Grayson
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Lottery from God
I was at a Wedding on Saturday, a friend of 22 years finally made his partner of 18 years and 4 children his Wife.
I am uncertain as to how many of you know that I have a cancer, but despite my best efforts to keep Andi in the dark, he found out. He was sat with me half way through the night, sozzled as I was, and asked me a most curious question.
Andi knows that I am of Irish-Catholic descent and am from a very religious family. He also knows that I am quietly a believer in God, though I profess to be an agnostic to all and sundry. Sat opposite me in his best bib and tucker, he was looking uncomfortable and had been for some while. So, I seized the bull by the horns and asked "What's up?"
Andi slugged his Bud, swished the remaining beer around the bottom of the bottle for a few moments before setting it down on the table with a thud. He paused, looked up and focussed his bleary eyes upon me.
"How can you believe in God?" He growled.
"why shouldn't I?" I replied, slightly puzzled by both his question and the manner that it was asked.
"Well, you've got this f****n' thing growing in you again. Where's your God? Where's his justice? You don't f****n' deserve this! Not again."
So I sat back in my seat and proceeded to peel the label of my bottle. I leaned forward on the table, giving him my most earnest of looks and this was my reply.
"God was with me the first time I developed cancer, he sat with me when it relapsed and came to visit on ocassion when I developed a thyroid cancer. God is waiting for me at Christie's now. If God wasn't there, do you think that I would have survived 3 cancer episodes and be prepared to survive a 4th?"
Andi blinked owlishly for a moment or two, then asked the following.
"Good point. Will he give you tonight's lottery numbers?"
I nearly pee'd myself with laughter.
Guess what? I had purchased a ticket and I discovered this morning that I had won ?500.00. Thanks God. :lol:
I was at a Wedding on Saturday, a friend of 22 years finally made his partner of 18 years and 4 children his Wife.
I am uncertain as to how many of you know that I have a cancer, but despite my best efforts to keep Andi in the dark, he found out. He was sat with me half way through the night, sozzled as I was, and asked me a most curious question.
Andi knows that I am of Irish-Catholic descent and am from a very religious family. He also knows that I am quietly a believer in God, though I profess to be an agnostic to all and sundry. Sat opposite me in his best bib and tucker, he was looking uncomfortable and had been for some while. So, I seized the bull by the horns and asked "What's up?"
Andi slugged his Bud, swished the remaining beer around the bottom of the bottle for a few moments before setting it down on the table with a thud. He paused, looked up and focussed his bleary eyes upon me.
"How can you believe in God?" He growled.
"why shouldn't I?" I replied, slightly puzzled by both his question and the manner that it was asked.
"Well, you've got this f****n' thing growing in you again. Where's your God? Where's his justice? You don't f****n' deserve this! Not again."
So I sat back in my seat and proceeded to peel the label of my bottle. I leaned forward on the table, giving him my most earnest of looks and this was my reply.
"God was with me the first time I developed cancer, he sat with me when it relapsed and came to visit on ocassion when I developed a thyroid cancer. God is waiting for me at Christie's now. If God wasn't there, do you think that I would have survived 3 cancer episodes and be prepared to survive a 4th?"
Andi blinked owlishly for a moment or two, then asked the following.
"Good point. Will he give you tonight's lottery numbers?"
I nearly pee'd myself with laughter.
Guess what? I had purchased a ticket and I discovered this morning that I had won ?500.00. Thanks God. :lol:
