Little Things Add Up

MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD A STORY OF A MAN THAT WORKED IN THE COAL MINES IN EAST TENNESSEE.

The man drove a coal truck from the coal temple to the rail road loading dock. It was a short quick trip. Each time the driver drove by the house where he lived. He made a quick stop threw a very large hunk of coal off in his yard. No one would miss that coal from the tons he hauled. The Sunday school teach ask: IS THIS OK, ACCEPTABLE? Why not? It is just a little coal. Our teacher told us. In the course of a month that little piece of coal added up to 2 tons? Over a year that was 24 tons of coal taken one hunk at a time. Over 10 years that was 2,400 tons. (A ton is 2,000 pound.) No one knew?