John received a call one morning to
announce that a wealthy relative had died,
and that there was a very large sum of
money that would be coming his way. The
Rosens were saddened by the loss of the
relative and happy about the impending
financial windfall. It was obvious that their
lives were going to make a change.
When the time came, the Rosens received
a check of over $750,000! “WOW”! They
were elated! They paid their bills off and
got a new car. They gave some money to
the church and they made some wise
If Money Could Talk...
investments. Then they did something that
I applaud – they looked around, first within
their family, then outside the family, and Then there was Bart from New Mexico. Bart was a
they identified various friends and relatives selfish, self centered man that had no time for the needs
that were in dire need of the Rosens of others. Bart was also broke. He was a very poor
financial support. Within the first 3 months manager of his funds, which was the reason he was
of receiving that check, not only did they broke. Bart had very few friends and no immediate family
help themselves, they also gave necessary to care about. His negative attitude insured distance
financial support to seven other families! between him and his peers.
They helped to make the lives of those
seven other families better! Receiving that Bart needed to do a little grocery shopping one day, so
money made them more of what they he got into his pickup truck and drove over to the grocery
originally were a very loving and giving store. As he pulled into a parking place he spotted a
family. wallet on the ground. Bart jumped out of his truck,
swooped the wallet up and got back into his truck. He
was so excited about hopefully finding some money that
he hands shook while he opened the wallet. $400!
That’s what he found in the wallet! Oh, of
course there were credit cards, business
cards, pictures and identification in
the wallet, but Bart wasn’t
interested in any of that. They were
introduced to the trash can as he
approached the store.