One Sunday morning the woman was surprised to receive a phone call from her minister. He said that he had just been in a minor car accident and asked if she could inform the congregation he’d be unable to conduct services that day. The woman was flattered that out of the entire congregation, she was the one he had called - until the minister went on to say that she was always the last one to arrive at church, he knew she would be the only one he could still reach at home.
일요일 아침 목사로부터 전화를 받은 여자는 사뭇 놀랐다. 대단한 사고는 아니지만 자동차 사고로 주일 예배를 진행할 수 없게 됐으니 신도들에게 그리 알려달라는 것이었다. 여자는 많은 신도 중에서 자기를 골라서 전화했다는 사실에 으쓱했는데 목사의 이야기가 계속됐다. 그녀가 늘 꼴찌로 예배에 나오는 사람이니 오직 그녀만 아직도 집에 있겠지 싶어서 전화했다는 것이었다.
*congregation : 회중, (교회) 신도들 *be flattered : 우쭐해 하다