Prepare Yourself!

[kevjohn]

A preacher and his flock at a very poor church in the hills of Tennessee took up collections,

baked cakes and washed cars for months to get enough money to buy paint for the church exterior which was bare and weather beaten.

Finally they went to Walmart and bought enough paint for the job and all joined together on a Saturday morning to complete the job.

When they were about half finished they realized that they were going to run out of paint before finishing.

The preacher said, "Its a water base paint, just thin it down with water."

They continued painting and thinning until the colour started losing its depth and when they finally finished it was dark green at the top,

light green in the middle and a very light green (almost white) at the bottom.

The preacher and his flock were standing on a nearby hill admiring their work when a dark cloud appeared and the heavens opened up

with a deluge of rain which washed all of the newly applied paint off the church.

The preacher was in tears and the congregation was stunned at all the hard work they had done for nothing.

Just then there was a huge lightening flash followed by the roll of thunder and a loud voice from the heavens rang out,

"REPAINT, REPAINT AND THIN NO MORE."