Begging -

When I was a kid my dad hated it when the dog whined under the table until someone give him some food. “ He has his own food.” Then he would say something like there are a bunch of studies proving that his food is better for him than what we were eating. If that’s the case why are we eating this crap? More than once I have been to New York City for a seminar or training, they told us not to give money to the panhandlers or beggars. Someone told us that many of them make six digit incomes and don’t even pay taxes. Of course they don’t look like that is true – I guess if they did it wouldn’t be good for business. I don’t know if it is true, but if it is - scoot over bubby – that was more than the company that was training me was willing to pay and they took out taxes. If you look at it honestly we are all beggars – ask my wife, I’m begging all the time. I think that the three most common words used by a husband are (sorry you hopeless romantics, we all know what it should be) - “please” and “I’m sorry.” Now hopefully you say the other three once in a while or you’ll be saying these three all of the time. Usually the “I’m sorry” part is after she has finally gives in and it’s obvious she was right in the first place. Even in the scriptures there are a lot of times people are begging: for forgiveness, assistance, direction and then there’s those that think they know more than God and keep asking for things that really aren’t in their best interest. The children of Israel thought that they shouldn’t go into the promised land – so instead God let them wonder in the wilderness for forty-years. Hello! It’s called the Promised Land – it’s got to be better than the desert! My kids beg all the time, much of what their begging for really isn’t as important as they think it is. Being a good parent, sometimes you just need to let them try it out and learn for themselves. People beg for attention, acceptance, what ever they think is important or they need. A comedian begs for a laugh and will slam half the audience to make the rest of them laugh – then he’ll turn the tables and poke fun of the others. The ultimate act of begging is when your looking for a job, now most of you wouldn’t think of it as begging because you are giving something in return – but it feels like begging. Sadly it’s also a time that you hear those three words again, the “please” part most likely isn’t being said out load, but it’s something your saying inside. If there are tons of applicants than the “I’m sorry” is heard a lot. If you’re lucky you may even hear the other three words. I applied for a part-time gig that financial wouldn’t even be worth my time. It seems like I’m begging for attention or for a possibility to make a fool out of myself. The greatest part is that I don’t even know if there is an opportunity. It’s one of those things that if you have any brains at all you’ll be better off if you hear “I’m sorry” this just doesn’t work for us. That’s OK I’m use to saying I’m sorry all the time – I guess it’s about time someone said it too me.