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Pastimes : The Grafted Tree (Gentile's & Jews learn from each other) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DLL who wrote (618)	5/4/1998 11:01:00 PM
From: Barnabus	Respond to of 702

A dear cousin sent me a booklet that I received today entitled: "Awkward Christian Soldiers This booklet is written by Ken Alley P.K. These are true humorous stories he either experienced or had sent in. I'll share a couple to help relieve the tension!!! During the time of prayer for members of the congregation, we were praying for Bill W., who was awaiting the results of his biopsy. The pastor actually ended up praying that the results of Bill's "autopsy" would be favorable. And another: The pastor was praying for an elderly lady in the congregation who had taken a bad fall and was in the hospital. She had fallen down a flight of fourteen stairs, but when Pastor was praying for her, he said that she'd fallen down fourteen flights of stairs My husband got one of those attacks of giggles when he pictured someone tumbling down all those steps like a cartoon character. Which reminds me of another---this happened when I was a teen-ager. I was singing in a quartet and we were singing at a revival meeting. We were seated on the platform in a formal Quaker Church where nary an Amen was ever said aloud (now this was many many years ago) We had finished singing and still were on the platform---then the evangelist started preaching. Two (and I'm sure very dear and sincere) Salvation Army men were there sitting in the front seat. And they started "Amening" about every third or fourth sentence of the Evangelist's sermon. On one of the Amens, the timing of it was at such a bad moment, it struck all four of us funny at the same time and we got the giggles---uncontrollably. We had to get off of that platform!!! I hadn't thought of that story in years...ain't old age wonderful. My father-in-law when he was living had a sensational line: "Now I know I have told you this before, but it bears repeating" and off he would go on an oft-told story. Now I've taken up where he left off. God bless Him. He is telling his wonderful stories in heaven now and enjoying God. Barney