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Worth the Work · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Tater tater wake up what? Where am I?
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  Who are you? Tater?
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  It's me, Egbert. You're at home and we're doing a
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  science project. Remember?
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  On the human brain. Oh, right.
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  Right, right. How's that going?
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  Are we almost done yet? Not yet.
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  That's why I'm here. I jotted down a few ideas, but I
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  was hoping to get some input from you.
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  I can put in a few dollars and we can order a pizza.
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  How does that sound? Not that kind of input.
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  Do you have any thoughts? What are you thinking about
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  right now? Yeah, I'm thinking about
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  nothing. I'm not surprised.
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  You're thinking about nothing and you're doing nothing.
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  Are you getting mad at me? No.
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  Why should I be mad? It's a well known fact that our
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  thoughts affect our choices and our choices affect our actions.
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  You're thinking about nothing, choosing nothing, and therefore
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  nothing is getting done. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
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  I offered to chip in and get a pizza.
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  That something eating and sleeping, Is that all you think
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  about? Yeah.
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  See, we have a problem. This project is due tomorrow
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  morning. I'm used to getting A's on my
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  report card, so I think about my homework.
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  And because I think about it, I choose to do it.
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  And because I choose to do it, I have something to turn into the
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  teacher. And the teacher usually gives me
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  an A because it's obvious to her how much thought I put into it.
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  Dude, you're giving me such a headache.
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  You, on the other hand, are used to getting FS on your report
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  card. You don't think about homework,
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  so you don't have a chance to even do it.
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  You turn nothing into the teacher, and so you get an F am
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  I right? That's good.
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  Are you sure you don't want any pizza?
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  No, I don't want any pizza. I'm not hungry.
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  I want to finish this assignment.
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  Well, don't let me bother you then.
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  Let me know when you're done. Yeah.
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  How did I get stuck doing this project with you in the first
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  place? Look.
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  Kind of a nerd. Nobody really likes you.
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  So when the teacher said we had to choose a partner for this
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  project, I thought to myself, who in this class could do this
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  project without any help from me?
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  And I looked around and I saw you.
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  So I chose you, the biggest egghead in the class.
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  And because I chose you, I don't have to do any work, because you
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  will be able to do it without me.
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  So you see, I do think a little, but it's usually to figure out a
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  way to do more of nothing. Tater, you may think your
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  laziness has paid off, but I know.
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  Proverbs 21 five Good planning and hard work lead to
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  prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
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  I choose to be prosperous. I'm leaving now.
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  Well that was easy. I think I'll go order that pizza
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  now. Ow, I don't have money.
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  Well, Bill and Jill, now that the boss is gone, what are you
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  going to do? Well, Phil, I don't know about
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  Jill, but I'm going to take the money the boss gave me and start
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  my business. I'm with Bill Phil.
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  I'm going to get busy and make some more money.
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  What about you, Phil? You know what they say, Bill and
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  Jill. When the cat's away, the mice
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  will play. Do you mean Phil, that you are
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  not going to use the money the boss gave you?
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  That's exactly what I mean. Bill, the boss did not tell us
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  what to do with the money, so I'm not going to do anything
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  with it. What?
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  Will you do with the boss's money, Phil?
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  I'm going to hide the boss's money so that I will have it
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  when he returns. Jill.
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  The way I see it, why I work so hard, Bill and Jill.
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  That's not a very godly attitude, Phil.
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  Godly leaders for imitators of Jesus.
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  Jesus said that when you are faithful over little, you will
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  become ruler over much. Don't you care about pleasing
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  the boss, Phil? The boss will be glad I didn't
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  lose his money. Jill, I really think you and
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  Bill are taking this way too seriously.
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  We are only doing what we know the boss would want us to do.
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  Maybe you should reconsider Phil.
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  Fat chance Jill, you and Bill go ahead.
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  While you're busy working, I'll be relaxing by the pool.
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  That reminds me of a scripture, Phil Proverbs 10/4 says that a
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  lazy man is soon. Poor.
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  Hey, that rhymes Bill. Proverbs 10/4.
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  Lazy men are soon poor. Have you ever thought of
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  becoming a rapper, Bill? You mean like a candy bar
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  wrapper? I don't think so.
