Funny stuff. . .
Stacy - Silverton, OR
Comments: Before a softball game, one team member prayed, ''please let the other team win...and let us win, too.'' Both teams win? Like a tie, perhaps? Except nobody wants to tie...somebody's gotta win. It was hard to not laugh out loud when I heard this prayer.
THO's Response: Stacy, it's good that you didn't laugh out loud; you did what is right. A big part of being a Christian is knowing when to laugh and when to laugh behind someone's back. The good thing is even though the latter takes patience and willpower, those times are usually way funnier so you can have an even bigger laugh at someone else's expense an expense that they don't even know exists. The 'cost' of laughing out loud in front of them is often paid by you, and sometimes comes in the form of the pastor stopping his sermon, claiming he's doing the best he can, crying, and later kicking you off the worship band, which was made up of a bunch of no-talent clowns and had a horrible keytarist, anyway! "
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in Church on Sunday we were asked to break into groups to pray together at the beginning of the service. The pastor made it very clear that we were to spend this time of prayer praising God for who he is... not thanking him for anything, not asking him for anything, not interceding... just praising. So I circle up with some people nearby and happen to be in a group with a dear friend who has the unfortunate habit of never listening. Being the spiritual warrior he is, he starts off our prayer time with "Lord, thank you for blah, blah, blah, and please, blah, blah, blah". Maybe that wouldn't be so funny on a normal basis, but in the moment (and going on little sleep and only my first cup of coffee), I couldn't contain my amusement. And when you try so hard to contain laughter, you remove essential energy from your bladder... I really wish we didn't meet in an old Wal-Mart in times like that, it's a long way from the sanctuary (aka sporting goods) to the restrooms (aka layaway)!
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