God Will Provide

A joke told recently by www.mikeysFunnies.com and reconfigured to fit our sensibilities…

A young woman brought her fiancé to visit her parents. After a nice dinner, the father invited the fiancé to the library for a talk.

"So what are your plans?" he asked the young man.

"I am a Catholic youth minister," he replied.

"A Catholic youth minister. Hmmm," said the father. "Admirable, but how will you provide a home for my daughter?"

"I will serve the Lord,” the young man said, "and God will provide for us."

"And how will you buy her an engagement ring, such as she deserves?"

"I will focus on my ministry with the youngchurch and God will provide for us."

"And how will you support your children?"

"Don’t worry, sir. God will provide."

The conversation continued like this; each time the father questioned, the young man insisted that God would provide.

Later, when the mother asked about the male conversation, the father sighed, "Well, he has no real job and no real plan, but the good news is: he thinks I’m God!"

D. Scott Miller

D. Scott Miller is the dean of Catholic Youth Ministry bloggers which is a polite way of either saying that he is just plain old or has been blogging for a long time (since 2004.)

Scott recently married the lovely Anne and together they have five adult young people and also grandparent three delightful kids (so, maybe he is just plain old!) Scott presently serves at Saint John the Evangelist in Columbia, MD as the director of youth and young adult ministry.

He has previously served on the parish, regional, diocesan, and national levels as well as having taught within a catholic high school. He is one of the founders of RebuildMyChurch and has returned to posting regularly (keeping regular is important to old guys) at ProjectYM.

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