Humor

[I am doing an "extra" blog today, because I will have to be away from Abilene and my office a couple of days next week. Have a great day].

Did you see the clever article in the January 2009 of the Reader's Digest entitled "Jokes for 50 States," pages 110-117. Each state contains one joke aimed at that state. I love to laugh at states other than my own--Texas. How about you? I hope you will read ALL of these. Here are a few that caught my eye.

Alaska: An Alaskan was on trial in Anchorage. The prosecutor leaned menacingly toward him and asked, "Where were you on the night of October to April?"

Connecticut: What's the difference between Massachusetts and Connecticut? The Kennedys don't own Connecticut.

Kansas: What do a jack-knifed semi in Ohio, a guy getting a divorce in Alabama, and a tornado in Kansas have in common? They're all fixin' to lose a trailer.

Kentucky: How do you know the toothbrush was invented in Kentucky? If it'd been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teethbrush.

Michigan: What do you call 40 guys watching the Super Bowl on television" The Detroit Lions.

West Virginia: What is the West Virginia state flower? The satellite dish.

OKAY--Here is the joke about Texas: Kinky Friedman, entertainer and former Texas gubernatorial candidate, explains how to speak Texanese: "Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive."

So There!!!

By the way--If you will study the Bible openly and seriously, you will find it is "chock full" of deep spiritual, motivating, life-changing "humor." Jesus used humor all the time. Here is just one example:

Matthew 19:24: "Again I [Jesus] tell you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." [See Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25]. When Jesus' hearers first heard this statement, they could not keep from "snickering," "guffawing," and even roll up in a ball on the ground. The very thought of a camel going through the eye of a needle!!! How preposterous!!! The occasional statement that there was a small gate in Jerusalem that a camel owner could "barely" pushed his camel on his knees has no foundation whatsoever!!! Jesus is using blatant humor to communicate an important point. Face it--A rich person cannot enter the kingdom of God--period!!! BUT--WHO at all can be saved? It is ONLY by God's grace that we have any hope at all. Praise God for his mercy and forgiveness. "For God ALL THINGS are possible" (Matthew 19:26). Thank God!!!

John Willis