THE REAL THING
It’s a tough thing to have to substitute for someone else at the last minute. I heard Lane Adams tell this one when having to preach in place of Earl Palmer. It seems a man had to fill in at the last minute for Billy Graham who was scheduled to preach in a big old church. He was a bit overwhelmed by the enormity of such a substitution. As he was sitting and thinking about playing this role he thought of a way to tie into the situation. So, as he got up to speak he alluded to his problem of having to substitute for such a celebrated preacher. He pointed out, “As I was sitting here I looked up at your large stained glass window and I noticed that one of the small sections of glass is broken out and a piece of cardboard has been substituted. I’m like that bit of cardboard. Not the real thing, but better than…
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