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TEMPTATION

 

Middle age is having a choice of two temptations and choosing the one that

will get you home earlier.

 

He had finally got his chance to make the Really Big Sale. He was going into

the final interview on the biggest contract he had ever written.  As he was

ushered into the office of the executive buyer, an assistant brought her

coffee and left. The atmosphere was cordial, and he knew he was giving his

best presentation ever.

 

Then the assistant tapped on the door, re-entered the office and spoke

briefly with the executive.  She stood and said, "I apologize, but I have to

tend to a matter.  I'll just be a minute or two." And she followed her

assistant out of the room.

 

The sales representative looked around the beautifully appointed office.  He

saw her family pictures on her desk.  Then he noticed a contract on her

desk.  She had evidently been studying a bid from a competitor. Leaning

forward, he could see the column of figures, but it was obscured by a diet

soda can.

 

He was tempted to move the can and see the bottom line of his competitor's

bid.  What harm possibly could there be in reading her private information?

After all, she had left it out in plain sight, almost.  After wrestling with

himself a while, he finally decided to take a peek.

 

As he lifted the soda can, he discovered that the can wasn't filled with

soda at all.  Instead it was a bottomless can filled with 1,000 BBs which

gushed out, and ran all over the desk and cascaded onto the carpet.  His

attempt to short cut the competition was exposed.

 

Not every temptation is so obvious.  Not every failure is so embarrassing.

But every temptation is a challenge.  Not even Jesus was spared the

choosing.

 

"Six Flags Over Jesus" By Dr. Mickey Anders