By Stephen Bly
Some folks think of a gold mine as a deep cave lined with
waves of 24-carat jewels. All they need is a crow bar to pry the treasures into
big chunks. Then take their haul to the jeweler.
Doesn’t happen that way.
 |
| Fool's Gold |
Most mines look like big dirt canyons. The gold’s so fine
it can only be recovered by very pressurized, modern equipment. High prices and
advanced technology combine to dig out
gold in places that in other eras would be considered worthless.
However,
on occasion gold does litter some mine shafts.
Every
so often a miner blasts into the center of a room-sized geode and he’s able to
sack up almost pure gold by the shovels-full. Real high-grade stuff like that
is rare to find. And near impossible to prevent theft. Valuable ore in chunks
may line coat pockets and lunch pails. In fact, the term ‘high-grade’ evolved
because of the rampant stealing of small particles of good ore by mine workers.
Not
many of us work gold mines today. And everyone’s different in the temptations
that harass him or her. But we all find ourselves in places where we have
access to someone else’s goods. Whenever valuables of any sort are taken from
an original owner for another’s own personal use, that’s high-grading.
Did
you used to make ends meet by stealing?
Well,
no more! Get an honest job
so
that you can help others who can’t work.
Ephesians
4:28 MSG
In
our sloppy ethics society, refusal to steal means a moral upgrade, a God honoring
pursuit.
Stephen Bly
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Have you ever gone searching for gold? Any luck?
~~~~~~~~~~
COMING MARCH 2012: Stuart Brannon's Final Shot
It's 1905. A lawman comes out of retirement to search for a missing U.S. Marshal friend and grapples with the game of golf on behalf of a celebrity tournament.
