The Only Contest I Really Win Each Year (standard:humor, 905 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 27 2016	Views/Reads: 2012/1410	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Between now and the end of the year our house is going to be a mad dash for the stores in preparation for Christmas. This time of the year, I lay low and try to be as invisible as possible. If I hide in the shadows of the parsonage and do not speak, I am

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question of my own. 

“How much,” I queried as seriously as possible, “have you saved so far
in your shopping?” 

I thought it was rather an innocent question to present at the time. 

“How much,” she said with a very serious look, “I saved over $300 so
far.” With that, she set back in her chair and smiled. $300 is a lot of 
money you have to admit. 

Then I pop this one, “How much have you spent so far?” 

After some thought and a quick look into her checkbook, she came up with
the figure, $700. 

She informed me that her savings were almost half of what she spent. 

There was a moment when I was tempted to challenge this contest by
saying, “Well, I saved $700 by not shopping.” 

On second thought, would it be worth it? Sometimes it is better to
concede and have everybody happy, than to win and be the only one that 
is happy. 

Solomon understood this when he wrote, “A fool uttereth all his mind:
but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards” (Proverbs 29:11). 

My goal in life, particularly as a husband, is to be a wise man. 


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