THE FIRST PARENT
      by Bill Cosby

  Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from
the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His kids.

  After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the
first thing He said to them was, "Don't!"
   "Don't what?" Adam replied.
  "Don't eat the forbidden fruit."
  "Forbidden fruit?  Really?  Where is it?"
  "It's over there," said God, wondering why He hadn't stopped after
making the elephants.  A few minutes later God saw the kids having an
apple break and He was angry.
  "Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the First Parent asked.
  "Uh, huh," Adam replied.
  "Then why did you?"
  "I dunno," Adam answered.
  God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of
their own.
  Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.  But there is
reassurance in this story.  If you have persistently and lovingly
tried to give them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on
yourself.
   If God had trouble handling children, what makes you think it
would be a piece of cake for you?

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