TOO MANY OBLIGATIONS
A pastor approached one of the wealthiest members of his congregation about making a pledge to the church. The man informed the pastor that he had many obligations already. He asked if the pastor knew that the man’s father was about to have his farm foreclosed, and that his mother needed surgery. The pastor said that he had not known these things. The wealthy man then asked if the pastor knew that his brother had been badly injured in an automobile accident and needed reconstructive surgery… and that his brother-in-law was going to prison unless he was able to come up with the money to make up a shortage in his accounts by next Tuesday. The embarrassed pastor admitted that he had not know of any of these tragic circumstances in the life of this man. The pastor apologized for taking up the time of this man and started to leave. But the wealthy man was not finished with his tirade…
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