This is an old devotional but a great reminder for all of us, and maybe an
inspiration for a teacher or commander of a child who really needs to hear
it. Fred
>HOLDING UP A $20 BILL.
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>IN THE ROOM OF 200, HE ASKED, WHO WOULD LIKE THIS
>$20 BILL? HANDS STARTED GOING UP.
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>HE SAID, I, AM TO GIVE THIS TO ONE OF YOU,
>BUT FIRST, LET ME DO THIS.
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>HE PROCEEDED TO CRUMPLE THE BILL UP. HE THEN ASKED,
>WHO STILL WANTS IT?
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>STILL THE HANDS WERE UP IN THE AIR.
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>WELL, HE REPLIED, WHAT IF I DO THIS? HE DROPPED IT
>ON THE GROUND, AND STARTED TO GRIND IT INTO
>THE FLOOR WITH HIS SHOE. HE PICKED IT UP, NOW
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>CRUMPLED AND DIRTY.
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>NOW, WHO STILL WANTS IT?
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>STILLHANDS WENT INTO THE AIR.
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>MY FRIENDS, YOU ALL HAVE LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE
>LESSON. NO MATTER WHAT I DID TO THE MONEY,
>YOU STILL WANTED IT, BECAUSE, IT DID NOT DECREASE IN
>VALUE. IT WAS STILL WORTH 20 DOLLARS.
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>MANY TIMES IN OUR LIVES, WE ARE DROPPED, CRUMPLED
>AND GROUND INTO THE DIRT BY THE DECISIONS WE MAKE
>AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COME OUR WAY.
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>WE FEEL THAT WE ARE WORTHLESS, BUT, NO MATTER WHAT
>HAS HAPPENED OR WHAT WILL HAPPEN, YOU WILL NEVER
>LOSE YOUR VALUE, DIRTY OR CLEAN, CRUMPLED OR FINELY CREASED, YOU ARE
>STILL PRICELESS TO THOSE WHO LOVE YOU.
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>THE WORTH OF OUR LIVES COME NOT IN WHAT WE DO, OR
>WHO WE KNOW, BUT, BY WHO WE ARE.
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>YOU ARE SPECIAL, DON'T EVER FORGET IT!
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>PASS THIS ON TO THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT, EVEN THE ONE
>WHO SENT IT TO YOU. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THE LIVES
>IT TOUCHES, THE HURTING HEARTS IT SPEAKS TO, OR THE
>HOPE THAT IT CAN BRING.
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>ALWAYS COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR PROBLEMS.
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