Where Is God?

In a certain suburban neighborhood, there were two brothers, 8
and 10 years old, who were exceedingly mischievious. Whenever
something went wrong in the neighborhood, it turned out they had
a hand in it. Their parents were at their wits' end trying to
control them. Hearing about a minister nearby who worked with
delinquent boys, the mother suggested to the father that they
ask the minister to talk with the boys. The father agreed.


The mother went to the minister and made her request. He
agreed, but said he wanted to see the younger boy first and
alone. So the mother sent him to the minister. The minister sat
the boy down on the other side of his huge, impressive desk. For
about five minutes they just sat and stared at each other.


Finally, the minister pointed his forefinger at the boy and
asked, "Where is God?"


The boy looked under the desk, in the corners of the room, all
around, but said nothing.


Again, louder, the minister pointed at the boy and asked, "Where
is God?"


Again the boy looked all around but said nothing.


A third time, in a louder, firmer voice, the minister leaned far
across the desk and put his forefinger almost to the boy's nose,
and asked "Where is God?"


The boy panicked and ran all the way home. Finding his older
brother, he dragged him upstairs to their room and into the
closet, where they usually plotted their mischief. He finally
said, "We are in B-I-I-I-I-G trouble now!"


The older boy asked, "What do you mean, B-I-I-I-I-G trouble?"


His brother replied, "God is missing and they think we did it."