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| "Choose to be His child first, before serving. Then the serving will be from the heart." grimm |
A certain old merchant told me a very interesting story about his son.
He has only one boy, and when he became of age the father called him
into his counting-room and said: "Now, Fritz, you are twenty-one, and I
have made up my mind to take you into the firm with me." Fritz seemed
very much pleased at this announcement. "Yes," said the father, "I have
determined that I will give you outright one-third interest in my entire
business." At this further announcement Fritz beamed with. joy. "But,''
said the father, "if I am to take you into partnership, we must, of
course, have a regular business arrangement, just the same as if we were
not related. I have drawn up a little contract here, in which I have
set the limit of the amount that each one will be permitted to draw from
the business. You will notice that I have placed your limit at two
hundred dollars a month." At this announcement the countenance of young
Fritz fell. He thought it over for a few minutes, and then he said: "
Father, I think I would rather be your son than your partner. You have
never denied me anything in my life that I have asked for. If I wanted a
hundred or a thousand dollars, you have never refused me. Let things go
on just as they are. You shall own it all, and I will be your son." The
old man chuckled a good deal over the shrewdness of the lad. The
Christian's relation to God is like that. Our morality is not a mere
legal thing, but we are his sons; and when we give up our hearts to him
in loving sonship, giving him our service for love's sweet sake, he will
give us a blank check that will more than cover all our needs.
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