| A couple had two
little boys, ages 5 and 8, who were excessively mischievous. They
were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that, if
any mischief occurred in their town, their sons were probably
involved.
The boys' mother heard that a clergyman in
town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if
he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed, but asked to
see them individually. So the mother scheduled her 5-year-old
first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the clergyman in
the afternoon.
The clergyman, a huge man with a booming
voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, "Where
is God?". The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no
response, just sitting there with his mouth hanging open,
wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even
sterner tone, "Where is God!!?"
Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So
the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in
the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE IS GOD!?"
The boy screamed and bolted from the room,
ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door
behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he
asked, "What happened?"
The younger brother, gasping for breath,
replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time. God is missing and
they think WE did it!" |
