There are a great number of things on my mind today. From the sermon this morning (Parable of the sower: Mt 13 ) to thoughts on the way home. Somehow, they are connective, one to the other, though the meandering path my thoughts take are often a surprising mystery, even to me.
What is the cost of an apple? I think we just paid about $4 for a 3-pound bag. A gallon of gas is also $4. A meal at Sonic is $5. What is the relevance?
It was actually just an observation as I shoveled a Sonic Jr Burger down my maw. One of those "Priceless" commercials, if you will. I paid $5 for crap that is horrible for me and has been shown to shorten my lifespan, when I could have eaten an apple or two and been about my business. Additionally, it took about $4 in gas to get there (around 16-18 miles to the gallon). So $9 for the juicy burger that is hardening my arteries as I sit here and type.
About 4 apples would have produced the same "full" sensation, so maybe $2 in apples to accomplish the $9 value of the burger, and yet, remain healthy for me. But that was not the original thought from which the others were derived. Instead, it was something like this...
Have you ever been really hungry? (Those graduating Ranger school can appreciate this.) I once saw a guy sign a $75 promissory note for the priviledge of licking a fellow Ranger's wrappers after he was done eating. A can of Copenhagen could get you $100 on a bad day half way through the 10-day Florida patrol. I carried cardboard from my MRE in my jacket pocket and would eat the whole box during the course of a patrol.
I wouldn't pay a counterfeit coin for a gallon of gas in Ranger School. But I'd gladly have paid $100 for the chocolate mint brownie (which is NOT pleasant, I might add); maybe more. Isn't it curious then that we are willing to pay more for novelties than for necessities? $1,500 for a purse vs. 75 cents for an apple. I pray we continue to have the luxury of this skewed priority.
What is the cost of an apple?
What is the cost of an apple? I think we just paid about $4 for a 3-pound bag. A gallon of gas is also $4. A meal at Sonic is $5. What is the relevance?
It was actually just an observation as I shoveled a Sonic Jr Burger down my maw. One of those "Priceless" commercials, if you will. I paid $5 for crap that is horrible for me and has been shown to shorten my lifespan, when I could have eaten an apple or two and been about my business. Additionally, it took about $4 in gas to get there (around 16-18 miles to the gallon). So $9 for the juicy burger that is hardening my arteries as I sit here and type.
About 4 apples would have produced the same "full" sensation, so maybe $2 in apples to accomplish the $9 value of the burger, and yet, remain healthy for me. But that was not the original thought from which the others were derived. Instead, it was something like this...
Have you ever been really hungry? (Those graduating Ranger school can appreciate this.) I once saw a guy sign a $75 promissory note for the priviledge of licking a fellow Ranger's wrappers after he was done eating. A can of Copenhagen could get you $100 on a bad day half way through the 10-day Florida patrol. I carried cardboard from my MRE in my jacket pocket and would eat the whole box during the course of a patrol.
I wouldn't pay a counterfeit coin for a gallon of gas in Ranger School. But I'd gladly have paid $100 for the chocolate mint brownie (which is NOT pleasant, I might add); maybe more. Isn't it curious then that we are willing to pay more for novelties than for necessities? $1,500 for a purse vs. 75 cents for an apple. I pray we continue to have the luxury of this skewed priority.
What is the cost of an apple?
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