The following is the August 18th devotional from the book, So? Whatever! 365 Laughs and Devotionals, which was written by myself, Mary Crisp and co-author Charles Jones. The book's Foreword is by Mike Huckabee. The ebook Kindle addition can be found on Amazon. Just click on the following link:
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August 18
A preacher went to heaven and noticed a cab driver had been awarded a higher place.
"I don't understand," he complained to God. "I devoted my entire life to my congregation."
God replied, "I reward results. Was your congregation attuned to you whenever you gave a sermon?"
"Well," the minister had to admit, "some in the congregation fell asleep from time to time."
"Exactly," said God, "and when people rode in this man's taxi, they not only stayed awake, they even prayed."
Do not be misled. When we die, Christians won't be left with an earthly body. "The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable." We are weak in the body, but believers in Christ will be raised in power. Therefore, stand firm, giving yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because your labor will not be in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 "Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed -- in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed."
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