"I TOOK YOUR PLACE....!

YOU TOOK MY PLACE
ONE DAY, A MAN WENT TO VISIT A
CHURCH. HE ARRIVED EARLY, PARKED HIS
CAR, AND GOT OUT. ANOTHER CAR PULLED
NEAR HIM, AND THE OTHER DRIVER TOLD
HIM, I ALWAYS PARK THERE, "YOU TOOK
MY PLACE!"
THE VISITOR WENT INSIDE
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL, FOUND AN EMPTY
SEAT, AND SAT DOWN. A YOUNG LADY
FROM THE CHURCH APPROACHED HIM AND
STATED "YOU TOOK MY PLACE".
THE VISITOR WAS SOMEWHAT DISTRESSED
BY THIS RUDE WELCOME, BUT SAID
NOTHING. AFTER SUNDAY SCHOOL,
THE VISITOR WENT INTO THE CHURCH
SANCTUARY AND SAT DOWN. ANOTHER
MEMBER WALKED UP TO HIM AND SAID,
"THAT'S WHERE I ALWAYS SIT, YOU
TOOK MY PLACE"
THE VISITOR WAS EVEN MORE
TROUBLED BY THIS TREATMENT
BUT STILL SAID NOTHING.
LATER, AS THE CONGREGATION WAS
PRAYING FOR CHRIST TO DWELL AMONG
THEM, THE VISITOR STOOD, AND HIS
APPEARANCE BEGAN TO CHANGE.
HORRIBLE SCARS BECAME VISIBLE ON
HIS HANDS AND ON HIS SANDALED FEET.
SOMEONE FROM THE CONGREGATION
NOTICED HIM AND CALLED OUT, "WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU?"
THE VISITOR REPLIED,
"I TOOK YOUR PLACE"