TOO LATE FOR JOE
A preacher, early in his ministry, fresh out of seminary, and his wife attended a funeral in a small, hot, crowded church in rural Georgia. An obviously uneducated, country preacher shouted, fumed and flailed his arms around over the casket. “It’s too late for Joe,” he screamed. “He’s dead. It’s all over for him. He might have wanted to straighten his life out, but he can’t now. It’s over.” The preacher said nothing but was thinking, “What a comfort this must be to that poor family!” Then the preacher pointed his finger at the congregation and shouted, “But it ain’t too late for you! People drop dead every day. So why wait? Now is the day for decision. Now is the time to make your life count for something. Now is the time to give your life to Jesus!” The preacher left thinking it was the worst funeral sermon he had ever heard and told his wife so on…
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