Great Men of God

It was a warm summer day. Two elders decided to invite one of the deacons to their weekly fishing trip. The deacon was excited and decided to go. When they were all in the boat and the boat was well out in the middle of the lake one elder said, "Oh no, I forgot my fishing rod. Wait here while I go get it." The elder walked out across the lake all the way back to his car and walked back across the water to his boat.

The deacon was amazed at this great feat. But that was nothing. The second elder said, "Oh no, I forgot the bait." So just like the first elder he stepped out of the boat, walked across the water, went back to the car, got the bait, and then walked back to the boat. The deacon was in great amazement now. He was thinking, "Gee, these must really be great men of God to be able to walk across the water."

Then the deacon remembered that he forgot his hooks. He told the elders that he did not have his hooks and that he was going back to the car to get them. The elders did not say anything so the deacon took a deep breath, stepped out of the boat, into the water and sank to the bottom of the lake. Then the first elder looked at the second elder and said, "Do you think we should have told him where the rocks were?"