Humor:
Pastor Johnson had served his parish faithfully for 40 years,
when the congregation acquired an assistant pastor. One Sunday the
assistant was scheduled to conduct the morning worship. Pastor Johnson,
seeing that he had the day off, decided to play a round of golf, as many of
his parishioners had done through the years.
God and the devil were having a discussion on the condition of the world.
The devil was just telling God that he was making headway in his plan to
take over. God said that would never happen because He had many faithful
workers to prevent it. Just then they spotted Pastor Johnson, about to tee up
on the most difficult hole on the course. It was a par-5, 495 yard, dog-leg, over
water, with sand protecting the green on three sides.
The devil said, See there is one of your faithful. It appears that he has fallen
away and that means I've got control. God replied, I have faith in him, he will
hear the church bells and return to what is right for him to do, and if not I will
have to punish him.
Pastor Johnson listened as he heard the bells of a nearby church, then addressed
the ball. He hit what can only be described as the shot that would make Tiger
Woods envious. The ball went to the joint of the dog-leg, took a bounce toward
the green, past the water, over the sand, took one hop and dropped in the cup.
The devil said, I thought you said that you were going to punish him. God replied,
I did, who can he tell.
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