Our newspapers print stories about multi-million dollar real estate and industrial transactions, and they also print stories of business failures and bankruptcies. Fortunes are made and lost in a matter of hours. This is America land of the rich land of the poor, but most of all, it is the land of the free. Freedom is a priceless treasure. This is a paradox.
Freedom is priceless yet it is free.
Freedom is free yet it is not without great cost. A man s treasures should never become his God, because this would be idolatry. A man s treasure should not be given away, gambled away or wasted away, because this would be foolish. A man s treasure should not be kept entirely unto himself, because this would be selfish. Yet, we must take care that we do not offend anyone who does not possess a similar treasure.