it's 5 o'clock somewhere

sometimes scripture is funny.

i don't think that many people are ok with accepting this. for me it's been this way ever since i started reading the bible.

one time Jesus was out chillin in the water, standing on top of the surface. he called out to peter, and so peter was like "cool," but then the wind started blowing and peter began to sink. to me, that's funny. Jesus knew what He was doing. He knew peter was gonna go down.

when i imagine that scene in my head, i crack up. i'm sure peter's face was absolutely priceless.

another time, after Jesus was crucified (not funny), then rose from his tomb, then hung out a bit (kinda funny if you again imagine their faces), and ascended to heaven, there was a pretty funny situation:

everybody was hanging out, they just replaced judas (who got a raw deal in the whole story, but he still had free will, so whatever...), and the Holy Spirit filled the apostles and they began to speak in tongues. bystanders, for the most part, were pretty amazed, if not creeped out (funny).

some accused them of being drunk. "they have gotten into new wine," they said (funny). i don't know about you, but when i get a little tipsy, i start speaking unfamiliar languages all the time.
anyways, our old friend peter stood up and said "hey, we're not drunk, it's nine in the morning!"
that is really in the bible.

now if this isn't funny to you, perhaps i built it up a little too much. but think about it. not a whole lot of people get accused of being drunk at nine in the morning. either people were hardcore haters, or the apostles had a reputation for getting the party started early.


...i guess there really isn't a point to all this. i just think it was funny that peter actually had to tell a mass group of people that it was too early for them to be drunk. i wonder if pentecostals ever have to defend themselves from similar accusations.

besides, i like to think that the apostles had better taste. none of that "new wine" crap.