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| "Make it wane! Make it wane!" |
There were two brothers born into a very wealthy family.
This family was so wealthy, in fact, that the head of the family established
two trust funds, naming both of the brothers as beneficiaries. These trust
funds would grant each brother with $1,000,000,000. The terms of these trust
funds, however, did not allow access to these accounts until the brothers had reached
their 50th year.
At the age of 18, each brother was made aware of the fortune
that awaited him in the future. The one brother, no longer seeing the point in
working for any wealth that would quickly be made obsolete by his 50th
birthday, began to squander the resources he had. As time wore on and his
resources waned to nothing, he began to borrow much and take out many loans
knowing that one day he might pay them off.
The other brother, seeing the wastefulness of depending
solely on a fortune that would take 32 years to arrive, began to work and build
his own fortune. With the confidence given by the promise of future wealth,
this brother was willing to take risks in investments and generosity that
helped make his future of wealth and prosperity into a present reality.
So it is with the Kingdom of God.
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| hmmm... |
