An elderly lady arrived at church one Sunday morning.
As she walked in, a friendly usher greeted her and asked,
“Ma’am, where would you like to sit?”
“I’d like to sit in the very front row,” she replied.
The usher smiled nervously and said,
“Oh no, ma’am. You really don’t want to sit there. Our pastor is very boring. He’ll probably put you to sleep. Let me find you a better seat.”
The woman looked shocked.
“Sir,” she asked, “do you know who I am?”
The usher hesitated.
“No, ma’am.”
She replied,
“I’m the pastor’s mother.”
The usher immediately lowered his head in embarrassment.
After a long, awkward pause, he looked back up and asked,
“Ma’am… do you know who I am?”
She answered,
“No.”
With a huge sigh of relief, he smiled and said,
“Thank God!”
