Harmless but NOT STUPID

Automaker Henry Ford asked electrical genius Charlie Steinmetz to build the generators for his factory. One day the generators ground to a halt, and the repairmen couldn't find the problem.  So Ford called Steinmetz, who tinkered with the machines for a few hours and then threw the switch. The generators whirred to life--but Ford got a bill for $10,000 from Steinmetz.  Flabbergasted, the rather tightfisted car maker inquired why the bill was so high.

Steinmetz's reply: For tinkering with the  generators, $10. For knowing where to tinker, $9,990. Ford paid the bill.  Today in the Word, MBI, April 1990, p. 27.

There are times when being the LOUDEST is not the way to impact people in your life.

I believe the majority of people meander through life with no direction and no clue how to handle many of life’s struggles.

If you leverage those struggles they can teach you HOW to respond to most things in life.

There are times when the temptation to respond in the wrong way can be overwhelming.

Matthew 10:16 – 

The Message paraphrase puts it this way:

16 “Stay alert. This is hazardous work I’m assigning you. You’re going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don’t call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.