The PR person from a local bank contacted me, wanting to buy fifteen cases of single-serve potato chips for a community barbeque. “Yes, I can fill the order,” I said, as a proud route sales rep with Frito Lay, Inc.
The next day the manager of the bank called, saying she found the product at a wholesale club for less money. Could I match the price?
Unfortunately, my answer was no. Yet I basically begged her to not cancel the order—for five minutes! I explained that there were benefits I could bring that were not monetary—like delivery to the bank–but she was only interested in price. It was a fruitless discussion.
Rainer Bantau, over at The Devotional Guy, brought the above story to mind with his recent post, Dead Flowers Don’t Need Water. Here’s my takeaway: sometimes we invest precious time and emotional energy investing in situations that offer little or no hope of return. We water a vase of dead roses, hoping they’ll turn red again.
This past Thursday, I accompanied my wife to a doctor’s appointment. While I sat in the waiting room, reading a great book on leadership, my focus was occasionally interrupted by a grating noise.
“Squeeeeak!”
It was the bathroom door. It got so bad I stopped reading and ordered a bottle of door lock and hinge lubricant on Amazon. Nancy goes back for a follow up in a month, and Daring David (me) will take care of that door!
Kind reader, can you relate? Like me, have you ever watered dead flowers? Thankfully, I’ve also oiled some squeaky hinges. And I will do it again!
Isn’t it wonderful that God is a squeaky hinge fixer, and not a dead rose waterer?
His Return on Investment:
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.
Hosea 10:12 (NIV)
Is Guaranteed!
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love.
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