Bless us

A man used to grumble at the food his wife placed before him at meal time. Then he would ask the blessing.

One day, after his usual combination complaint and prayer, his little girl asked, “Daddy, does God hear us when we pray?”

“Why, of course,” he replied. “He hears us every time we pray.”

“And does he hear everything we say the rest of the time?” she asked.

“Yes, every word,” he replied, encouraged that he had inspired his daughter to be curious about spiritual matters.

Innocently she burst his bubble when she asked: “Then which does God believe?”