One afternoon, East coast life
was fishing while sitting close to a river and her fishing rod fell into the
river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are
you crying?"
ECL replied that her fishing rod had fallen into the water and that she needed
it to help her husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped his
hand into the water and pulled up a golden fishing rod set with pearls. "Is this
your fishing rod?" the Lord asked.
ECL replied, "No."
The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver fishing rod ringed
with sapphires. "Is this your fishing rod?" the Lord asked again.
ECL replied, "No"
The Lord reached down again and came up with a wooden fishing rod. "Is this your
fishing rod?" the Lord asked.
ECL replied, "YES."
The lord was pleased with ECL's honesty and gave her all three fishing rods to
keep, and she went home happy.
Some years later, ECL was walking with her husband along the same riverbank, and
her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried
out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, Why are you crying?"
"Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!" **Knowing ECL, it's tears of
joy. **
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Brad Pitt. "Is this your
husband?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried ECL. **She cannot believe her luck!**
The Lord was furious. "YOU LIED! That is an untruth!"
ECL replied, "No. No. No. My Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had
said 'no' to Brad Pitt, you would have come up with Tom Cruise. then, if I said
'No' to him, you would have come up with my husband, and had I then said 'yes'
you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would
not be able to handle all three husbands, so that's why I said 'yes' to Brad
Pitt."
The moral of this story is: WHENEVER A WOMAN LIES, IT'S FOR A GOOD AND
HONOURABLE REASON, AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OTHERS.