HOE, HOE, HOE FOR DOUGH
A homeless man approached a deacon of a church and asked, “Could you spare a few dollars? I’m hungry and need to buy food for my family.” The deacon thought for a moment and said, “I have a patch of weeds in back of the church and a couple of hoes. I will pay you enough to feed your family if you clean out these weeds.” The deacon returned to his office, but no sooner than he had returned a second homeless man approached him and asked for money. The deacon told the man that if he would go out and help the other man he would give him money as well. The deacon took the man out to the weed patch and found that the first man had already left. The deacon left the second man to hoe the weeds. Once again the deacon returned to his office. No sooner had he returned to his office, that he…
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