HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?

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As a pilot, I took up many people for their first flight, so the following story got my attention.

A husband and wife were at a country fair where a pilot was giving rides in an old, open cockpit bi-plane. He was charging $10 per person. $20 seemed a little steep so a man and his wife got busy trying to negotiate an improvement in pricing.

“How about $10 for the both of us if we squeeze together in that tiny cockpit behind you? This way you’ll only have to make one flight.”

The pilot paused a moment and then made a counter offer, “I’ll tell you what. I’ll still charge you $20, but if you don’t say one word during the flight, I’ll give you your money back.”

They readily agreed, and during the flight the pilot put the plane through its paces. Loops and power stalls and spins. Even flying upside down. During the entire time he never heard a sound, so when they finally landed he was more than ready to keep his part of the bargain. As they were taxing in he shouted back to the husband, “Congratulations, you’ll get your $20 back, you didn’t say a word.”

To which the man replied, “Yep, you’re right. But you almost got me when my wife fell out.”
What we do or don’t do, say or don’t say really does come down to what our value system is, doesn’t it?

We’ll call her Janet. “Pastor,” she said as she stood in the church parlor, almost pouting, “We want to go on the church retreat this weekend, but we can’t. $25.00 is more than we can afford. We’re not poor, but neither are we rich. We can’t afford it.” And then just for emphasis, she repeated herself, “We just can’t afford it.”

“No problem,” said the pastor, “we’ll forget the $25.00. You and your family feel free to attend at absolutely no cost.”

Later that day, as destiny is sometimes served, as the pastor walked through the door of the local convenience store to pay for his gas he saw Janet putting down $25.00 for a handful of lottery tickets.

What we do or don’t do, say or don’t say really does come down to what our value system is, doesn’t it?

Jesus said, "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life" (Rev 2:10).

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