alabama

happy monday blog world!  i received this little ditty in an email today and it was so precious i had to share it with you guys!  enjoy!

A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about churches around 
the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working 
east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking 
photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the 
vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls: $10,000 
a minute." Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. 
The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to 
heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD.
 
The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to 
visit churches in Seattle, Houston, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and 
many cities and towns all around the United States , he found more 
phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
 
Finally, he arrived in Tuscaloosa Upon entering a church in the 
beautiful state of Alabama, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. 
But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: 35 cents".
 
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been in 
cities all across the country and in each church I have found this 
golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and 
that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 
a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?"
 
I love this part ... The pastor, smiling broadly, replied, "Son, you're 
in Alabama now - you're in God's Country. It's a local call."

 
American by Birth, Alabamians by the Grace of God.
 
And why do Alabamians go barefoot? When you're in Alabama, you're on 
Holy ground!
 

roll tide,