HILARIOUS JOKES AND HUMOR ARCHIVES
There was a king in Africa who had a close friend that he
grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every
situation that ever occurred in his life and remarking,
"This is good!"
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting
expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for
the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in
preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his
friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, "This
is good!"
To which the king replied, "No this is NOT good!" and
proceeded to send his friend to jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he
should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him
and took him to their village. They tied him to a stake
surrounded by wood.
As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that
the king had but one thumb. Being superstitious, they never
ate anyone that was less than whole. They untied the king
and sent him away.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had
taken his thumb and felt so very badly about his treatment
of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with
his friend. "You were right" he said, "it was good that my
thumb was blown off." And he proceeded to tell the friend
all that had just happened. "And so I am very sorry for
sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do
this."
"No," his friend replied, "this is good!"
"What do you mean, 'this is good!' How could it be good that
I sent you, my good friend, to jail for all this time?"
"If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you--and
eaten!
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus concerning you. -I Thessalonians 5:18
And we know that all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called according to
his purpose. -Romans 8:28
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