Hawkeye: I think I have what just might be an
idea. Three of
the basic human emotions
are greed, fear, and greed.
Trapper: So?
Hawkeye: Frank Burns is crazy about
money. He married for money. He became a doctor for money. If there was money in dying, he’d throw
himself under a truck in a minute.
Trapper: All of which means what?
Hawkeye: Remember that story Radar said about
there being gold in Korea?...If [Frank] thought he could get rich staying here,
he’d never leave.
Hawkeye and Trapper
go too far with their pranks on Frank and Margaret, pushing them to request a
transfer out of the 4077. Realising the
impact of their constant harassment, they trick Frank into staying by appealing
to his greed, planting fake gold around the camp.
The bible teaches us that “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). When the pursuit of money becomes our primary
purpose and the bottom line of our leadership we are exposed to all types of
risks and temptations. Many leaders have
been derailed by allowing the love of money to allure them away from fundamental
values like integrity. It is not that
money itself is inherently evil, but the elevation of it to a place where it leads
to a compromise of character. I remember
meeting a man at the Melbourne Remand Centre while Christmas Caroling one year
whose love of money led to a gambling addiction that cost him his job, family
and freedom. With his head bowed low he
lamented how he had thrown his life away because his love of money cost him
everything of true value in his life.
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