Christians are funny people.

In one of his books, Chuck Swindoll tells about a lady who wanted desperately to go on a tour to Israel. But she wanted a sign to confirm that it was God’s will. The morning after she began planning the trip, she woke up at 7:47 a. m. The tour group to Israel was planning on flying over on a 747 jet. That was her “sign” that confirmed God was going to bless this trip.

Another young man needed to buy a car. But he wanted to know that whatever car he bought was in God’s will for him. One night he had a dream in which everything he saw was yellow. The next day he went to a car dealership and bought the “yellowest” car he could find. True to form, the car was a real lemon.

And there was the deacon who wanted to be a pastor, but he didn’t want to spend a few year…