There was a young couple, very much in love, who the
night before they were to be married, were both tragically killed in an automobile
accident. They found themselves at the pearly gates of heaven being escorted in by St.
Peter.
After a couple of weeks in
heaven, the prospective groom took St. Peter aside and said, "St. Peter, my fiancee
and I are very happy in heaven, but we miss very much the opportunity to have celebrated
our wedding vows. Is it possible for people in heaven to get married?"
St. Peter looked at him and
said, "I don't know, I've never heard of anyone in heaven wanting to get married. I'm
afraid you'll have to talk to the Lord God Almighty about that. I can get you an
appointment for two weeks from Wednesday."
Come the appointed day, the
couple were escorted by the guardian angels into the august presence of the Lord God
Almighty, where they repeated the request. The Lord look at them solemnly and said,
"I'll tell you what, wait five years and if you still want to get married, come back
and we will talk about it again."
Well, five years went by and
the couple, still very much wanting to get married, came back. Again the Lord God Almighty
said, "Please you must wait another five years and then I will consider your
request."
Finally, they came before the
Lord God Almighty the third time, ten years after their first request, and asked the Lord
again. This time the Lord answered, "Yes, you may marry. Congratulations! This
Saturday, at 2:00 PM, we will have wonderful ceremony in the main chapel and the reception
will be on me!"
The wedding was perfect. All
the guests thought the bride was beautiful, Moses brought some flowers from the Nile River
delta, and Ghandi came wearing his finest hand-woven sari. But, you guessed it, the couple
was married only a few weeks, when they realized they had made a horrible mistake, they
just couldn't stay married to one another.
So, they made another
appointment to see the Lord God Almighty, this time to ask if they could get a divorce in
heaven. When the Lord heard their request he looked at them and said, "Look, it took
us ten years to find a priest up here in heaven, do you have any idea how long it'll take
to find a lawyer!" |
