GOD'S KIDS
Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort
from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After
creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said
to them was:
"Don't."
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the
forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey,
Eve...
we got Forbidden Fruit!"
" No way!"
" Yes WAY!"
"Don't eat
that fruit!" said God.
"Why?"
"Because I'm your Father and I said so!"
said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants. A few
minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry.
"Didn't I
tell you not to eat that fruit?" the First Parent asked.
"Uh huh," Adam
replied.
"Then why did you?"
"I dunno," Eve answered.
"She started it!"
Adam said.
"Did Not!"
"DID so!"
"DID NOT!!"
Having had it with the
two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of
their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. But there is a
reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give
them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had
trouble handling children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for
you?
Greg Hopper
"Why is it that our children can't
read a Bible in school, but they can
in
prison?"
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