Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is
separated from his neighbour. Proverbs,
Chapter 19, verse 4.
I’m somewhat embarrassed to tell you about this, but
here goes. When I was in the seventh
grade, I needed to give my little turtle to someone because I was no longer
able to keep it. The teacher let me make
an announcement to the whole class.
There were two people who wanted it.
One was the dreamboat of the class who was really popular, but
self-absorbed. Then there was a nice
person who wasn’t in the popular group.
I remember thinking that the nice person would have given the turtle a
better home, but I ended up giving it to the popular one, instead. I had seen it as my one chance to get the
attention of someone popular. It saddens
me to have been this shallow.
It also makes me think of how many people are
immediately friends of those who have won the lottery, who had little to do
with them prior to that.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
Please click on comments below to share your suggestions. Thanks! Debbie
