The Bird Cage
Posted by: root <root@...>
town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent,
old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in
response,
Pastor Thomas began to speak...
"I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me
swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild
birds,shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, What you
got there son? ' "
"Just some old birds," came the reply."What are you gonna do with them?"
I asked."Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. I'm gonna tease
'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good
time."
"But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take'em to
them."
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds,
son?" "Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds,mister. They're just plain old
field birds. They don't sing - they ain't even pretty!" "How much?" the pastor
asked again. The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it
in the boy's hand. In a flash,the boy was gone. The pastor picked up the cage
and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a
grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping
the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.
Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor
began to tell this story . . .
One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from
the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught
the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they
couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked. Satan replied, "Oh, I'm
gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other,how
to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna
teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna
have fun!" "And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.
"Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.
"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, you don't want those
people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you.
They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you!! You don't want those people!!"
"How much?" He asked again.Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your
tears,and all your blood." Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price.
The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the
pulpit.
Notes:
Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then
wonder why the world's going to hell.
Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow
Satan (who, by the way, also "believes"in God).
Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and
they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages
regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they
believe,or what they will think of you for sending it to them.
Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think
of me than what God thinks of me.