A listener sent me this, If you never heard this one before, you will smile.
An atheist was walking through the woods. 'What majestic
trees! 'What powerful rivers!'What beautiful animals he said to himself!
Suddenly, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He
turned to look and saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him. He ran as fast
as he could along the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear
was closing on him. He continued running.He looked over his shoulder again and the bear was even
closer and then, he tripped and fell.Rolling over to pick himself up, he found the bear was right
on top of him, reaching towards him with its left paw and raising the right paw
to strike.At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!
Time Stopped. The bear froze. The forest went silent.
A bright light shone upon the man, and a voice came out of
the sky and said, “You deny my existence for all these years. You teach
others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident. Do you expect
me to help you out of this predicament?”“Am I to count you as a believer now?”
The atheist looked directly into the light and said…
“It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a
Christian now … but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?”There was a pause, and then, “Very well,” said the
voice.The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed.
The bear dropped his right arm and brought both paws
together and bowed his head & spoke.“Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive.
Amen.”
