Thursday, July 2, 2009

A Lesson On Forgiveness

Toward the end of Sunday service, the Minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?"

80% held up their hands.

The Minister then repeated his question.

All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.

"Mrs. Neely?; Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"

"I don't have any." She replied, smiling sweetly.

"Mrs. Neely, that is very unusual. How old are you?"

"Ninety-eight." she replied.

"Oh, Mrs. Neely, would you please come down in front & tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years & not have an enemy in the world?"

The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said:

"I've outlived them bitches."

28 comments:

  1. Lord have mercy...I hope that's what I can say.

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  2. I am SO going to strive to be Mrs. Neely!

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  3. So is she too mean to die?

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  4. I always wondered what the secret to life was......Thanks Stacy! :)

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  5. thank you for a GREAT laugh

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  6. no words, I'm laughing too hard.

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  7. please god let that be me some day.

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  8. I thought you were setting us up for a tear-jerker or an inspiring story that would change our lives, but you made us laugh instead. How dare you :)

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  9. I'm stifling a snicker right now.

    That's what I get for reading at work.

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  10. What a great laugh! Is it awful to admit that I want her to mentor me?

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  11. So, she's sort of your role model, huh? Too funny!

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  12. THAT'S how you do it! I get it now.

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  13. Missing your posts. Hope you are having a great summer!

    Meme time. You have been tagged. It's all Chuck's fault.

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  14. Jon's sparkly new SCL website says we should say happy birthday for your birthday tomorrow (or today...if you were living in New Zealand).

    Happy Birthday!!

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  15. What Huggies said. Happy Birthday. Miss your blog.

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  16. happy birthday. i always appreciate your comments on SCL. thanks for being awesome!

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  17. Happy Birthday to you!

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  18. Okay, gotta go change my underwear now.

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