Are you a Wasted Paper Clip?
I recently had a few ask me to post the story about the paper clip study. You will find this amusing. The scary part of this story is that many live their lives like the paper clip; never fulfilling their intended purpose. Enjoy!
Lloyd’s Bank of London undertook a study to find out what happens to a typical batch of paper clips as they are released throughout the workforce. Out of their original batch of 100,000 paper clips they found that 3,916 were used to unplug tobacco pipes; 5,308 were used to clean under fingernails; 5,423 were used to pick teeth or scratch ears; 7,200 were used as hooks for belts, suspenders, or bras; 14,163 were snapped, broken, or otherwise twisted during phone conversations; 19,143 became mock card game chips; and approximately 25,000 became lost, swept up off the floor or thrown away. Only 20,000 of the original batch of paper clips were actually used to clip papers together. (1)
Interesting. Only a minority of these paper clips, each one created for a specific function, were ever used for their intended design! The overwhelming majority was used to fulfill some other false purpose. Such is the tragedy today with many who claim to follow Christ; attempts at fulfilling their intended purpose go awry. This is neither God’s will, nor His desire.
