A cab driver reaches the pearly gates. St. Peter looks him up in his Big Book and tells him to pick up a gold staff and a silk robe and proceed into Heaven.
Next in line is a preacher. St. Peter looks him up in his Big Book, furrows his brow and says, "OK, we'll let you in, but take that cloth robe and wooden staff."
The preacher is shocked and replies, "But I am a man of the cloth. You gave that cab driver a gold staff and a silk robe. Surely I rate higher than a abbie!"
St. Peter responds matter-of-factly, "This is Heaven, and up here, we are interested in results. When you preached, people slept. When the cabbie drove his taxi, people prayed."
Cheers,
Paul (A.)
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ReplyDeleteAll thanks to Paul (A.).
DeleteSuch a perfect lesson about perspective--how the apparently obvious one is often way off the mark. Pretty funny, too!
ReplyDeletePrairie Soul, I've had a couple of wild taxi rides that made me pray hard - one in London and one in New York. I should have reported the drivers, but I did not.
DeleteYay! Paul (A.) strikes again.
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