Once Shaved....
Setting: A small rural community, so
small, in fact, theonly church in town is a small Baptist church
whose pastormust also double up as the local barber to make ends
meet.
There happened to be a man in this small community who
hadinvested wisely and was enjoying his newfound comfort.This
man got out of bed one day to go through his daily routine. He
looked into the mirror as he was aboutto shave and decided, "I make
enough money now, I don'thave to shave myself. I'll go down to the
barber and lethim shave me from now on." So he did.
He walked
into the barber shop and found the preacher/barberwas out calling on
the shut-ins. His wife, Grace, said "Iusually do the shaves anyway
... sit down and I'll shave you."
So he did. She shaved him and he asked,
"How much do I oweyou?"
"$25," Grace replied. The man thought
that wassomewhat expensive and that he may have to get a shave
everyother day. Nonetheless, he paid Grace and went on his
way.
The next day, he woke up and found his face to be just
assmooth as the day before. No need for a shave today,
hethought, well, it was a $25 shave.
The next day he awoke to
find his face as smooth as a baby'sbottom. Wow! he thought. That's
amazing, as he normallywould need to shave daily to keep his
clean-shaven businesslook.
Day 3, he woke up and his face was
still as smooth as theminute after Grace had finished. Now, somewhat
perplexed,the man went down to the barber shop to ask some
questions.
This particular day the pastor was in and the man
asked himwhy his face was as smooth as it was the first day it
wasshaven.
The kind old pastor gently retorted,
"Friend, you wereshaved by Grace ... and once shaved, always
shaved."
