「お母さん、神様はどうしてゴリラの指をあんなに大きく造られたの？」
「鼻の穴が大きいからよ」
（失礼しました）

Jesus and Satan were having an ongoing argument about who managed to get the most out of his computer. This had been going on for days, and God was tired of hearing all of the bickering.

God said, "Cool it. I am going to set up a test that will run two hours, and I will judge who does the better job."

So down they sat at the keyboards and typed way.

They did spreadsheets.

They wrote reports.

They sent faxes.

They sent out e-mail.

They sent out e-mail with attachments.

They down loaded.

They did some genealogy reports.

They made cards.

They did every known job.

But just a few minutes before the two hours were up a lightening bolt flashed across the sky. The thunder rolled and the rains came down hard,
And of course the electricity went off.

Satan was upset. He fumed and fussed, and he ranted and raved. All to no avail. The electricity stayed off. But after a bit the rains stopped, and the electricity came back on. Satan screamed, "I lost it all when the power went off. What am I going to do? What happened to Jesus' work?"

Jesus just sat and smiled.

Again Satan asked about the work that Jesus had done. As Jesus turned his computer back on, the screen glowed and when he pushed "print", it was all there.

"How did he do it?" Satan asked.

God just smiled and said, "Jesus saves."

ある時、小さな女の子がお母さんに尋ねた。
「どうしてお母さんの髪の毛に白い毛があるの？」
母親は、ちょっと考えてから答えた。
「これはね、あなたが悪いことをしてお母さんを怒らせたり悲しませるたびに、一本ずつ増えていくのよ」
女の子はしばらく何かを考えていたが、再びお母さんに尋ねた。
「どうしておばあちゃんの髪の毛は全部真っ白なの？」




今朝、日曜学校で何を習ったのかを母親に聞かれて９歳の男の子が言った。
「ええとね、先生は僕たちに、神様がどんなふうにエジプトから逃げ出したイスラエル人を迫ってくる軍隊から救う作戦のためにモーセを遣わしたか教えてくれたんだ。
紅海に着いたとき、モーセは技術者たちに浮き橋を作らせて、みんな安全にわたることができたんだ。それから、無線を使って司令部に連絡して、飛行機部隊を読んだんだ。それで爆撃隊が送られて、その橋を爆破して、イスラエル人全員が救われたんだ。」
「ジョーイ、あなたの先生は本当にそう教えたの？」
「あのね、ママ、本当は違うの。でも、もし先生が言ったように僕が話したら、ママは絶対に信じられないよ。」