STEWARDSHIP
Illustration★★★★An elderly man, soliciting friends for a religious organization, asked Oliver Wendell Holmes, then in his eighties, for a contri- bution. As Holmes was about to make out a check, he sudden- ly stopped and asked, “What are you going to do with the money?” “Give it to the Lord, of course,” the man replied. “How old are you?” the jurist asked. “Seventy.” “Well, in that case,” said Holmes, “I’ll give it to Him myself. I’ll be seeing Him before you will!”
The point
Oliver Wendell Holmes, age 80, jokes that he'll give his money to the Lord directly since he'll see Him before the 70-year-old solicitor—a witty reminder that our time is brief.
Scripture
James 4:14Hebrews 9:27
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 82 words
Subjects