A husband and wife attended a long Sunday service at their local church, prepared for a morning of prayer, hymns, and, as usual, an extended sermon. While the husband sat attentively, taking mental notes and nodding at the pastor\u2019s points, his wife soon began to drift off, her head tilting gently with each passing minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a while, the husband noticed her dozing and decided to wake her subtly. He poked her lightly with his finger as the pastor asked a question about the gathering that had led the Israelites to freedom from slavery in Egypt. Startled awake, the wife blurted out, \u201cThe Almighty!\u201d before promptly dozing off again, much to her husband\u2019s quiet frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As the sermon continued, the husband tried a second poke, just in time for the pastor\u2019s next question about the one who sacrificed for the forgiveness of sins. Half-awake, she shouted, \u201cJesus Christ!\u201d and then sank back into her seat, clutching her hymnbook like a pillow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Determined, the husband attempted a third poke. This time, the pastor asked, \u201cWhat words did Eve speak to Adam after the birth of their last child?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At that point, the wife, now irritated by her husband\u2019s repeated interruptions, snapped, \u201cIf you think I\u2019m answering one more question, you can go ask him yourself!\u201d The sudden outburst caused a ripple of laughter throughout the congregation, some covering their mouths, others barely containing giggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trying to lighten the moment, the husband whispered, \u201cCome on, just one more question\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With narrowed eyes, she shot back, \u201cOne more poke, and the next answer I give is your mother\u2019s name!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n From that day forward, the husband quickly learned that certain questions\u2014especially in church\u2014are better left unanswered. Meanwhile, the wife returned to her peaceful nap, blissfully undisturbed, while the husband resigned himself to quietly observing the rest of the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It became a family story, retold at holidays and church gatherings, reminding everyone that sometimes, even in a house of worship, laughter and patience are as necessary as devotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A husband and wife attended a long Sunday service at their local church, prepared for a morning of prayer, hymns,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11711,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11709\/revisions\/11711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}