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  Jill, see ya. Bill and Jill don't work too
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  hard. Well, I'll go hide the money so
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  that I can return to the boss exactly what he gave to me.
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  I feel sorry for Bill and Jill. They try so hard to be like the
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  boss. I hope they don't waste their
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  energy for nothing. Oh well, think I'll take a nap.
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  Wake up, Phil. I'm back.
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  Boss so soon? I've been gone 3 weeks, Phil.
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  Oh, time flies when you're having fun, boss.
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  Bill and Jill have doubled the money that I left them.
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  They have proven themselves to be very capable leaders.
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  I have made them bosses over much.
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  You must have worked even harder than them.
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  As tired as you look, Phil. Well, I wouldn't say I worked
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  harder, but I have been tired boss.
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  So did you do a good job? Phil Well, actually, I married
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  the money boss. Excuse me, I couldn't hear you.
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  Phil. You.
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  Never really said what to do with the money boss and and I
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  knew you wanted it back when you returned so I put in a safe
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  place so I wouldn't lose it. Well, a bank is a safe place,
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  Phil. You earned a little interest.
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  That's pretty good for your first go at at it.
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  You need to hang around Bill and Jill a little more.
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  You could learn a lot from those. 2 Boss, I didn't put your
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  money in the bank. I buried it.
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  You buried my money, Phil. Yeah, boss, I didn't want you to
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  get angry with me. I wanted to give you back every
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  penny. I'm not good at making money
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  like you are. I haven't been working with you
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  long. Enough.
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  You know, Bill and Jill made a profit with what I gave them,
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  and that's good for business. So Bill and Jill have their own
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  businesses now, thanks to me. But you, Phil, you are lazy.
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  I won't be lazy if you give me my own business, boss.
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  I'll work really hard, honest I will.
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  It doesn't work that way, Phil. I can't.
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  Trust you. I should have listened to Jill
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  and Bill. What a mess I made.
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  How am I ever going to clean this up in time?
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  I sure could use a helping hand right about now, yeah.
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  What a mess. Who are you?
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  The name Slobbing. I'm an Ant.
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  You're awfully big for an Ant. Yeah, I guess it's because I eat
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  my. Vegetables.
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  Well, I'm really in a hurry. Would you mind helping me pick
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  all this up? Yes, I wouldn't mind.
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  Sorry lady, it's not my job. I didn't make the mess, so I'm
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  not cleaning it. Come to think of it, even if I
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  did make the mess, I wouldn't clean it.
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  Well I never in all my life saw such a lazy Ant lady.
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  I'm not lazy, I'm smart. What if I was to help you and I
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  pulled my back out of place from bending over trying to pick up
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  that mess you made? I'd never be able to work again
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  if that happened. No thank you lady.
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  I'm saving my strength for more important things.
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  Like feeding your face. Yeah, exactly.
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  See, now that that's important. If I didn't eat, I wouldn't have
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  enough strength to help clean messes like this.
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  Then you'll help me when you're finished eating.
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  I didn't say that, lady. You're putting words in my
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  mouth. Oh, you.
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  You. Have a very lazy attitude.
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  I'll bet you wouldn't even clean this up very well.
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  You'd probably leave messes here and there.
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  Well, you'll never know because I'm not helping.
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  Besides, I'm trying to figure out a way to make some easy
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  money. There's a lot of things I'd like
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  to buy. Say, do you have any money you
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  could loan me permanently? Let me get this straight, you
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  want me to give you some money but you don't want to help me
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  clean up this mess? Well, since you put it that way,
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  yes. I need some help, somebody
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  anybody help? I am here to help, it's what I
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  do. I love to work, so I'll help
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  you. Oh, brother.
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  You again wait. You're an aunt too.
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  What is going on? Is this some kind of a joke?
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  Don't tell me you eat your vegetables too?
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  The yes, you cleaned it all. Up.
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  Yes ma'am. It's clean, the job is done.
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  I'm glad to help because work is fun.
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  Work fun. Seriously.
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  Thank you so much. You must be a diligent.
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  Diligent. That's my game, Ant man.
