{"id":5701,"date":"2018-01-08T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampaseo.expert\/focus\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2018-01-08T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:14:48","slug":"what-would-grandpa-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampaseo.expert\/focus\/2018\/01\/08\/what-would-grandpa-say\/","title":{"rendered":"What Would Grandpa Say?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jim Mettenbrink<\/strong><br \/>\nOccasionally in the last term of a president, news media remark about the president\u2019s legacy. Leaders want to leave a good name via some good they have done for their constituency. In some ways the memorial of legacy is superficial\u2013\u2013buildings, parks,\u00a0and streets bearing their names. One man even built a monument to himself at the driveway to his property. How long will that last when he dies and his property is sold?<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nOccasionally, when I did something wrong,\u00a0Grandpa would say, \u201cYou came into this world with nothing and were given your name. When you die, all you have will be sold or given away and soon forgotten. Your name will be left too, but it can\u2019t be sold. If your name is no good, you don\u2019t have anything good.\u201d Grandpa\u2019s comment was about the real legacy of a man\u2013\u2013his personal honor, the lasting memory of his character. How you view your \u201cname\u201d is a very important preparation for your earthly life as well as your eternal life.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAlthough\u00a0Grandpa never said much about what he did, in a couple instances\u00a0someone related a story\/incident\/etc. Six years after\u00a0Grandpa died,\u00a0a\u00a0elderly stranger approached me at a farm equipment exposition in central Nebraska. He asked,\u201d Are you related to Charlie\u00a0Mettenbrink?\u201d Confirming I was his grandson, he recalled that in the 1930s and 1940s,\u00a0Grandpa would go to western Nebraska to buy cattle. Upon hearing his name, the auctioneer would tell him to load \u2018em\u00a0up and take \u2018em\u00a0home. When\u00a0Grandpa returned home, he had the bank send the money. The man remarked he bought the cattle on his name&#8230;and a handshake.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nHowever,\u00a0Grandpa told me a several times about a couple incidents\u00a0that\u00a0actually reflect his sense of being honorable. It has been said, \u201cEvery\u00a0man has his price.\u201d In other words, every man can be bought, but is it so? When a county commissioner died, the other commissioners asked\u00a0Grandpa to fill out the rest of the man\u2019s term. Grandpa\u2019s responsibility was county roads and bridges. Someone anonymously informed him that the county was not getting the amount gravel being purchased. So,\u00a0Grandpa climbed a tree near the road near the gravel pit and watched the trucks passed by. Indeed, the county was being cheated and in\u00a0turn filed suit. Regarding the gravel company,\u00a0Grandpa said, \u201cThey tried to buy me, but they couldn\u2019t buy me.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nGrandpa and several other men established a bank in the 1920s. The bank was a victim of bank closings of the early 1930s. What about the depositors\u2019\u00a0accounts? There was no FDIC. Grandpa told me he paid all of the depositors from his own pocket. Not one lost their money. Every\u00a0time someone mentions bankruptcy, or a report is made that someone walked away from his overdue rent or mortgage, it calls to mind\u00a0Grandpa\u2019s sense of honor. He wanted his name to be good.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nHow does God see a man\u2019s name?\u00a0\u201cA good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold\u201d (Proverbs 22:1). You are given a name, but the honor of that name depends on you. The\u00a0proverb implies a person makes a choice of the legacy of his \u201cname.\u201d What is your choice?<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nGod also tells us the destiny of each person\u2019s legacy, how people remember your name\u2013\u2013\u201cThe memory of the righteous is blessed,\u00a0but the name of the wicked will rot\u201d (Proverbs 10:7).<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jim Mettenbrink Occasionally in the last term of a president, news media remark about the president\u2019s legacy. Leaders want to leave a good name via some good they have done for their constituency. 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