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There once was a man named George Thomas,
pastor in a small New
England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to
the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit.

Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response,
Pastor Thomas began to speak...

"I was walking through town yesterday when I
saw a young boy coming
toward me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom
of the cage were three
little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright.

I stopped the lad and asked,
"What you got there, son?"

"Just some old birds," came the reply.

"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.

"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he
answered. "I'm gonna tease
'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight.
I'm gonna have a real good time."

"But you'll get tired of those birds sooner
or later. What will you do?"

"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy.
"They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."

The pastor was silent for a moment.

"How much do you want for those birds, son?"

"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds,
mister. They're just plain
old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even
pretty!"

"How much?" the pastor asked again.

The boy sized up the pastor as if he were
crazy and said, "$10?"

The pastor reached in his pocket and took
out a ten dollar bill. He
placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy
was gone. The pastor
picked up the cage and gently carried it to the
end of the alley where there was a
tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he
opened the door, and by
softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out,
setting them free.

Well, that explained the empty bird cage on
the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.


One day Satan and Jesus were having a
conversation. Satan had just
come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating
and boasting.

"Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of
people down there. Set me
a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got
'em all!"

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.

Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm
gonna teach them how to
marry and divorce each other, how to hate and
abuse each other, how to
drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them
how to invent guns and
bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have
fun!"

"And what will you do when you get done with
them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.

"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't
no good. Why, you'll
take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit
on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"

"How much? He asked again.

Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your
blood, tears and your life."

Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price.

The pastor picked up the cage he opened the
door and he walked from the pulpit.

I love the story thanks for posting it! biggrin I LOVE YOU SIS heart

Wow

So...do you ever feel like you are still in the cage being swung back and forth?

Heh. Oh, yeah.