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Our Daily Bread                           Tuesday, June 7, 1994

                       What's Worth Keeping

Read: Genesis 25:27-34

For one morsel of food [Esau] sold his birthright. - Hebrews 12:16

A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an aquaintance
who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of
his ancestral home for generations. "I couldn't read it," the friend
explained. "Somebody named Guten-something had printed it." "Not
Gutenberg!" the book lover exclaimed in horror. "That Bible was one of
the first books ever printed. Why, a copy just sold for over two million
dollars!" His friend was unimpressed.  "Mine wouldn't have brought a
dollar. Some fellow named Martin Luther had scribbled all over it in
German."

This man treated as worthless that which was valuable. So did Esau.
Although he was a nice fellow who enjoyed hunting and fishing and the
great outdoors, Esau was "profane" because he sold his spiritual
birthright "for one morsel of food" (Heb. 12:16). Only when it was too
late to undo his wretched bargain did Esau realize that he had sacri-
ficed the permanent on the altar of the immediate.

We had better be careful of the "bargains" we make in life. Our culture
places a high price tag on what iw worthless and throws away as worthless
what is of eternal value.

Ask the Lord to help you discern what's worth keeping and waht is best
discarded. - HWR

                   The little choices we must make
                 Will chart the course of life we take;
                   We either choose the path of light,
                 Or wander off in darkest night. - DJD

Bible in one year: Proverbs 22-24

Thought for the day:

We pay a high price for cheap living.

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