Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

My friend, Anita, had been searching for years for a church to attend. She had visited many houses of worship but nothing ever seemed quite right. She was open to any denomination except Baptist. Anita swore to herself years ago that she would never, ever step foot in another Baptist church.

A co-worker recommended that she visit his church. Anita visited the church and fell in love with it immediately. The music was great, the sermons were uplifting and very biblically sound for a non-denominational church, she thought. And the people were hospitable. Finally, after all these years, she had found the church of her dreams.

She didn't join right away because she didn't want to make an impulsive decision. For two and a half months, she went to church every week, sometimes multiple times a week, and loved every minute of it. Each meeting was better than the last. It became so ridiculously obvious to Anita that this was the place for her that she eventually gave in to her emotions and became a member. My friend was pleased with her decision. It was the right one to make, or so she thought.

As a new member, Anita began receiving literature from the church that indicated that this was not a non-denominational church afterall; in fact, it was Baptist. How could this happen? The reason Anita waited so long to become a member was because she wanted to make an intelligent, well informed decision and she wanted no surprises. Of all the services she had attended, there was never any indication given that this was a Baptist church.

Anita went to church the following Sunday, still perplexed as to how something like this could have occured. As she pulls into the parking lot, Anita glances at the church sign she passed every week for almost three months. And there it was, right there in big, bold letters for all the world to see: Union Street Missionary BAPTIST Church. She could almost hear the Heavens erupt in laughter.

God does indeed have a sense of humor.