Hello,

 

So, I don’t know about you, but I am ready for a little humor…with an emphasis on “little”. Today, I thought I would sprinkle some riddles into your life.  The answers are on the bottom, so cover them up and only reveal one at a time….no cheating, remember, God is watching!

 

1.    What do you call a cow that doesn’t give milk?

 

2.    How do you know that there’s been an elephant in the refrigerator?

 

3.    Why did Tigger go to the bathroom?

 

4.    What’s green and hops from bed to bed?

 

5.    Where do cows go to dance?

 

6.    Why don’t zombies eat popcorn with their fingers?

 

7.    What happened when the rubber duckie fell into the bathtub?

 

8.    How do you clean a dirty tuba?

 

9.    What snacks do you serve at a robot party?

 

10.  What is the best way to escape the inside of a whale?

 

I suspect that you have had enough….either from your ribs being laughing sore, or your tired of saying, “Boy, was that dumb.”  But either way, I hope that you had a giggle or two with these riddles.

 

Sometimes life seems like a riddle, and not a funny one.  These days seem to be one of those times where we riddle questions like, “Why is this happening?”, “How can we know what to do?”, “When will things get back to normal?”, “Where will all of this take us?”

 

Yesterday in worship we heard a word from Scripture that unriddles life and turns life into an adventure that is guided by the one who created the universe, died on a cross and killed death by walking out of an Easter tomb, who has called you his own and will let nothing separate you from him…not even your wandering off, and who has prepared a place for you in his eternal home so that where he is you will also be.  Listen to this Word:

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. ⁵Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. ⁶Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 

“The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding”…when the riddles ring in you head, “Why?”, “What?”, “How?”, “When?”, and “Who?”  God speaks his unriddling word, “I, the Lord, am here.”  And like a lost child in a department store who is finally found by her mom, you will find joy exploding from your heart in the embrace of God.  Rejoicing!

 

Although my riddles might bring a small sparkle to you day, God’s word has the power to change your day.

 

Have a great week, 

God’s grace and peace, (GGAP)

Pastor Jerry Nuernberger

 

Answers: (no cheating!)

 

1.    A milk dud.

2.    By the footprints in the jello.

3.    To find his friend, Pooh.

4.    A prosti-toad.  (ooh….maybe a little too racy)

5.    The meatball.

6.    They prefer to eat their fingers separately.

7.    It quacked up.

8.    With a tube ‘a toothpaste.

9.    Assorted nuts.

10.  Run around until you get pooped out.