A farmer is in Iowa during a flood. The
river is overflowing, with water surrounding the farmer's home up to his front
porch. As he is standing there, a boat comes up, the man in the boat says,
"Jump in I'll take you to safety."
The farmer crosses his arms and says
stubbornly, "Nope, I put my trust in God."
The boat goes away. The water rises to the
second floor. Another boat comes up, the man says to the farmer who is now in the second
story window, "Jump in, I'll save you."
The farmer again says, "Nope, I put my
trust in God."
The boat goes away. Now the water is up to
the roof. As The farmer stands on the roof, a helicopter comes over, and drops a ladder.
The pilot yells down to the farmer, "I'll save you, climb the ladder."
The farmer yells back, "Nope, I put my
trust in God."
The helicopter goes away. The water
continues to rise and sweeps the farmer off the roof. He drowns.
The farmer goes to heaven. God sees
him and says, "What are you doing here?"
The farmer says, "I put my trust in
you and you let me down."
God says, "What do you mean, let
you down? I sent you two boats and a helicopter!"