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  That's my name. Well Ant man, you have saved my
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  day. I appreciate your diligent
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  attitude. You picked this mess up quickly
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  without me having to say one thing and you did an excellent
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  job. Here is $20.00 for your trouble.
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  Hey, that's not fair. If you want to prosper, there's
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  a hitch. The hand of the diligent makes 1
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  rich. Laziness just doesn't pay.
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  So learn to work smart every day.
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  You should learn a few things from Ant man you slob.
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  The name's Slobbing, and you didn't say anything about a $20
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  bill. I would have helped for $20.
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  Hey. Ant man do.
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  You have any money you could give me?
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  You know, like a loan. Slobbing.
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  When are you going to learn that laziness doesn't pay?
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  Proverbs 10/4 says the hand of the diligent makes 1 rich.
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  See you around. Hey, that didn't rhyme.
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  Come on cat man, you have plenty of money.
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  That's the 5th. Time today someone is giving you
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  money for working Ant. Man.
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  Wait for me, Ant man. Come on, let's talk about this.
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  Spray Polish on the cloth, then wipe all the dust.
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  Off Mac. Yeah, Big Boss.
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  Come over here a minute, I want to talk to you.
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  Yes, Big Boss. Put the Polish back away.
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  Dust again another day. What can I do for you, Big Boss?
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  New here, aren't you Mac? Yeah, Big Boss.
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  How could you tell? Because you're working, I check
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  on the rest of the crew and they're goofing off or sleeping
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  or doing the job all wrong. I have to go behind them and
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  clean up the mess. That's a shame, Big Boss.
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  They're getting paid to do a job.
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  They should do it right? God wants us to be obedient even
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  in little things. I agree, from now on I want you
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  to sweep the floors after you finish dusting the furniture.
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  You want me to sweep the floors after I finish dusting?
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  That's right. I was faith all over the
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  dusting. Now I get a sweep too.
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  I guess I am ruler over the duster and broom.
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  Sweep the floor, sweep the floor, push, push all the dirt
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  out the door. Whoosh, whoosh.
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  Mac. Yeah, Big Boss.
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  Come over here a minute. Yes, Big Boss.
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  Put the broom back away. Sweep again another day.
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  What can I do for you, Big Boss? I like you, Mac.
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  I've been watching you. You're a hard worker.
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  I got a bunch of lazy bums working for me, but not you.
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  God wants us to be obedient even in the little things.
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  That's what you told me, isn't it?
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  Yeah, I told you that. I like that attitude.
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  I'm thinking about promoting you.
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  You mean like well done, good and faithful servant?
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  You've been faithful over a few things.
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  I'll make you rule over many things.
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  Matthew, 2523. What's that?
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  It's a Bible verse I'm learning. That's nice.
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  So now instead of just dusting the furniture and sweeping the
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  floor, I want you to paint the walls.
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  So now you want me to dust the furniture and sweep the floor
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  and paint the walls? That's right.
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  Painful over dusting and sweeping roller over painting,
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  painting up and down the wall. Slop slop all the way down the
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  hall. Plop, plop.
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  Mac. Yes, Big Boss.
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  Come over here a minute, I want to talk to you.
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  Yes, Big Boss. Put the paintbrush in the can
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  until I can paint again. What can I do for you, Big Boss?
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  I've never seen anyone paint like you do.
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  Am I doing it wrong? No, no, no.
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  You're doing it right. Everyone else does it wrong.
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  That's why I'm promoting you. Sir, I started out dusting and
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  then you added sweeping and now painting.
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  I appreciate the promotion but I don't don't have time to do more
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  work. Big Boss.
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  You will now. From now on you don't have to do
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  the dusting, sweeping or painting.
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  I'm making you the big boss. Me.
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  The big Boss. That's right, all you have to do
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  is train the other workers how to do the job right and check up
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  on them to make sure it gets done.
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  That's it. And teach them that God wants us
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  to be obedient even in the little things.
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  Can you do that? Yeah, I can do that.
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  Good, I'm doubling your salary. Thank you, Sir.
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  I don't know what to say. How about well done, good and
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  faithful servant? You have been faithful over a
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  few things. I will make you ruler over many
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  things. Matthew, 2523.
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  Yeah, faithful over the work. Now I'm ruler over the workers.
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  I guess that makes me Big Mac.