Joe Hunter was walking through
the woods.
"What majestic trees!
What powerful
rivers!
What beautiful animals!"
He said to
himself.
Suddenly, he heard a rustling in the bushes
behind him.
He turned to look .....
and saw a 7-foot
grizzly bear charge towards
him.
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He ran as fast as he could
along the path.
He looked over his shoulder & saw that the
bear
was closing in on him ....
He looked over his shoulder
again, and the bear
was even closer .....
and then .....
He tripped and fell.
Rolling over to pick himself up,
he found the
bear was right on top of him .........
reaching towards him with its left paw ......
and raising
the right paw to strike ...
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At that instant the
Atheist cried out,
'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped ...
The bear froze
......
The forest was silent ....
A bright light shone
upon the man,
and a voice came out of the sky ....
"You
deny my existence for all these years,
you teach others I
don't exist
and even credit creation to cosmic accident.
Do you expect me to help you out of this
predicament?
Am I to count you as a believer?"
V
Joe Hunter looked directly into the light .....
"It would be hypocritical
of me to suddenly ask
you to treat me as a Christian now
...
but perhaps you could make the BEAR a
Christian?"
... a pause ...
"Very well," said the voice
...
The light went out.
The sounds of the forest
resumed ...
the bear dropped his right arm ...
brought
both paws together ...
bowed his head &
spoke.
"Lord, bless this food,
which I am about to
receive.
Amen."
