It's My First Day

On the First DayOn the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten." So God agreed.On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span."The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed.On the third day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give back the other forty."
And God agreed again.On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."Man said, "What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?""Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and for the last ten years......  we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.

Now the dart test...A young guy named Johnny Ray relates an experience he had in a class, given by his teacher, Dr. Smith. He says that Dr. Smith was known for his elaborate object lessons.One particular day, Johnny walked into the class and knew they were in for a fun day.On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many darts. Dr. Smith told the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had made them angry, and he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture.Johnny's friend drew a picture of who had stolen his girlfriend. Another friend drew a picture of his little brother. Johnny drew a picture of a former friend, putting a great deal of detail into his drawing, even drawing pimples on the face. Johnny was pleased with the overall affect he had achieved.The class lined up and began throwing darts. Some of the students threw their darts with such force that their targets were ripping apart. Johnny looked forward to his turn, and was filled with disappointment when Dr. Smith, because of time limits, asked the students to return to their seats. As Johnny sat thinking about how angry he was because he didn't have a chance to throw any darts at his target. Dr. Smith began removing the target from the wall.Underneath the target was a picture of Jesus. A hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus; holes and jagged marks covered His face and His eyes were pierced.Dr. Smith said only these words... “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40.No other words were necessary; the tears filled eyes of the students focused only on the picture of Christ.Isn't it funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says? Or is it scary? Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God). Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school and workplace? Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week? Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them. Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me?