06 May 2010
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Anecdotes
There is a story about a little boy whose mother, when disciplining him, used to say, “God would not like that.” And when the little boy really got out of hand, the mother would say, “God will be angry.” Usually these reminders were sufficient. But one evening at supper the youngster rebelled. He would not eat the prunes provided for desert. He would yield neither to persuasion nor warnings. Finally he was sent to bed with the reminder that “God will be angry.” Soon after the child had gone to bed, a violent thunderstorm arose and the mother went to her son’s room to calm him. But to her surprise she found him at the window, looking out on the terrible storm. The boy said to his mother, “It’s an awful fuss to be making over a few prunes.”
