Humor helps us cleanse ourselves & gain perspective
I realize that preachers have the reputation for being self-righteous and judgmental.
You hear about pastors condemning a generation that is selfish, egotistical, greedy and lacking in moral integrity . . .
And after they get done talking about other preachers, they comment on the rest of the world.
It would have been a whole lot easier if God had had the good sense to make ethics profitable.
Imagine hearing two wealthy plutocrats in such a world:
“Wow!, I just gave a bundle to charity and got a 20% return.”
“Oh yeah, I just turned the other cheek and the President gave me a congressional medal of honor.”
But God didn’t make the world that way.
In fact I think we could blame God for a lot of the problems we clergy have.
You remember how Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor.”
It would have been a whole lot easier to preach “Blessed are the poor,” if the rich lived in pain and the poor really enjoyed themselves.
And what about the peacemakers.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers” and then God created a world in which the weapons manufactures make all the profit.
Why couldn’t God have designed a world in which people who made weapons went broke because no one wanted to buy them?
Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.”
But someone forgot to include the footnote that the meek only inherit those things after the rich and the arrogant die off.
Do you see why it is so difficult to be a preacher in this world?
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