[SOC] Build a bridge to Hawaii

[john bell]

A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. 
Suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, 
“Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one 
wish.”

The man said, “Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over 
anytime I want.”

The Lord said, “Your request is very materialistic. Think of the 
enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. The supports required to reach 
the bottom of the Pacific! The concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly 
exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify 
your desire for worldly things. Take a
little more time and think of 
something that would honor and glorify me.”

The man thought about it for a long time.

Finally he said, “Lord, I wish that I could understand my wife. 
I want to know how she feels inside, what she’s thinking when she gives me the 
silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says ‘nothing’s wrong,’ 
and how I can make a woman truly happy.

The Lord replied, “You want two lanes or four on that 
bridge?”