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Are You In Yet?
Here is your second story. Please read it and vote for either Mr. Hamilton or Are You In Yet?
Are You In Yet?
Two or three months after my wife and I married a friend called me and told me about this fantastic business opportunity. He told me I could make lots of money.
When I pressed him for more information, he told me I did not have to sell much. Even though selling something did not scare me, it did not excite me either.
He finally told me the name of the company, which did not mean anything to me at the time, and that it only cost me $25.00 to get in. I did not want to pay anything, so the thought of paying $25.00 did not cause me to do cartwheels. I asked him if he had paid his $25.00 yet and he informed me he planned to as soon as he came up with the money.
My friend tried to get me to go to a meeting at the house of a guy we both knew, but I kept putting him off. He kept calling me back and finally I agreed to go to one of the meetings. I asked him if my wife could go too, and he gave me an answer I liked. He said they liked it if both the husband and the wife came to the meeting.
A couple of hours before the meeting he called and told me the guy giving the meeting came down with something and they canceled the meeting. My friend never called back about a rescheduled meeting.
Less than a year later, my uncle cornered me at a family picnic. He told me he had just gotten into something that would be great for me. He told me the name of the company and it turned out it was the same thing my friend had called me about.
I spent the rest of the picnic trying to keep away from my uncle. After all, I assumed my uncle wanted $25.00, as well. I quickly learned the difficulty of keeping away from a pursuer who has chosen you as his only quarry.
Just like my friend, my uncle persistently called every few days. He recognized talent when he saw it.
He wanted me to go to a meeting at this guys house, but I had fallen into the old married couples rut. How dare they hold those meetings on my favorite TV night!
Finally, my uncle offered to let me read something at home at my leisure, giving me the opportunity to extract my uncle from my back without interfering with my favorite TV night.
After reading the literature my uncle gave me, I called him and told him it looked good and I was ready to get in. He told me he would call his friend to see if we could get together and take care of the necessary paperwork.
My uncle called me back the next night to tell me his friend could not come until Saturday. I did not want to wait six days. My uncle had not lied. I wanted to be a millionaire that week, or at least make enough to get excited about making more.
Still, his friend could not come until Saturday. When my uncle asked me what time I wanted to get together on Saturday, I said 10:00 a.m. In those days I got up before 10:00, and I wanted to make it early. I suddenly felt in charge.
As it turned out, I did end up getting in that business and spent twenty years in it. I made more money and more friends in that business than anything else I have done to this day.
By the way, I called my friend after I got in and he still was not in. I ended up getting him in that business, too. +++
When it comes to being a Christian, a lot of us act like we are not in yet. We fail to take time each day for prayer and Bible study and our actions do not indicate that we are in.
When it comes to being a Christian, are you in yet? Remember, none of us know how much longer we have to get in and getting in on Christianity is much more important than any business opportunity.
Copyright 2001 Steve Demaree
To God Be The Glory!
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Steve Demaree
1608 Summerhill Drive
Lexington, KY 40515
(606) 271-2416
moviesteve@rocketmail.com
Submitted by Richard
Here is your second story. Please read it and vote for either Mr. Hamilton or Are You In Yet?
Are You In Yet?
Two or three months after my wife and I married a friend called me and told me about this fantastic business opportunity. He told me I could make lots of money.
When I pressed him for more information, he told me I did not have to sell much. Even though selling something did not scare me, it did not excite me either.
He finally told me the name of the company, which did not mean anything to me at the time, and that it only cost me $25.00 to get in. I did not want to pay anything, so the thought of paying $25.00 did not cause me to do cartwheels. I asked him if he had paid his $25.00 yet and he informed me he planned to as soon as he came up with the money.
My friend tried to get me to go to a meeting at the house of a guy we both knew, but I kept putting him off. He kept calling me back and finally I agreed to go to one of the meetings. I asked him if my wife could go too, and he gave me an answer I liked. He said they liked it if both the husband and the wife came to the meeting.
A couple of hours before the meeting he called and told me the guy giving the meeting came down with something and they canceled the meeting. My friend never called back about a rescheduled meeting.
Less than a year later, my uncle cornered me at a family picnic. He told me he had just gotten into something that would be great for me. He told me the name of the company and it turned out it was the same thing my friend had called me about.
I spent the rest of the picnic trying to keep away from my uncle. After all, I assumed my uncle wanted $25.00, as well. I quickly learned the difficulty of keeping away from a pursuer who has chosen you as his only quarry.
Just like my friend, my uncle persistently called every few days. He recognized talent when he saw it.
He wanted me to go to a meeting at this guys house, but I had fallen into the old married couples rut. How dare they hold those meetings on my favorite TV night!
Finally, my uncle offered to let me read something at home at my leisure, giving me the opportunity to extract my uncle from my back without interfering with my favorite TV night.
After reading the literature my uncle gave me, I called him and told him it looked good and I was ready to get in. He told me he would call his friend to see if we could get together and take care of the necessary paperwork.
My uncle called me back the next night to tell me his friend could not come until Saturday. I did not want to wait six days. My uncle had not lied. I wanted to be a millionaire that week, or at least make enough to get excited about making more.
Still, his friend could not come until Saturday. When my uncle asked me what time I wanted to get together on Saturday, I said 10:00 a.m. In those days I got up before 10:00, and I wanted to make it early. I suddenly felt in charge.
As it turned out, I did end up getting in that business and spent twenty years in it. I made more money and more friends in that business than anything else I have done to this day.
By the way, I called my friend after I got in and he still was not in. I ended up getting him in that business, too. +++
When it comes to being a Christian, a lot of us act like we are not in yet. We fail to take time each day for prayer and Bible study and our actions do not indicate that we are in.
When it comes to being a Christian, are you in yet? Remember, none of us know how much longer we have to get in and getting in on Christianity is much more important than any business opportunity.
Copyright 2001 Steve Demaree
To God Be The Glory!
=====
Steve Demaree
1608 Summerhill Drive
Lexington, KY 40515
(606) 271-2416
moviesteve@rocketmail.com
Submitted by Richard
