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THE LORD'S BASEBALL GAME
Bob and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game.
The Lord's team was playing Satan's team. The Lord's team was at bat, the score
was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs.
They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the
plate whose name was Love. Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single,
because Love never fails.
The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single
because Faith works with Love.
The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound
up and threw the first pitch. Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass: Ball
one. Three more pitches and Godly Wisdom walked, because Godly Wisdom never
swings at what Satan throws.
The bases were now loaded. The Lord then turned to Bob
and told him He was now going to bring in His star player.
Up to the plate stepped Grace. Bob said, "He sure
doesn't look like much!"
Satan's whole team relaxed when they saw Grace.
Thinking he had won the game, Satan wound up and fired his first pitch. To the
shock of everyone, Grace hit the ball harder than anyone had ever
seen.
But Satan was not worried; his center fielder let very
few get by. He went up for the ball, but it went right through his glove,
hit him on the head and sent him crashing on the ground; then it continued over
the fence for a home run!
The Lord's team won. The Lord then asked Bob if he knew
why Love, Faith and Godly Wisdom could get on base but could not win the
game.
Bob answered that he did not know why.
The Lord explained, "If your love, faith, and wisdom
had won the game you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, Faith and
Wisdom will get you on base but, only My Grace can get you Home.
============================= Thanks to Tina Miller for this one.
First things first...
Asking the children in my Sunday School class, "If I sold my house and my
car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I get into
Heaven?" "NO"! the children all answered.
"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything
neat and tidy, would I get into Heaven"? Again, the answer was
"NO"!
"Well," I continued, "then how can I get to Heaven?" In the back of
the room, a 5 yr. old boy shouted out, "You gotta be dead"!!!
Kevin
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