Pass The Test

In one of the Peanuts comic strips, Lucy is positioned behind her now famous “Psychiatric Help, Five cents” stand. Charlie Brown arrives for some advice. Charlie says, “My trouble is I never know if I’m doing the right thing. I need to have someone around who can tell me when I’m doing the right thing.”

Lucy says, “Okay Charlie Brown. You are doing the right thing! That’ll be five cents, please!”

Charlie walks away with a self-satisfied look on his face only to reappear in the next frame. “Back already?” Lucy asks. “What happened?” Charlie replies, “I was wrong. It didn’t help. You need more in life than just having someone around to tell you when you’re doing the right thing.”

With her hand out, Lucy replies, “Now you’ve really learned something! That’ll be another five cents, Please!”

In our present-day Society, when it comes to money, we really need Jesus in our lives to tell us when we are doing the right thing. For…