LOST MAN

A man had been lost and walking in the desert for about five days. One hot
day, he comes to the home of a preacher. Tired and weak, he crawls up
to the house and collapses on the doorstep. The preacher takes him in and
nurses him back to health.

Feeling better, the man asks the preacher for directions to the nearest
town. The preacher tells him the directions, and offers to lend him his horse
to make it. The preacher says, "However, there is a special thing about this
horse. You have to say 'Thank God' to make it go and 'Amen' to make it
stop."

Anxious to get to town, the man says, "Sure, okay," and gets on the horse.
He says, "Thank God" and sure enough, the horse starts walking. A bit later
he says louder, "Thank God, Thank God," and the horse starts trotting.
Feeling really brave, the man says, "Thank God! Thank God! THANK GOD!"
and the horse is soon up to a full run!

About then he realizes he's heading for a huge cliff and yells, "Whoa!" But
the horse doesn't even slow! It's coming up REAL QUICK and he's doing
everything he can to make the horse stop. "Whoa, stop, hold on!" Finally he
remembers, "AMEN!!!"

The horse stops a mere two inches from the cliff's edge, almost throwing him
over its head. The man, panting and heart racing, wipes the sweat from his
face and leans back in the saddle. "Oh!" he said, gasping for air, "Thank God."

-- Author Unknown --