"I will believe it anyway; and when I get to heaven, if it isn't true, I will just tell the Lord I didn't make the mistake—the translators made it."
Use or Lose
An Eastern allegory runs thus: A merchant, going abroad for a time, gave respectively to two of his friends two sacks of wheat each, to take care of against his return. Years passed. When he came back, he applied for them again.
The first took him into a storehouse, and showed him his sacks; but they were mildewed and worthless.
The other led him out into the open country, and pointed to field after field of waving wheat, the produce of the two sacks given him.
Said the merchant: "You have been a faithful friend. Give me two sacks of that wheat; the rest shall be thine."
Let us put to good use the talents God has given us.
The Anchored Boat
I once heard of two men who were under the influence of liquor. They came down at night to where their boat was tied. They wanted to return home, so they got in and began to row. They pulled away hard all night, wondering why they never got to the other side of the bay. When the gray dawn of morning broke, behold! they had never loosed the mooring line or raised the anchor!