Ten Inches
A boy was sitting on a park bench with one hand resting on an
open Bible. He was loudly exclaiming his praise to God.
"Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God is great!" he yelled without
worrying whether anyone heard him or not.
Shortly after, along came a man who had recently completed
some studies at a local university. Feeling himself very enlightened
in the ways of truth and very eager to show this enlightenment,
he asked the boy about the source of his joy.
"Hey," asked the boy in return with a bright laugh, "don't you
have any idea what God is able to do? I just read that God opened
up the waves of the Red Sea and led the whole nation of Israel right
through the middle."
The enlightened man laughed lightly, sat down next to the boy
and began to try to open his eyes to the "realities" of the miracles
of the Bible.
"That can all be very easily explained. Modern science has
shown that the Red Sea in that area was only 10-inches deep at that
time. It was no problem for the Israelites to wade across."
The boy looked surprised. His eyes wandered from the man back to
the Bible laying open in his lap. The man, content that he had
enlightened a poor, naive young person to the finer points of
scientific insight, turned to go.
Scarcely had he taken two steps when the boy began to rejoice
and praise louder than before; "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God is SO
great!". The man turned to ask the reason for this resumed jubilation.
"Wow!" exclaimed the boy happily, "God is greater than I
thought! Not only did He lead the whole nation of Israel through
the Red Sea, He topped it off by drowning the whole Egyptian army
in only 10-inches of water!"
Addendum -- Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;"
[ Author Unknown -- from Stan ]
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