A pastor and his wife were going to give a garden party. Everyone in the church was sent engraved invitations. The delightful back yard of the parsonage was manicured, tables decorated the lawn, the clematis vine and rose bushes elegantly bloomed their floral splendor! This was going to be THE EVENT of the year.
The night before the party the pastor discovered (to his horror) that Mrs. Smith, a charter member, and matriarch of the church, had been mistakenly left off the invitation list. The pastor immediately dialed Mrs. Smith. ??I??m sorry, it was a terrible oversight,? he pleaded, ??Won??t you please come to the garden party anyway?? Mrs. Smith replied, ??It??s too late, Reverend??.I??ve already prayed for rain!? (Russell Brownsworth)
At first glance I thought this was going to be a completely different story involving a preacher and his wife.?ÿ In this case the preacher had told his wife he was going to make his next sermon about sailing.?ÿ Several of the church members were avid sailors, he said.?ÿ His wife thought this was silly.?ÿ What he didn't tell her was the church bulletin had already been sent out announcing the subject would be sex.
On Friday, one of the church ladies was visiting with the preacher's wife and mentioned how she was looking forward to Sunday and the preacher's message.?ÿ His wife responded:, "I don't understand why he has chosen to address a subject on which he knows so little.?ÿ He's only done it twice.?ÿ And, the second time he fell out."
I have a feeling Mrs. Smith wouldn??t approve of God Himself if He showed up to the party.
