kerri_nc
08-23-2002, 09:18 PM
To those of us who have children in our lives,
> whether they are our own,
> grandchildren, nieces,
> nephews,
> or students...
> here is something to make you chuckle.
>
> Whenever your children are out of control,
> you can
> take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not
extend to His own children.
>
> After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam
> and Eve.
> And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
> "Don't what?" Adam replied.
> "Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
> "Forbidden fruit?
> We have forbidden fruit?
>
>
> Hey Eve...we haveforbidden fruit!!!!!"
> "No Way!"
> "Yes way!"
> "Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
> "Why"
> "Because I am your Father and I said so!"
> God
> replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation
> after making the elephants.
> A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He
was ticked!
>
> "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God
> asked.
> "Uh huh," Adam replied.
> "Then why did you?" said the Father.
> "I don't know," said Eve.
> "She started it!" Adam said
> "Did not!"
> "Did to!"
> "DID NOT!"
> Having had it with the two of them, God's
> punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children
> of their own.
>
> Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
>
> BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
> If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children
> wisdom and they haven't taken it,
> don't be hard on yourself.
>
> If God had trouble raising children,
> what makes you
> think it would be a piece of cake for you?
>
> THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
>
> 1. You spend the first two years of their life
> teaching them to walk and talk.
> Then you spend
> the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut
> up.
>
> 2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing
> your own children.
>
> 3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat
> their young.
>
> 4. Children seldom misquote you.
> In fact, they
> usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
> whether they are our own,
> grandchildren, nieces,
> nephews,
> or students...
> here is something to make you chuckle.
>
> Whenever your children are out of control,
> you can
> take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not
extend to His own children.
>
> After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam
> and Eve.
> And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
> "Don't what?" Adam replied.
> "Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
> "Forbidden fruit?
> We have forbidden fruit?
>
>
> Hey Eve...we haveforbidden fruit!!!!!"
> "No Way!"
> "Yes way!"
> "Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
> "Why"
> "Because I am your Father and I said so!"
> God
> replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation
> after making the elephants.
> A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He
was ticked!
>
> "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God
> asked.
> "Uh huh," Adam replied.
> "Then why did you?" said the Father.
> "I don't know," said Eve.
> "She started it!" Adam said
> "Did not!"
> "Did to!"
> "DID NOT!"
> Having had it with the two of them, God's
> punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children
> of their own.
>
> Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
>
> BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
> If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children
> wisdom and they haven't taken it,
> don't be hard on yourself.
>
> If God had trouble raising children,
> what makes you
> think it would be a piece of cake for you?
>
> THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
>
> 1. You spend the first two years of their life
> teaching them to walk and talk.
> Then you spend
> the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut
> up.
>
> 2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing
> your own children.
>
> 3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat
> their young.
>
> 4. Children seldom misquote you.
> In fact, they
> usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.