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A man came home from work
late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him
at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
"Yeah, sure, what is it ?" replied the man.
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
"That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" the
man said angrily.
"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
pleaded the little boy.
"If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, "Daddy,
may I borrow $9.00 please?"
The father was furious. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much
money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some
other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to
bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours
everyday and don't have time for such childish games."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat
down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money.
After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he
may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he
really needed to buy with that $9.00 and he really didn't ask for
money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room
and opened the door.
"Are you asleep son?" he asked.
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the
man. "It's been long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's
that $9.00 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled
up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started
to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.
"Why did you want more money if you already had some?" the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy
replied. "Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"
Ever wonder what God would have to do to get an hour of your time?
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