Parable 84 - Parable of Steel - By Robert Dean Steel

The church picnic was winding down and it was the final event.  The pastor was asked to carry out the supplies for the pie throwing contest.  When he arrived several people started filling the pie plates with whip cream.  The youth pastor said that he had left the garbage bags they were going to use to cover clothing in the church and asked the pastor to get them which he did.  When he returned the pies were ready to go. The pastor then ask three other men if they would volunteer for the contest.  They all put on their garbage bags that had had arm and head holes cut out in them.  The pastor then was asked to lead the children and teens out to the place where the contest was to take place.  As he lead them he heard giggling and laughter.  He turned around just in time to see a flurry of pies flying his way.  Immediately he was covered from head to toe with whip cream.  As the cream was flowing down his head and into his eyes and ears, the second attack began.  This time he faced a barrage of water balloons which cause the cream to flow down his collar into his shirt.  Now he was wet from his head to his feet.  In that moment the pastor had a decision to make. Would he become angry or laugh?  He chose to laugh and every one around him laughed as well and a good time was had by all.  In life we can be attacked and become messed up.  In that moment we can choose to be angry and frown or we can laugh and smile.  The outcome will affect us and those around us.