Three persons stood before God.
The first stood somber and began to recite the Ten Commandments.
The Second laughed, rolled his eyes and offered God a Rated-R DVD and a Budweiser.
At this, the first burst into outrage. “I thank God I’m not like you,” she shouted. She pulled out a rated PG movie and a Diet Coke to give to God. Then, She began to stomp her feet and shout “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord!”
Amid the shouting and the stomping, the second lit a cigar. “Hell, I thank God I’m not like you,” he stated. He offered God the Cigar. “Gracious, Gracious, Gracious is the Lord!” he repeated.
As the first and the second jostled with each other for whose gift God would receive, they did not notice that God had left them. Some time ago he had stood up amid the noise, and walked toward the third person, who at some distance was laying sorrowful, faithful, waiting with nose to the ground, hands empty, fearing, longing.
God bent down. He reached and touched. He lifted the third one’s head. Their eyes met. Joy rested there, while the first two barked on in His absence; one with her soda, the other with his shot glass and both of them stomping on.
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