Contentment for 2006
I have'nt posted in a while. Have been super busy lately. I got this from Max Lucado via e-mail. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. As a banker, it made me think.............--Bro. Chris
CONTENTMENT - - -
by Max Lucado
A businessman bought popcorn from an old street vendor each day after
lunch. He once arrived to find the peddler closing up his stand at
noon. “Is something wrong?” he asked.
A smile wrinkled the seller’s leathery face. “By no means. All is
well.”
“Then why are you closing your popcorn stand?”
“So I can go to my house, sit on my porch, and sip tea with my wife.”
The man of commerce objected. “But the day is still young. You can
still sell.”
“No need to,” the stand owner replied. “I’ve made enough money for
today.”
“Enough? Absurd. You should keep working.”
The spry old man stopped and stared at his well-dressed visitor.
“And why should I keep working?”
“To sell more popcorn.”
“And why sell more popcorn?”
“Because the more popcorn you sell, the more money you make. The
more money you make, the richer you are. The richer you are, the
more popcorn stands you can buy. The more popcorn stands you buy,
the more peddlers sell your product, and the richer you become. And
when you have enough, you can stop working, sell your popcorn stands,
stay home, and sit on the porch with your wife and drink tea.”
The popcorn man smiled. “I can do that today. I guess I have enough.”
I’m rich enough-a phrase on the verge of extinction. Wise was the
one who wrote, “Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever
loves wealth is never satisfied with his income” (Eccles. 5:10 NIV).
CONTENTMENT - - -
by Max Lucado
A businessman bought popcorn from an old street vendor each day after
lunch. He once arrived to find the peddler closing up his stand at
noon. “Is something wrong?” he asked.
A smile wrinkled the seller’s leathery face. “By no means. All is
well.”
“Then why are you closing your popcorn stand?”
“So I can go to my house, sit on my porch, and sip tea with my wife.”
The man of commerce objected. “But the day is still young. You can
still sell.”
“No need to,” the stand owner replied. “I’ve made enough money for
today.”
“Enough? Absurd. You should keep working.”
The spry old man stopped and stared at his well-dressed visitor.
“And why should I keep working?”
“To sell more popcorn.”
“And why sell more popcorn?”
“Because the more popcorn you sell, the more money you make. The
more money you make, the richer you are. The richer you are, the
more popcorn stands you can buy. The more popcorn stands you buy,
the more peddlers sell your product, and the richer you become. And
when you have enough, you can stop working, sell your popcorn stands,
stay home, and sit on the porch with your wife and drink tea.”
The popcorn man smiled. “I can do that today. I guess I have enough.”
I’m rich enough-a phrase on the verge of extinction. Wise was the
one who wrote, “Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever
loves wealth is never satisfied with his income” (Eccles. 5:10 NIV).