AT THE CROSSROADS
The traffic light wasn't working at the corner, so a lady stood with
a large crowd of people waiting to cross, while a cop directed
traffic.
Finally, the cop blew his whistle and stopped the eastbound traffic,
motioned to the crowd, and shouted, "Okay, pedestrians!" The crowd
surged across the intersection -- all except the lady, who stayed on
the corner. When the walkers were safely on the other side of the
street, the cop moved the cross-traffic through the intersection.
Half a minute later, he stopped the cars westbound traffic, and sent
the eastbound traffic into motion. Again, he got around to the lady's
corner; where by this time a crowd of people had again joined her.
Tweeeeeeeet! "Okay, pedestrians!" The crowd crossed the street, but
again the lady stayed put. She looked at her watch and tapped her
foot as if she was in a hurry to get somewhere, but never budged from
the sidewalk.
The cop ran the traffic through seven more cycles, each
time blowing his whistle and then yelling "Okay, pedestrians!" the
Lady never moved. Finally, after the cop yelled "Okay, pedestrians!"
for the eighth time, The woman shouted across traffic, "Hey! Officer!
Isn't it about time you let us Pentecostals cross?"
Joe