Is The World Ready For You?

A young bride-to-be learned, to her dismay, that some of her fiance’s religious beliefs were less than orthodox. “What shall I do?” she asked her mother anxiously, “Harold doesn’t even believe in hell!” “Don’t worry dear,” her mother replied, “between the two of us we’ll show him how wrong he is.” Later, during the wedding rehearsal, the bride-to-be grew nervous about her walk down the Church’s extremely long aisle. “Don’t worry dear,” her mother said, “you can get rid of any last minute jitters if you concentrate on three words. First, think of the aisle. It’s the same aisle you’ve walked down every Sunday since you were a little girl. Second, focus on the altar. You were baptized at that same altar and have knelt before it every Sunday for years. Third, think about him — your loving groom, waiting to begin your new life together. On the wedding day, mother’s advice worked like a charm. The bride focused hard on the first word, as…