Page 7 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2013

money and took the painting from the stage. He
disappeared with it out of the back of the auditorium. A

few minutes later I saw him, ever so carefully, trying to
stay hidden, slip the painting back through the side stage
door.
Soon the painting was brought to the front of the

stage again. The auctioneer raised his hand. “We have a
nice painting here. So who will give me a 50 dollar,
dollar? Who will give me a...”
The auctioneer paused and looked deeply at the
painting, then turned to John. “John, didn’t you just buy
this painting?”

John shrugged. “My wife is a prolific artist of one
landscape.”
He paid another $100 for it. And two times more he
bought the same painting. I watched others buy

something only to donate it back to be auctioned again.
Yes, sir. That’s how it is in our farming
community. We don’t just donate; we expect equal value
for things.
But the true value is never in the things that are sold,

but in the hearts of these good people.

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