A MAN FELL into a pit and couldn’t get himself out…

 

A subjective person came along and said, “I feel for you down there.”

 

An objective person came along and said, “It’s logical that someone would fall down there.”

 

A Pharisee came along and said, “Only bad people fall into pits.”

 

A mathematician came along and calculated how deep the pit was.

 

A news reporter came along and asked for the exclusive story on the pit.

 

An IRS agent came along and asked if the man was paying taxes on the pit.

 

A self-pitying person came along and said, “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit.”

 

A Christian Scientist came along and said, “The pit is just in your mind.”

 

A psychologist came along and said, “Your mother and father are to blame for your being in the pit.”

 

A self-esteem therapist came along and said, “Believe in yourself and you can get out of that pit.”

 

An optimist came along and said, “Things could be worse.”

 

A pessimist came along and said, “Things couldn’t be worse.”

 

A spiritual man came along, took the man by the hand, and lifted him out of the pit.  Source unknown

 

“Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.”  Galatians 6.1

 

Mike Benson