Amen!

Most of us are in a position to have to bow to the pressures of people who are responsible for our income, and heaven knows we have others depending on us.  Sometimes, all of a sudden we find ourselves doing things that are, well, less than sincere.  Or maybe more sincere than we'd originally thought.

One meeting with clients, My dear friend, Missy (short for Ms. Youbetcha) was expecting a nice couple, who she knew were particularly religious, and inclined to pray prior to concluding a business transaction.  Not that Missy isn't inclined to pray.  I know her pretty well, and I know she prays a lot.  Some call it pleading. But I digress...

Last minute before her clients arrived, Missy thought twice about the wine and champagne bottles that regularly stood on the credenza, perhaps these folks wouldn't approve.  So she swept them off the credenza and into safekeeping in a nearby cupboard. 

Missy was aware that her move to eliminate the wine bottles from her office was a good idea, according to where the conversation had taken them at one point.  At the conclusion of the meeting, the couple asked her to join them in prayer, silently.  Upon conclusion and the appropriate "amens", the clients asked Missy what she prayed for.

Funny.  I don't remember what she told me she actually told them.  What I remember is what she told me was going through her head, "THANK YOU God for giving me the foresight to get the wine bottles the hell outta here!" 

I hope it wasn't one of those moments, you know the kind, where you find yourself saying under your breath, "did I just say that outloud?"