{"id":712,"date":"2011-11-09T20:16:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=712"},"modified":"2011-11-09T20:37:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:37:24","slug":"inspiring-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2011\/11\/inspiring-music.html","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Joke<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>A minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play. &#8220;Here&#8217;s a copy of the service,&#8221; he said impatiently. &#8220;But you&#8217;ll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the service, the minister paused and said, &#8220;Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected, and we need $4,000 more. 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