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A couple had two little boys, ages 8 and 10,
who were excessively mischievous.
The two boys were
always getting into trouble and their parents could
be assured that if any mischief occurred in
their town, their two young sons were in some way involved.
The
parents were at their wits end
as to what to do about their sons' behaviour. The
mother had heard that a clergyman in town had
been successful in disciplining children in the past,
so
she asked her husband if he thought that they should send the boys to speak
to the clergyman. The
husband said, "We might as well.
We
need to do something before something
really bad happens."
The clergyman agreed to speak with the boys, but
asked to see them individually.
The
8-year-old
went to meet with him first.
The
clergyman sat the boy down and asked him,
"Where is God?" The boy made no response, so the clergyman repeated the
question in a stern tone, "Where is God?"
Again
the boy made no attempt to answer, so the clergyman
raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face, "WHERE
IS GOD?" At that
the boy bolted from the room and ran directly home slamming himself in
his closet.
His older brother followed him into the closet and said,"What happened?"
The younger brother
replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time! God is missing and they think
we did it!"
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