The Midas Tough...

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There is a story I remember being taught as a child about a king named Midas. This King wanted more wealth. Lots more. He called for his wizard and asked the wizard to cast a spell on him so that everything he touched would turn to gold. It worked beautifully! He went about the kingdom touching vase's, goblets, trinkets... you get the picture. Then came dinner time. Hard to eat a gold turkey leg or a gold leg of lamb, so he had to have one of his servants hold his food for him to eat. Minor set back. The next few days went fine and the King had more gold then any of the other Kings in his neighborhood! Unfortunately, one day his daughter came running up to greet him and before he could stop himself, he put out his hands to pick her up and you guessed it, she turned to gold. The touch had lost it lustre and become a curse. I always wondered why the guy didn't just ware gloves! I have met people who seem to have the Midas touch. It seems everything they put their hands to turns out to be a huge success. Or at lest success in terms of wealth and prosperity. I see that and often times wish I could be so fortunate. Then down the road I hear about how those same people have gotten a divorce or some other problem in their relationships. King Solomon was the wealthiest King in the world, ever! God told him he could have anything he wanted and he asked for wisdom, so God gave him wisdom and wealth because he put caring for Gods people above wealth. Now that I'm older, I realize that the Midas Touch can be for things more valuable then gold. We touch people everyday, or at least I hope we do, and in doing that we should hope to develop a golden relationship with that person. At the very least we should want our touch to make the rest of that person's day shimmer. I'm dad--I'm just saying.....