Sally and I were at the Huntington Library on our day off a couple of weeks ago.
After touring the grounds and examining some of the beautiful art work, we stopped at the gift shop on our way out.
I picked up a very small book by Benjamin Franklin entitled, “The Way to Wealth”.
Its literary device is to tell a story of a wise man who comes to a small town square, gathers a crowd, and instructs them with things like being thrifty, working hard, self-control, etc. as the way to wealth.
When he is finished, Franklin writes, the people “approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary, just as if it had been a common sermon;”
I actually was comforted by the thought that I’m not the only one.
Even St. James had to write “But be doers of he word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.” James 1:22
We live and act by faith
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