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He is the only man who has never been compared to the man she could have married.
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He had no in-laws to drop in.
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There were no Jones for him to keep up with.
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There were no credit cards OR shopping centres.
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He never had his dinner interrupted by window salesmen.
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He got away with wearing a simple wardrobe.
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He never had to shovel snow!
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If he had gone bald, who would have known that wasn’t normal.
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There was no “standard weight and height” tables – and the word FAT meant good.
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When God asked “Adam, where are you?” He replied, “The woman you gave me was reading the map.”
Each class in the Church School was asked to select a Bible verse that somehow reflected the theme and character of the class — even the church nursery was asked to participate.
This assignment puzzled the nursery workers…until they lit upon 1 Corinthians 15:51 — “We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed…”
Jack Gremillion tells of the minister who parked in a no-parking zone and left this note on his windshield:
“I have circled this block 10 times. I have an appointment to keep. Forgive us our trespasses.”
When he returned to his car, this reply was attached to a parking ticket:
“I’ve circled this block for 10 years. If I don’t give you a ticket, I lose my job. Lead us not into temptation.”