An assistant manager of a...
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An assistant manager of a department store saw a boy standing at the bottom of the escalator. The assistant became suspicious. He watched the boy for a while. The boy had his eyes glued on the moving handrail. Finally, the assistant spoke up, "Something wrong, young man?" The boy replied, "No, sir," not taking his eyes off the handrail. "I'm just waiting for my bubble gum to come back."
The boy's patience is like the patience the Lord talked about to Habakkuk: "But be patient and wait for it (Habakkuk 2:3, The Everyday Bible)." Thomas Carlyle once asked Bishop Wilberforce, "My lord, have you a creed?" The bishop replied, "Yes, and the older I grow the firmer that creed becomes under my feet. There is only one thing that staggers me." Carlyle asked, "What is that?" The bishop answered that it was "the slow progress that that creed seems to make in the world." Carlyle was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, but if you have a creed, you can afford to wait."
The boy's patience is like the patience the Lord talked about to Habakkuk: "But be patient and wait for it (Habakkuk 2:3, The Everyday Bible)." Thomas Carlyle once asked Bishop Wilberforce, "My lord, have you a creed?" The bishop replied, "Yes, and the older I grow the firmer that creed becomes under my feet. There is only one thing that staggers me." Carlyle asked, "What is that?" The bishop answered that it was "the slow progress that that creed seems to make in the world." Carlyle was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, but if you have a creed, you can afford to wait."
