Now, for the rest of the story...  You know, it's rather difficult  to teach someone else to do right when you aren't doing right yourself.  The discussion we had with our son, the logic we used, and the scriptural principle to "provide all things honest in the sight of all men" (Romans 12:17) convicted me.  You see, just a day earlier, I discovered, after driving away from the drive-thru window at Burger King, that they had given me 11 cents too much in change.  At the time, my mind went back to all the times they had messed up my order and didn't give me what I had asked for, so I drove on.

However, the courage and the code of ethics possessed by a little 10 year-old boy emboldened me to drive back to the Burger King drive-thru and return 11 cents to the cashier.  Her response was not what I had imagined it would be.  There was no "thank you!" There was no "you didn't need to do that."  In fact, she didn't say a word.  If there was any reaction at all, it was as best I could tell, a look of annoyance and then she turned her back.  I must admit that for a brief moment, the thought flashed through my mind that if I had known she was going to act that way, I wouldn't have bothered with it.  But reason quickly returned and I acknowledged to myself that doing what you are supposed to do in the first place doesn't deserve special attention and praise...but that's another story for another time.

Friends, Jesus expects us to do the right thing whether it involves 11 cents or Eleven hundred dollars or whether you are thanked or ignored.  Give it some thought.