"and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age," a man read.



He had just finished the last chapter of the book of Matthew of the New Testiment in a series of bible studies with a few of the elderly in church.



"Amen," and he closed his bible. He looked up the group of old ladies seated at his side. "And that, dear sisters, is God's wonderful promise for all of us."



One of the ladies removed her spectacles and smiled at him.



"That, son, is not a promise. It's a fact."



(Adapted from Ian's adpatation of a teacher's story in his message on friday.)