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—Sherrie Murphree
Odessa, Texas

My husband Glenn, a weekend woodworker, cut off the tips of his thumb and index finger while using a table saw. Our doctor bandaged his wounds and sent him to a hand surgeon, whom Glenn discovered was a Christian.

After the surgeon, Dr. Drew Niany, stitched Glenn's fingers, my husband asked, "Do you get a lot of woodworkers in here?"

"Sure do," Dr. Niany answered with a chuckle. "I only know of one Carpenter who was sharper than all his tools."

—Rhonda Reese
Jacksonville, Florida

Gene Turner, a soloist and widower in our church, Fairview Baptist, occasionally gives a personal testimony before singing. One Sunday, Gene mentioned his deceased wife, then thanked God that he "put another fine Christian woman in my lap." We were all in stitches as he corrected himself—replacing "lap" with "life."

—Nancy McAlister
Stoneville, North Carolina

My husband had to work late one evening. I was a little upset but lightened up when he told me about the note his co-worker's wife sent along with her husband. "Please excuse my husband by 8:00 p.m. Total compliance is necessary due to his wife-threatening condition."

—Tricia Goyer
Columbia Falls, Montana

When my son, Lance, a graduating senior at Crichton College in Memphis, Tennessee, completed his final exams, he could barely contain his excitement. In a moment of spontaneous exuberance, he took a "victory lap" around the perimeter of the 7,000-seat church sanctuary. As he ran through the halls shouting, "It's over! It's over!" he overheard Dr. Allman, head of the biblical studies department, say to Dr. Cheney, head of the psychology department, "He's one of yours, isn't he?"

—Harilyn Krout
Park Forest, Illinois

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