Work is paid
A minister dies and is waiting in line at
the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud
shirt, leather jacket, and jeans.
Saint Peter addresses this guy, "Who are
you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of
Heaven?" The guy replies, "I'm Joe Cohen, taxi-driver, of New York
City." Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the
taxi-driver, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom
of Heaven."
The
taxi-driver goes into Heaven with his robe and staff, and it's the minister's
turn.
He
stands erect and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's for
the last forty-three years." Saint Peter consults his list. He says to the
minister, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of
Heaven." "Just a minute," says the minister. "That man was
a taxi-driver and he gets a silken robe and golden staff. How can this
be?"
"Up here, we work by results," says
Saint Peter. "While you preached, people became tired, could not but slept;
while he drove, people enjoyed happy journey, could not but prayed."
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