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The Pastor and the Bird Cage
Author Unknown
There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England
town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty,
bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised
and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..
"I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me
swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild
birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What
you got there son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.. "What are you
gonna do with them?" I asked.. "Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he
answered. I'm gonna tease' em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight.
I'm gonna have a real good time." "But you'll get tired of those birds
sooner or later. What will you do then?" "Oh, I got some cats," said the
little boy.. "They like birds. I'll take'em to them." The pastor was
silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?" "Huh??!!!
Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds.
They don't sing - they ain't even pretty!" "How much?" the pastor asked
again.. The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it
in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.
The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley
where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened
the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting
them free. Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then
the pastor began to tell this story..
One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had come from the
Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting.. "Yes, sir, I just caught
the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they
couldn't resist. Got 'em all!" "What are you going to do with them?" Jesus
asked.. Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to
marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink
and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and
kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!" "And what will you do when you
get done with them?" Jesus asked.. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared
proudly.. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.. "Oh, you don't
want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll
just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you!! You don't want
those people!!" "How much?" He asked again.. Satan looked at Jesus and
sneered, "All your tears, and all your blood." Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He
paid the price.. The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he
walked from the pulpit..
Notes:
Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why
the world's going to hell..
Isn't it funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the
Bible says.
Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have
to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says..
Or is it scary?
Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan
(who, by the way, also "believes" in God)..
Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they
spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
people think twice about sharing.
Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through
cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school
and workplace..
FUNNY, ISN'T IT?
Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an
invisible Christian the rest of the week..
Are you laughing?
Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it
to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or
what they will think of you for sending it to them.
Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me
than what God thinks of me..
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