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Men of Integrity, July/Aug 2000
This Week's Theme: New Life
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Monday, August 21
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"I Feel Empty"
Key Bible Verse: "What
good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36).
Bonus Reading: Matthew 13:44-46
Stephen
and I bumped into each other at a hotel. An executive in a hospital corporation,
Stephen and Becky, a stunning couple, had moved to Nashville three years earlier
and started attending our Sunday school class.
Finding we both had some
extra minutes, we sat down in the lounge to "get caught up." Stephen
said his company was about to go public and he could walk away from the deal
with millions of dollars. "But you know what?" Stephen dropped his
voice, "Somehow, I feel empty."
The previous Friday, Stephen
confided, his picture had appeared on page one of the paper's business section.
He and Becky had attended a black-tie benefit where they'd been besieged by
well-wishers and backslappers. But they'd left early at his insistence. Next
morning, responding to a mystified Becky's questions, Stephen said something
important was missing in his life.
"Stephen," I
finally said, "You and Becky have religion, but you need God. Until you
have a relationship with Him for yourself, one on one, you'll always feel that
emptiness."
"I need to think about
it," Stephen said, standing and retrieving his briefcase. Then, looking
me squarely in the eye, he added, "But I promise I will."
—Robert Wolgemuth in Daddy@Work
Personal Challenge:
Thought to Apply: You
have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.
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— AUGUSTINE
(Christian leader, 4th century)
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Credits: Adapted from— Monday: Daddy@Work
(Zondervan, 1999)
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