Tuesday, September 29, 2009
BROWNIE CRUMBS
BROWNIE CRUMBS
Author Unknown
September 29, 2009
Mrs. Baughman was my 6th grade Sunday School teacher. One morning, she
brought a pan of brownies to our class. As the goodies sat over by her
chair, she gave each child a slip of paper marked with a household
expense:
house payment, utility bill, phone bill, entertainment, etc.
My slip had a car payment. Before long, Mrs. Baughman picked up the
tray of brownies and began naming the expenses written on the papers.
As we gave her our expenses, she redeemed each one for a brownie.
"Car payment" she announced. I jumped up to get my brownie from the
pan. Finally the last brownie had disappeared.
But one boy named Donald still held his unredeemed slip. "God!" called
Mrs. Baughman. Donald came forward hoping the teacher had one more
brownie hidden some where.
With a knife Mrs. Baughman scraped the crumbs from the bottom of the
pan into Donald's napkin. He got a pretty raw deal, I thought -just
crumbs.
"The brownies represent your money", the teacher explained to us. "If
you don't give God his share right away, He probably won't get
anything except maybe the crumbs."
I never forgot that illustration. The day my friend Donald got only
the brownie crumbs, even as a child I learned that God should have the
first right to everything I have.
In the years since Mrs. Baughman class I have struggled with giving
and priorities, But whenever I recall the "Crummy Sunday School
Lesson", I know who should and must always come first in my life!
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Author Unknown
September 29, 2009
Mrs. Baughman was my 6th grade Sunday School teacher. One morning, she
brought a pan of brownies to our class. As the goodies sat over by her
chair, she gave each child a slip of paper marked with a household
expense:
house payment, utility bill, phone bill, entertainment, etc.
My slip had a car payment. Before long, Mrs. Baughman picked up the
tray of brownies and began naming the expenses written on the papers.
As we gave her our expenses, she redeemed each one for a brownie.
"Car payment" she announced. I jumped up to get my brownie from the
pan. Finally the last brownie had disappeared.
But one boy named Donald still held his unredeemed slip. "God!" called
Mrs. Baughman. Donald came forward hoping the teacher had one more
brownie hidden some where.
With a knife Mrs. Baughman scraped the crumbs from the bottom of the
pan into Donald's napkin. He got a pretty raw deal, I thought -just
crumbs.
"The brownies represent your money", the teacher explained to us. "If
you don't give God his share right away, He probably won't get
anything except maybe the crumbs."
I never forgot that illustration. The day my friend Donald got only
the brownie crumbs, even as a child I learned that God should have the
first right to everything I have.
In the years since Mrs. Baughman class I have struggled with giving
and priorities, But whenever I recall the "Crummy Sunday School
Lesson", I know who should and must always come first in my life!
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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� 2009 FoodForThought
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