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Wednesday, July 18, 2001

Have you got a funny bone or two? Can fun connect with faith? You'd better believe it...."Funny Bone Faith" sees humor--AND faith--in the tough times and with God's help, smiles through tears as it triumphs in a Lord who brings joy and laughter to our lives--daily! Enjoy the fun and inspiration--and strengthen YOUR "Funny Bone Faith" right here--today!

Please note: Humor pieces are meant to be funny - no offense is meant with regard to age, sex, race, religion, occupation or any other topic. It is simply a way of laughing at ourselves; please do not take the humor personal or offensive.

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine... (Proverbs 17:22)."

THE CREATOR!

EVER WONDER WHY HE'S CALLED "THE CREATOR?"

 One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God.

 So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him.

 The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you. We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't you just go on and get lost."

 God listened very patiently and kindly to the man. After the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this? Let's say we have a man-making contest."

To which the scientist replied, "Okay, great!"

 But God added, "Now, we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam."

 The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.

 God looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt!" --Author unknown; found circulating in email.

Today's Faith 'n Truth-Builder
"...building up yourselves on your most holy faith... (Jude 20)."

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS ON THE INTERNET SUPER HIGHWAY

By Jay Beuoy*
Special columnist for ASSIST Communications

On his way to the celestial city Christian met a one-eyed man with a wide, square, flat face.

"I know thee," said Christian, "Thou art surely that man headed to the city of Destruction. Pray, what is your name."

"My name," said the man, is Modem--Mr. Modem C. Internet, and I am not headed to Destruction. I am not going anywhere. Rather, everything is coming to me."

"Nay," said Christian, "I was warned of thee, by Mr. Obscurantist. He said thou art wicked and headed for doom. Indeed said he, 'all who travel with ye are doomed.'"

"I travel with no one, nor would I take thee this way nor that. I will only bring to thee what thou desireth. Ye needs travel nowhere past the seat of thy trousers."

"Ah," said Christian, "then verily I see the makings of a snare. For, that which I desireth descendeth not only from the good, but doth bubble up from the wickedness in me. I quote with the Apostle Paul, Romans 7:18, "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."

"It is as thou saith," said Modem, "but I can quote holy writ as well, Titus 1:15, "Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled."

"I commence to apprehend thy meaning," said Christian. "Yet, is that which bringeth both good and evil morally neutral? For if it takes with one hand what it gives with the other, is it not all guile and deceit?"

Modem answered, "Doth not the same sun both destroy crops in drought, but make them grow after the rain? Doth that same Sun not bake the clay so well as it thaws the frozen winter soil? Canst not all that God made be used for either good or bad? So, too, I am but a large bandwidth that floweth in the direction which the heart's rudder turneth."

"I admit that thou makest an argument fine, but whether it be Mother Logic or Father Lie I cannot tell." Christian dropped to his knees in helplessness and prayed. "Lord, if this Mr. Internet be evil, please take him from me. As, thou hast taught us to pray, lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen."

When Christian raised his eyes, Modem stood by with a blank look on his face. "Well?" said he. "I am still here."

"Hast thou changed?" asked Christian.

"Nay, I am always the same--a broad path that leadeth to destruction, and a path that leads to a narrow way. Hast thou changed?"

"Nay, I am the same. I am still on my way to the Celestial City, and still capable of stumbling along the path."

"Then what hast thou decided?" asked Modem, "Wilst thou shun me or use me?"

"I will use thee, but with care. I will pray that the Lord who strengtheneth me would help me to walk by His Spirit. I will hold fast to him who holdeth me fast. By his power I will seek the good in you, and avoid the evil. Art thou pleased?"

Modem C. Internet shrugged his shoulders. "I do not care."

--ASSIST News Service

*"Jay Beuoy is a pastor and freelance writer. His articles have appeared in Leadership Journal, Pastor's Family, and The War Cry to name a few. Jay's op-ed pieces, are updated weekly on his website, winsomewit.com. Blending satire with Christian social commentary, his columns address major cultural trends and news events from a creative, oblique angle."



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