Left Behind
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A businessman was in a great deal of trouble. His business was failing,
he had put everything he had into it, he owed everybody-- things were
so bad that he wanted to go to the beach and drown himself. As a last
resort he went to a priest and poured out his story of woe. When he had
finished, the priest said, "Here's what I want you to do: Put a beach
chair and your Bible in your car and drive down to the beach. Take the
chair and the Bible to the water's edge, sit down in the chair, and put
the Bible in your lap. Open the Bible; the wind will riffle the pages,
but that will stop and a single page will be before your eyes. Read the
first thing you see. That will be your answer, that will tell you what
to do."
A year later the businessman went back to the priest and brought his
wife and children with him. The man was in a new custom-tailored suit,
his wife was in a mink coat, the children were shining. The man pulled
an envelope stuffed with money out of his pocket and gave it to the
priest as a donation in thanks for his advice.
"You did as I suggested?" the priest asked.
"Absolutely," replied the businessman.
"You went to the beach?"
"Absolutely."
"You sat in a beach chair with the Bible in your lap?"
"Absolutely."
"You let the pages riffle until they stopped?"
"Absolutely."
"And what were the first words you saw?"
"Chapter 11."
he had put everything he had into it, he owed everybody-- things were
so bad that he wanted to go to the beach and drown himself. As a last
resort he went to a priest and poured out his story of woe. When he had
finished, the priest said, "Here's what I want you to do: Put a beach
chair and your Bible in your car and drive down to the beach. Take the
chair and the Bible to the water's edge, sit down in the chair, and put
the Bible in your lap. Open the Bible; the wind will riffle the pages,
but that will stop and a single page will be before your eyes. Read the
first thing you see. That will be your answer, that will tell you what
to do."
A year later the businessman went back to the priest and brought his
wife and children with him. The man was in a new custom-tailored suit,
his wife was in a mink coat, the children were shining. The man pulled
an envelope stuffed with money out of his pocket and gave it to the
priest as a donation in thanks for his advice.
"You did as I suggested?" the priest asked.
"Absolutely," replied the businessman.
"You went to the beach?"
"Absolutely."
"You sat in a beach chair with the Bible in your lap?"
"Absolutely."
"You let the pages riffle until they stopped?"
"Absolutely."
"And what were the first words you saw?"
"Chapter 11."
