At A Church Offering

Before the offering rounds in one popular church last Sunday, the Pastor emphasized, “God loves cheerful givers. The more you give, the more you receive.” But when one of the ushers got to Johnson’s row, the words of the Pastor didn’t seem to have impacted on him, as he frantically searched his pocket for a N10 note, which he dropped in the offering basket, before it continued on its way to the end of the row.

Just as the offering basket was getting back to Johnson on its return trip, a gentleman gently tapped him on the shoulder from behind him, and handed him, a N1000 note. Johnson received it, and gleefully dropped it, in the basket. But when he turned around to thank the man, the man said, “Don’t mention it my dear. After all, it fell out of your pocket when you were to make your offering.”

It took the intervention of the Pastor, for Johnson to release the basket.