An ad for St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church has a picture of two hands folding stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are inscribed and a headline that reads, “For fast, fast, fast relief, take two tablets.”
“When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.”
Sign broken. Message inside this Sabbath.
“Fight truth decay—study the Bible daily.”
“How will you spend eternity – Smoking or Non-smoking?”
“Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long, and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world.”
“This is a ch_ _ch. What is missing?”
What Are You Willing to Commit? The story is told of a man in a fancy restaurant who started to choke on a bone. A doctor rushed over, identified himself as a doctor, and reassured the man that he was going to be alright. He performed the Heimlich Maneuver and the bone popped out. As the man’s breath and voice returned, he said, “I’m ever so grateful, doctor, how can I ever repay you?” The doctor smiled and said, “I’ll settle for one-tenth of what you were willing to pay while you were choking.”
The point
A series of humorous church signs lead into a story about a man who, after being saved from choking, offers to repay the doctor, only to be asked for a tenth of what he was willing to pay in his moment of crisis, illustrating the gap between desperate promises and actual commitment.