Collecting Wood Thursday
Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>
It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote
reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was
going to be cold or mild.
Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he
had never been taught the old secrets, and when he
looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather
was going to be.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to
his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold
and that the members of the village should collect
wood to be prepared. But also being a practical
leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to
the phone booth, called the National Weather Service
and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"
"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold
indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service
responded.
So the Chief went back to his people and told them to
collect even more wood in order to be prepared.
A week later, he called the National Weather Service
again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"
"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again
replied, "it's definitely going to be a very cold
winter."
The Chief again went back to his people and ordered
them to collect every scrap of wood they could find.
Two weeks later, he called the National Weather
Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the
winter is going to be very cold?"
"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's going to be one
of the coldest winters ever."
"How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.
The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting
wood like crazy."
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"Sending Gifts"
There was this fellow who worked for the Post Office
whose job it was to process all the mail that had
illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his
desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God. He
thought, "Oh boy, better open this one and see what
it's all about."
So he opened it and read: "Dear God, I am an 83 year
old widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday
someone stole my purse. It had $100.00 in it, which
was all the money I had until my next pension check.
Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my
friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have
nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn
to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help
me?"
The postal worker was touched, and went around showing
the letter to all the others. Each of them dug into
his wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the
time he made the rounds, he had collected $96.00,
which they put into an envelope and sent over to her.
The rest of the day, all the workers felt the warm
glow of the kind thing they had done.
Christmas came and went. A few days later another
letter came from the old lady to God. All the workers
gathered around while the letter was opened.
It read, "Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough
for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love
I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends.
We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your
wonderful gift. By the way, there was $4 missing. I
think it must have been those thieving workers at the
Post Office."
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"Holiday Traffic"
An honest man was being tailgated by a stressed-out
woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned
yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing,
stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have
beaten the red light by accelerating through the
intersection.
The tailgating woman hit the roof, and the horn,
screaming and gesturing in frustration as she missed
her chance to get through the intersection with him.
As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her
window and looked up into the face of a very serious
police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her
car with her hands up. He took her to the police
station where she was searched, fingerprinted,
photographed, and placed in a cell.
After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the
cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the
booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting
with her personal effects.
He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I
pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your
horn, flipping the guy off in front of you, and
cussing a blue streak at him." "I noticed the 'Choose
Life' license plate holder, the 'What Would Jesus Do'
bumper sticker, the 'Follow Me to Sunday School'
bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish
emblem on the trunk.
Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car."
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Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
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