A poor man came into a small town out west and while looking for some kind of help, he went to one of the local churches. He was greeted by the pastor who, when hearing of the poor man's troubles decided to feed and clothe him. Much to the man's surprise, the pastor even decided to provide him with a donkey and some additional items to help him on his journey.
"But," warned the paster, "I must tell you, that to make the donkey go, you have to say: 'Hallelujah' and then to make the donkey stop, you must say: 'Amen'. If you remember that, you'll be fine."
The poor man graciously thanked the preacher, mounted the donkey and continued his journey.
As the sun begun to set, he decided to stop the donkey and find place to rest. But the only problem was, he couldn't remember how to stop the donkey!
The donkey kept going on for another ten minutes or so, until they started to get near a dangerous cliff. Now the man started getting nervous. He tried almost everything to get the donkey to stop, but it would not.
He finally decided to pray to God to save him. He ended the prayer by saying 'Amen' out loud, and the donkey stopped just right on the edge of the cliff. Had he waited one second more, he would have fallen off the cliff to his doom.
When he saw that the donkey had stopped, he shouted in joy, "Hallelujah!"......
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