ASKING FOR GUIDANCE
I heard a great joke this week about a man who himself had a great joke to share. He was in a dimly lit restaurant and he leaned over to the lady at the table next to him and said, "Hey, would you like to hear a very funny blond joke." The lady replied, "I’m 6’3" blonde and am a personal trainer at the local gym. The lady sitting to me left is 6’4" blonde and is a world champion tae kwon do champion. The lady on my right just happens to be 5’9" blonde and an Olympic weight lifter. Are you sure that you want to tell that blonde joke."
"No, I think I’ll just keep it to myself," the man replied, "I don’t want to have to explain it three times."
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I heard another story this week about a preacher’s young daughter who always noticed when her daddy would pause and bow his head for a moment before launching into the sermon. One day she asked him why.
"Well honey," he began, thrilled that his daughter was paying such close attention to his sermons, "I’m asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon."
To which she replied, "Then how come He doesn’t do it?"
(From a sermon by Grant van Boeschoten, "House of Prayer" 1/26/2009)