Funny
how a $10.00 bill looks so big when you take it to church, but so
small when you take it to the mall.
Funny how big an hour serving God looks and how small 60 minutes
are when
spent playing golf, fishing or shopping.
Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church, but how short
they are
when watching a movie.
Funny how we get thrilled when a football game goes into overtime,
but we
complain when a sermon is longer than the regular time.
Funny how laborious it is to read a chapter in the Bible and how
easy it is
to read 200-300 pages of a best selling novel.
Funny how we believe what newspapers say, but question what the
Bible says.
Funny how people scramble to get a front seat at any game, but
scramble to
get a back seat at church service.
Funny how we cannot fit a gospel meeting into our schedule with
yearly
planner but we can schedule for other events at a moment's notice.
Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks to fit a church event into our
schedule, but
can adjust it for a social event at the last minute.
Funny how much difficulty some have learning a simple gospel well
enough to
tell others, but how simple it is for the same people to
understand and
explain gossip about someone else.
Funny how we can't think of anything to say when we pray, and
don't have any
difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.
Funny how we are so quick to take direction from a total stranger
when we
are lost, but are hesitant to take God's direction to be found.
Funny how people are so consumed with what others think about them
rather
than what God thinks about them.
Funny how so many churchgoers sing "Standing on the
Promises" but all they
do is sit on the premises.
Funny how people think that they can get more accomplished in a
lifetime
without God than in an hour with Him.
Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven, provided they don't have
to
believe, or to think, or to say, or to do anything.
Funny how we all need to read this.
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