A preacher noticed a woman in the congregation who started crying as soon as he started preaching. Thinking he had made a big catch he continued preaching with more passion. The more he preached, the more the woman wailed. After the preaching came testimony time, the preacher pointed to the woman and said, “Sister, I can see you were mightily moved as we preached the word of God. Now can you please share with us what it was that convicted your spirit so much.” The woman hesitated, but the preacher insisted, so she came up and took the microphone. “You see,” she began, “Last year I lost my he-goat, the only precious thing I owned. I prayed and wept so much over it and then I forgot all about it, but as soon as you came out to preach and I saw your beard, it reminded me all over again of the he-goat. I still cry whenever I remember it.”
