Christ, pleaded to the Father,
"Into thy hands I commend my spirit",
and with the understanding that He had paid the price,
he had done everything that was required of Him in this world
for you and I,
collapsed on the cross and died - even for those who do not want His gift."

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