Take it or Leave it

If you were offered some money – free with no strings attached – would you take it or leave it?  Regardless of the amount?  Would the natural mind say,  “Yeah, I’d take it?”  I applied that logic from a long-ago college psychology class. Our assignment was to go to a shopping mall and offer people money – a quarter to be exact.  We were not to give any explanation; just observe the different reactions of people. So, armed with $6.00 worth of quarters, I headed for Rosedale on a Saturday afternoon when I expected the greatest variety of shoppers – Read More

Searching and Searching! Conclusion

Continued from June 12 post – Grace cleared her throat and read, “Jesus answered her, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give Him will never thirst.  Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” “What does that mean?” Merci asked. Grace thought for a bit.  “I think it means that we’re going to be thirsty again.” “Yeah, that’s  what I thought,” Merci said, pouring another glass of water and offering Grace a refill.  Grace shook her head.  “I think there’s Read More