Zealous Preacher

"Cyclone"*

*A Kansas cyclone hit a farmhouse just before
dawn one morning. It lifted the roof off, picked
up the beds, on which the farmer and his wife
slept, and set them down gently in the next
county. The wife began to cry.

"Don't be scared, Mary," her husband said. "We're not hurt."

Mary continued to cry. "I'm not scared," she
responded between sobs. "I'm happy 'cause
this is the first time in 14 years we've been out together."

***********************************************

"Zealous Preacher"*

*A very zealous soul-winning young preacher recently
came upon a farmer working in his field. Being
concerned about the farmer's soul the preacher asked the man,

"Are you laboring in the vineyard of the Lord my good man?"

Not even looking at the preacher and continuing his
work the farmer replied, "Naw, these are soybeans."

"You don't understand," said the preacher. "Are you a Christian?"

With the same amount of interest as his previous
answer the farmer said, "Nope my name is Jones.
You must be looking for Jim Christian. He lives a mile south of here."

The young determined preacher tried again asking the farmer, "Are you
lost?"

"Naw! I've lived here all my life," answered the farmer.

"Are you prepared for the resurrection?" the frustrated preacher asked.

This caught the farmer's attention and he asked, "When's it gonna be?"

Thinking he had accomplished something the young
preacher replied, "It could be today, tomorrow, or the next day."

Taking a handkerchief from his back pocket and wiping
his brow, the farmer remarked, "Well, don't mention it
to my wife. She don't get out much and she'll wanna go all three days."
Received on Sat Nov 28 09:02:29 2009