Free is as free gives and I don’t like free, usually (standard:humor, 895 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 04 2012	Views/Reads: 2450/1856	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am not the kind of person looking for a handout or anything free. When somebody offers me something free, I know there is a catch somewhere, and as long as I still have a slice of sanity in my noodle soup, nobody is going to catch me.

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used to have, so it is rather difficult to do it. This rather came 
close for me. 

As I stood there steaming, she looked at me and said, “I'm sorry, the
pricing is wrong on this Apple Fritter. I guess the bakery department 
made a mistake.” She then paused for a moment, did something on the 
cash machine and then said some words that caused me to dance in the 
aisles. 

“I'm sorry that this mistake happened, so according to our store policy,
this Apple Fritter is free.” 

I stood there unable to speak. All my reservations about “free,” went
out the window. I smiled. I smiled a smile that went from one end of 
the store to the other. Then to make sure I understood correctly I 
asked her, “Are you sure this is free?” 

When she answered in the affirmative, I gently picked up that “free”
Apple Fritter and departed from the store not afraid for anybody to see 
my Apple Fritter and me together. 

The only other free offer I ever accept is from God. 

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23 KJV). God's gift carries 
with it marvelous compensations both now and eternally. 

God's free is free indeed. 


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