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Missed Fortune There
is a regular gambler at the Nugget Hotel & Casino
in Nevada. He
goes there a couple of days a week to try his luck on
the video poker machine.
When asked how he is doing, 76-year-old Ron
Wayne replies, "I'm living off my Social Security
and I do a modest trade in collectors' stamps and
coins." On
April 1, 1976, the same Ron Wayne started working for
a new computer company: drafting documents, mediating
disputes, and creating an operating manual.
For this work, he was awarded a 10% stake in
the new company. But
he had early misgivings.
He had been unsuccessful in starting a previous
business. He
had racked up thousands of dollars in debt and was
concerned that history would repeat itself with this
new job. In order to make this newly formed company a
success, it would require a lot of hard work and could
be a very rough ride, one which he was reluctant to
take! Eleven
days after he helped form the company, Ron removed
himself from the company charter.
He was paid $800 for his 10% stake in this
fledgling computer company which they named…
“Apple Computers.” As
you probably know, that stock eventually exploded in
value. If
his short-lived career at Apple had gone differently,
he would be holding a different kind of winnings: 10%
of Apple's stock.
Today, that stock would be worth $22 billion!
Ron Wayne sold it for $800. Yet,
there is a far GREATER fortune available to ALL that
sadly, MANY are forfeiting TODAY! This
“fortune”
cannot be calculated monetarily for it is worth more
than all the silver and gold in the world (cf. 1 Peter
1:18-19). This
“treasure”
will not rust, cannot be stolen, nor can it be
destroyed by moths (Matthew 6:19-20).
It is eternal,
unlike the temporal things of this world (1 John
2:15-17). It
is not something that can be earned (Ephesians 2:8-9)
or won; it is a gift that must be
accepted on the right terms. The
“FORTUNE”
is ETERNAL
LIFE
and FORGIVENESS
of SIN
made possible through the sacrificial death of Jesus
on the cross for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2). This
GIFT is
available to ALL those who will place their faith
and
trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins
in repentance
(Acts
17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38). PLEASE
don’t squander YOUR
opportunity to receive this “FORTUNE”... --
David
A. Sargent
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Mike
Eddlemon Church
of Christ at Creekwood Article Reference: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/24/apple.forgotten.founder/index.html To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
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