SPITE FENCES:

I had a good friend that pastored a church in the same town where I pastored. We had a very good friendship and often pent time together. We both loved to laugh.

The church my friend pastored was next to a local grocery store. The grocery store venders would park in the back of the property to unload their wares. Occasionally when several venders were in the back at the same time, the venders would temporarily park in the church’s parking lot.

This really angered the pastor, he talked to the store owner and demanded this parking stop immediately.

The owner agreed and gave notice for this to stop, yet the vendors continued on a regular basis.

The pastor would go over and tell the venders a piece of his mind.

I will be honest with you and tell you, the church used the grocery store’s parking lot every Sunday and on Wednesday.

The church’s lot was rather small, and the store’s lot was very convenient.

The pastor got more and more angry and decided to do something.

The pastor was a talented builder, so he laid the footer and laid a beautiful concrete block wall along the pavement to stop

the venders from parking there. There would be a block and a space, and the wall was beautiful.

The church people would park in the grocery store’s lot and walk around the wall.

But the wall was very effective, and it stopped the venders from parking there.

The pastor purchased a brand new Lincoln Continental Town Car, wow what a car.

The pastor’s wife was backing out of

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