Funny (of a different sort)

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You've probably seen this, but as my forgetful friend says, "It bears repeating!"
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• Funny how tiring it is to serve God for one hour, but how quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball.
• Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church are, but how short they are when watching a movie.
• Funny how we can't thing of anything to say when we pray, but how easy it is to chat with a friend.
• Funny how thrilled we get when a baseball game goes extra innings, but we complain when a sermon is longer than usual.
• Funny how we want a front seat at a game or concert but scramable to get a back seat at church.
• Funny how we need a two- or three-week notice to fit a church event into our schedule, but can adjust our schedule at the last minute for other events.
• Funny how big $100 looks when you take it to church, but it's so small at the mall.
• Funny how hard it is to read a chapter in the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a best seller.
• Funny how hard it is for people to learn a simple plan of salvation, but how simple it is for the same people to understand and repeat gossip.
• Funny how we believe what the newspaper says, but question what the Bible says.

-- World's Greatest Collection of Church Jokes, Paul M. Miller, ed.