Hello ,
What's the most outrageous thing you would do for
$10,000 cash? That's the question posed recently by Chicago radio station WKOX, which attracted responses from more than 6,000 full-tilt crazies.
The eventual winner: Jay Gwaltney of Zionsville, Indiana, who consumed an 11-foot birch sapling -- leaves, roots, bark and all. For the event, he donned a tux and dined at a table set elegantly
with china, sterling, candles and a rose vase. Armed with pruning sheers, the Indiana State University sophomore began chomping from the top of the tree and worked his way, branch by branch, to the roots. His only condiment: French dressing for the massive birch-leaf salad. The culinary feat took 18 hours over a period of three days.
The scriptures tell us that the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Read about it:
Eating a birch tree for money is pretty outrageous, but I don't believe it's any more ridiculous than what some people do for money. How many families have been broken apart by the love of money? How many people who claim to really love someone have seen that love grow cold because of something that happened financially between them? Only eternity will be able to give
us the answer to that, but it's clear that the love of money can bring out the worst in some people.
Our focus on what is important will keep us from loving the wrong things. Money is a tool. That's all it is. Just like a hammer, money can be used to do good or evil. Let's ask God to help us to keep a proper focus
today.
Have a great day and God bless!
Pastor Mike / The Open Word
