It’s Important to Always Be Honest
Im A. Grinnin

Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried chicken.” She said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t have been right, because everyone else in the class laughed. The Bible tells us to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA.  He said they love animals very much.  I do, too; especially chicken, pork and beef.

Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office.  I told him what happened, and he laughed too.  Then he told me not to do it again. The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was.  I told her it was chicken.  She asked me why, just like she’d asked the other children.  So I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.  She sent me back to the principal’s office again.  He laughed, and told me not to do it again.

I don’t understand.  My Bible tells me to always be honest, but my teacher doesn’t like it when I am.  Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most. I told her, “Colonel Sanders”. Guess where I am now…

This article “It’s Important to Always Be Honest” by Im A. Grinnin was excerpted from: www.timetolaugh.com web site. June 2010. It may be used for study & research purposes only.

This article may not be written by an Apostolic author, but it contains many excellent principles and concepts that can be adapted to most churches. As the old saying goes “Eat the meat. Throw away the bones.”