Many have a closed mind when it comes to God’s truth.<\/p>\n
When we were first married, Celeste and I got a postcard in the mail. It informed us we had just won a $79.99 telephone. But to receive it, we first had to take a tour of a vacation resort. We drove over to Columbus, Ohio, and met our guide. She got in our car and took us around the site.<\/p>\n
In her notebook she showed us a picture of a densely crowded city swimming pool. “But if you had a vacation home here, you would have this beautiful lake all to yourself.” She pointed to the mudhole behind a dammed creek. I asked, “But if you sell all these sites, won’t this ‘lake’ be just as crowded as that city pool?” She responded, “Not everyone comes every week. You’ll have it all to yourself.” “You mean I’ll invest a fortune in a home here, and won’t have time to come every week??”<\/p>\n
She was getting perturbed. Rebecca was around two, and having a rotten day. She was screaming her head off. The guide turned to Celeste and said curtly, “Can’t you shut her up?” That ticked me off and I raised objection after objection. She finally opened her notebook and said there is a reason most people missed sterling investment opportunities. She wrote across the page, “closed-minded.” I felt like writing underneath it, “ob-noxious.”<\/p>\n
In a cold silence she drove us back to the office and gave us our $79.99 phone. I wouldn’t have paid $8.00 for it. One week later, it broke.<\/p>\n
It is good to be closed-minded about real estate schemes. It is very dangerous to be closed-minded to the gospel. Salvation is the only thing that will never lose its value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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