Two little boys, ages 8 and
10, were excessively mischievous.
They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew all
about
it.
If any mischief occurred in their town, the two boys were
probably
involved.
The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been
successful in
disciplining
children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys.
The preacher agreed, but he
asked to see them individually. So the mother
sent the 8
year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the
preacher in the afternoon.
The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger
boy down
and asked him sternly, "Do you know
where God is, son ?"
The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting
there
wide-eyed with his
mouth hanging open .
So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone,
"Where is
God?"
Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised
his voice
even more and shook his finger in
the boy's face and bellowed, "Where is
God?"
The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and
dove into
his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his
older brother found him
in the closet, he asked, "What
happened?"
The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG
trouble
this time,"
"GOD is missing, and they think we did
it!"