Two snails were standing on the side of the road when a
turtle stopped in front of them and asked, "Do you guys want
a ride on my back?"
One of the snails took him up on his offer and off they went
together.
As the turtle reached the first intersection, another turtle
came along and crashed right into him. The poor little snail
was thrown and died on impact. The investigating cop for the
accident began questioning the deceased snail's buddy.
"What happened?" the investigator asked.
The little snail replied, "I really don't know... it all
happened so fast."
Are you prepared for the unknown time in your life?
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a
certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought
within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no
room where to bestow my fruits?
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and
build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my
goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be
merry.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which
thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God.
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither
for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than
meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which
neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how
much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you
with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why
take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they
grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you,
that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these.
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the
field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more
will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,
neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the
nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth
that ye have need of these things.
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things
shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is
your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
-Luke 21:16