[cog] The Cleaning Woman

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From: "Jan Ross" <jross@...>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 00:22:11 -0400
> Cleaning Woman
>
>   There was a little old cleaning woman that went to the local
>   church. When the invitation was given at the end of the
>   service, she went forward wanting to become a member.
>   The pastor listened as she told him how she had accepted
>   Jesus and wanted to be baptized and become a member of
>   the church. The pastor thought to himself, "oh my, she is
>   so unkempt, even smells a little, and her fingernails are not
>   clean. She picks up garbage, cleans toilets - what would the
>   members think of her." He told her that she needed to go
>   home and pray about it and then decide .
>
>   The following week, here she came again. She told the pastor
>   that she had prayed about it and still wanted to be baptized.
>   "I have passed this church for so long. It is so beautiful, and I
>   truly want to become a member."
>
>   Again the pastor told her to go home and pray some more.
>
>   A few weeks later while out eating at the restaurant, the pastor saw
>   the little old lady. He did not want her to think that he was
>   ignoring her so he approached her and said, "I have not seen you for
>   a while. Is everything all right?"
>
>   "Oh, yes," she said. "I talked with Jesus, and he told me not
>   to worry about becoming a member of your church."
>
>   "He did?" said the pastor.
>
>   "Oh, yes" she replied. "He said even He hasn't been able to
>   get into your church yet, and He's been trying for years."
>