BECAUSE I SAID SO! by Ray Eddy

In May is Mother’s Day and in June is Father’s Day, but when is Parent’s Day? I don’t know if there is one but there ought to be. Ephesians 6:1 admonishes children to “…obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”

This doesn’t always happen. Consider the following E-mail dated 1999:

Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort in the thought that the great Creator had parenting issues. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was “Don’t.” Don’t what?” Adam replied. “Don’t eat the forbidden fruit,” God said. “Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey Eve…we got forbidden fruit” said Adam. “No way” said Eve. “Yes WAY!” Adam responded. “Don’t eat the fruit,” said God. “Why” Adam asked? “Because I’m your Creator and I said so!” said God, wondering why He hadn’t stopped after making elephants.

Just a few minutes later God saw the kids taking an apple break and was angry. “Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit?” the First Parent asked. “Uh huh” Adam replied.

“Then why did you?” God asked. “I dunno” Eve answered. “She started it,” Adam said. “Did not!” “Did so!” “DID NOT!”

Having had it with the two of them, God’s punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set, and it has never changed.

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