This is a lesson all parents should teach their children.
COWS DON’T GIVE MILK FOR FREE
A
father said to his children when they were young: "When you all
reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life." One day when the
oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of
life. The father replied that he was going to tell him, but that he
should not reveal it to his brother and sister.
The secret
of life is this: The cow does not give milk. "What are you saying?", asked the boy incredulously. "As you hear it, son: Cows do not give
milk, you have to milk the cow. You have to get up at 4 in the morning,
go to the field, walk through the corral full of manure, tie the tail,
hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket and do
the work yourself."
That
is the secret of life, the cow does not give milk. You milk her or you
don't get milk. There is a generation that thinks cows GIVE milk. They think things should be automatic and free: their mentality is that if "I wish, I demand... I obtain."
"They
have been accustomed to getting whatever they want the easy way. But
no, life is not a matter of wishing, begging, and obtaining. The things
that one receives are the effort of what one does. Happiness is the
result of personal effort. Lack of effort creates frustration, dissatisfaction, and poverty"
So,
share with your children from a young age the secret of life, so they
don't grow up with an entitlement mentality that the government, their
parents, or their cute little faces is going to give them everything
they need in life.
Remember..."Cows don't give milk; you have to work for it."
"But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of
his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an
unbeliever."
~ 1 Timothy 5:8
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The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
To
learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true
meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's
Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
