Back in the '80's, my Father took me to hear this man speak. He was a local Christian celebrity in the Pittsburgh Area and Radio personality for WPIT FM. His name was Dick Hatch. I remember him being very genuine and humble. Charismatic and clever. For the life of me, I don't remember his sermon. But I do remember his joke. It was the first "Grown Up" joke I ever committed to memory. The Joke goes something like this... A blind bunny rabbit is hopping through the forest when he bumps into a snake. "I'm so sorry!", says the bunny rabbit. "You see, I am blind since birth, lost from my family, and I don't know what I am." The snake replies to the rabbit, "Wow! What a coincidence! You see, I too am blind since birth, lost from my family and I don't know what I am either." "Wow! That is a coincidence!" says the rabbit. "Hey, I have an idea!" the rabbit exclaimed. "Why don't we sniff around each other and then tell each other what we are?" The snake pauses for a moment, "That's a fantastic idea!" the snake agreed. The snake sniffs around the rabbit, stops. Thinks for a moment. "Okay! I got it! You have long ears, big feet, a bushy tail, and a wiggly nose. You're a Bunny Rabbit!" "AMAZING! I have waited my entire life to know that! Thank you!" The rabbit gratefully confesses. Now the rabbit sniffs around the snake. He stops. Scratches his head. Sniffs around two more times. "Okay." the rabbit says reluctantly. " I think I've got it. You have beady eyes, a fork tongue and slimy skin. You're a Tele-Evangelist!" As funny and messed up as the punch line is, I think I have finally figured out why I have committed that joke to memory for 30+ years. Firstly, the snake. A lot of the time, people don't realize they are a snake; until someone points it out to them. In their minds, they are oblivious. The same goes for the rabbit. Aimlessly hopping around and bumping into every darn tree in the forest until they can find the path. If they ever find it at all. It doesn't matter if you're the rabbit or the snake, we're all blind without God. God tells us who and what we are. He leads us, guides us and helps us to find our way. Psalm 119:105 "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." We can always help those who are still blind find the path too. Sometimes, we can be the lamp, that God uses to help others. Remember, Jesus had this awesome trick he did,.... making the Blind Man see. It's kind of his thing. God Bless, and C.Y.H.
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