From: Ceri 
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MM All,

Sorry for the quiet guys. Had a run of RL you'd only read about. Flu, PnC
stuff, I even ended up in court last week - as a witness for a pagan
teeneger we'd helped. Anyway I found this & thought of you.... 

OK It's not _intended_ to be X-ian bashing... but it is still rather funny ):-)

  Rai

  There was a little old cleaning woman that went to the local church. When
the invitation was given at the end of the service, she went forward
wanting to become a member. The pastor listened as she told him how she had
accepted Jesus and wanted to be baptized and become a member of the church.

  The pastor thought to himself, "Oh my, she is so unkempt, even
smells a little, and her fingernails are not clean. She picks up garbage,
cleans toilets - what would the members think of her." He told her
that she needed to go home and pray about it and then decide.

  The following week, here she came again. She told the pastor that she had
prayed about it and still wanted to be baptized. "I have passed this
church for so long. It is so beautiful, and I truly want to become a
member."

  Again the pastor told her to go home and pray some more. A few weeks
later while out eating at the restaurant, the pastor saw the little old
lady. He did not want her to think that he was ignoring her so he
approached her and said, "I have not seen you for a while. Is
everything all right?"

  "Oh, yes," she said. "I talked with Jesus, and he told me
not to worry about becoming a member of your church."

  "He did?" said the pastor.

  "Oh, yes," she replied. "He said even He hasn't been able
to get into your church yet, and He's been trying for years."






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