July 8, 2004

[Rev. Doc]

Accomplishments

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'"
Matthew 25:21

We have a tendency to look at our present accomplishments and wonder if we can do any better. We should always live with the expectation that God has even greater things in store in the days ahead.

A friend paid Clark Gable a visit one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her small son, who amused himself by playing with toy cars on the floor. He pretended he was racing those cars around a great track, which in reality was an imaginary circle around a golden statuette. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable won for his performance in the 1934 movie IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.
When his mother told him the time had come to leave, the little boy asked the actor, "Can I have this?" pointing to the Oscar.

"Sure," he smiled. "It's yours."

The horrified mother objected. "Put that back immediately!"

Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, "Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; earning it does." The actor seemed to know that past success can be a comfortable hammock upon which he may be tempted to rest, rather than a springboard launching him to the next level.

Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you always strive to do more than you have ever done before for His Kingdom.

"We have got but one life here...It pays to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life, and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time."
~Theodore Roosevelt.

[Saint Kevin]

Great Roosevelt quote. And good devotional too btw.