The Priest's Mistake

A preacher and an attorney were talking one day about the
mistakes they made in their respective professions, and how they
deal with them.


The lawyer boasted that because he was a lawyer if he made a
really big mistake he just shuffled a few papers and pulled a
few legal maneuvers and covered it all up. If it was a small
mistake he just ignored it and went on with life. The attorney
turned to the preacher and asked, "How do you do it, pastor?"


The pastor said, "If it is a really large mistake I just turn to
the Lord and ask forgiveness." The attorney interrupted him and
asked, "But what about small mistakes, how do you handle them?"
The preacher replied, "Well, just last Sunday in my sermon I was
quoting Jesus from the gospel of John chapter 8 where he said,
"You are your father the devil, he was a liar from the
beginning." Instead I said, "You are of your father the devil,
he was lawyer from the beginning." Upon hearing this the lawyer
became indignant and retorted, "Well how did you handle it?" The
preacher replied, "It was such a small mistake that I just
ignored it and went on."