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  THERE WAS THIS MAN WHO WANTED TO GET TO KNOW GOD'S WISDOM BETTER.  HE BEGAN TO PRAY AND MEDITATE MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT ASKING GOD TO GIVE HIM WISDOM.  AFTER MONTHS WENT BYE THE MAN DECIDED TO ASK GOD ABOUT HIS CONCEIPT OF TIME.  HE ASK, "GOD,  WHAT IS A THOUSAND YEARS TO YOU?"  GOD REPLIED BY SAYING, "NOT BUT A MINUTE!"  THE MAN BEING SATIFIED WITH THAT QUESTION ASK GOD ANOTHER,  "GOD WHAT IS A MILLION DOLLORS TO YOU?"  GOD ANSWERED,  "NOT BUT A DIME!"
     SO AFTER HEARING THE ANSWER TO THE SECOND QUESTION,  THE MAN FELT CONFIDENT IN ASKING HIS THIRD QUESTION.  THE MAN ASKED BOLDLY,  "GOD,  WOULD YOU GIVE ME ONE MILLION DOLLARS SINCE IT IS NOT BUT A MERE DIME TO YOU?"  GOD IMMEDIATELY REPLIED,  "SURE!  GIVE ME A MINUTE!"
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