• Why Do You Ask?

  Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  Death

  Denomination: Brethren

WHY DO YOU ASK?

A vicar was walking along the road when a lady stopped him and this question. "Vicar" she asked. "What do you think about cremation?"

Without hesitation the vicar replied, "You know the scriptural principle don't you?"

"No" the lady replied.

"You bury treasure but you burn rubbish." Then the vicar asked, "But why do you ask?"

She replied: "Because we cremated my mother last week!"

The lesson in the story is a simple one: It always pays to find out why the question is being asked.