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Orchard Baptist Gathering - In Memory of Mike Mims => Devotionals by Mike Mims => Topic started by: Bulldogmikey on July 08, 2010, 07:30:13 AM
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Proverbs 22:1 "A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold." (NIV)
At the close of the Civil War a representative of an insurance company offered Robert E. Lee the presidency of the firm at a salary of $50,000 a year. Lee replied that while he wished to earn his living he doubted whether his services would be worth so large a sum. "We don't want your services," the man interrupted; "we want your name." "That," said Lee, quietly, "is not for sale."He accepted, instead, the presidency of a college at $1,500 a year. (Source: "It Can Be Done", Joseph Morris and St. Clair Adams, 1921)
Regardless of what you may have in terms of earthly possessions, nothing is more valuable to a person than a Good Name!
There are more ways to break the Sixth Commandment than taking a man's Life
Bro. Mike