IDShooter
06-26-2001, 09:35 PM
There are three preachers who have been friends for a long time and often confide in each other. One day they are talking and the conversation turns to finances. "How does your church pay you?" asks one fellow. "Well, they just let me handle all the finances." answers his friend. "But how do you decide how much money is yours and how much belongs to the church?" asks the third preacher.
* * * "I use a simple system. I draw a line in the dirt and straddle it. Then I throw all the money in the air. What comes down on the right is mine, what comes down on the left is the church's." explained the first man.
* * * *" You know, my method is very similar," replies the second preacher, "but I draw a circle. Whatever comes down inside the circle belongs to me and everything outside I put back into the church."
* * * *" Hey, that's amazing!" says the third man. " I decide our church finances almost exactly the same way. But I don't draw any lines; I just go outside and throw the money into the air. What God wants he catches, and whatever falls to the ground is mine!"
* * * "I use a simple system. I draw a line in the dirt and straddle it. Then I throw all the money in the air. What comes down on the right is mine, what comes down on the left is the church's." explained the first man.
* * * *" You know, my method is very similar," replies the second preacher, "but I draw a circle. Whatever comes down inside the circle belongs to me and everything outside I put back into the church."
* * * *" Hey, that's amazing!" says the third man. " I decide our church finances almost exactly the same way. But I don't draw any lines; I just go outside and throw the money into the air. What God wants he catches, and whatever falls to the ground is mine!"