Talking Frogs

Church News 8/24/08

There’s an old guy at the gym where I work out… we’ll call him Bosquez. Bosquez is great at telling jokes. His face is very expressive, he gives just enough detail and he has a slow, gravelly voice with a Hispanic accent. I love to watch him tell jokes. The trouble is, he doesn’t know any good jokes. So I thought I would help him out with my “talking frog” joke. The condensed version goes like this… an old man playing golf comes across a talking frog who informs him that she is really a beautiful, young princess who has been placed under a curse. If the old guy will kiss her, she can transform back and they can be married and live happily ever after. The frog really has a hard time convincing the old guy to do this and finally the old guy explains… “I think I’d rather have a talking frog”.

Most people really laugh at that joke… not Bosquez. Bosquez looks at me through those thick glasses and says… yeah, we just want someone to talk to. He never smiled.

In our day and time, and perhaps every day and time, most young men who are looking for a wife are looking for a young woman of beauty and sensuality. Certainly physical attraction is important but importance should also be placed on things like character and chastity and godliness. People can’t help how they look but they can control… who they are… and the one who possesses inner beauty can be far more attractive than the one who possesses external beauty only.

According to Bosquez he’s had a lot of girl friends and wives over his 78 year life span. Don’t be like him and learn the hard way that a talking frog may be more attractive than a beautiful woman.