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A friend sent this to me this morning and I thought some of you might geta kick out 
of it. 

Bike Accident 
 
 A woman named Jill stood up at her church's Testimony Meeting, or as  some 
churches call it, "Cry Sunday", one Sunday  morning, took the  microphone 
from one of the church ushers, and bared her soul to the rapt  congregation: 
 I want to tell you about the awful accident that my  husband, Jim, has 
suffered this past month. He was riding his  bike, lost control, ran off 
the highway and hit a tree. He was rushed to  the hospital, and could  have 
died, but thank the Lord, all he suffered  was a "broken scrotum." 
 
The congregation gasped in horror. The men in the  congregation were 
 obviously uneasy and writhed in their seats.  "Jim has been in  terrible 
pain all month since the  accident. He has  trouble breathing.  He has 
trouble swallowing his food.   He can hardly lift anything, he's  in so much 
pain, and he has  missed work because of it.  He can't lift  our children up 
to hold them and give  them the personal love that they  need. Worst of all, 
we can no  longer cuddle and have intimate  relations. He is in constant 
pain, a pain so terrible that our love life  has all but slipped away into 
oblivion. I  would like to ask you all in  the congregation to pray for Jim, 
and pray  for us, that his broken  scrotum will soon heal and be as good as 
new." 
 
 A dull murmur erupted within the congregation as the  full impact of  this 
terrible accident sunk in, and the men in the congregation >were  visibly 
shaken up with the thought that, "there  but for the grace of  God go I". 
Then, as the murmuring settled down, a lone figure  stood up  in midst of 
the congregation, worked his way up to the  pulpit,  obviously in pain, 
adjusted the microphone to his liking, then  leaned  over and said to 
 the congregation: 
 
  "My name is Jim, and I have only one word for my wife, Jill. 
 That word is: "STERNUM!" 

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