A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in
their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn
all around the front yard.
The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house and
there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even
bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded
against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a Cartoon
channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of
clothing.
Continuing on to the kitchen, he was shocked to see that dishes filled the
sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open
wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table,
and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of
clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that
something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as
it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet
towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet
paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and
walls.
Finally he reached the bedroom. There he found his wife still curled up in
the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and
asked how his day went.
He looked at her bewildered and asked, ‘What happened here today?’
She again smiled and answered, ‘You know every day when you come home from
work and you ask me what in the world do I do all day?’
‘Yes,’ was his incredulous reply.
She answered, ‘Well, today I didn’t do it.”
[Thanks to Linda (a mother) for the forward]
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”
[PRAY for my upcoming mission trip to Vietnam/Cambodia with Evangelist Tim
Lee. If you could GIVE to help defray some of the expenses of travel,
supplies for orphans, materials to distribute, please reply and I will send
details – Dr Bob]