[Coda]

A man was once employed as a building painter. To try to save money and make his paint go farther, he would thin it down with turpentine.

The baptist church needed repainted, and this painter was able to offer to do the job for less cost than any of his competitors, so he got the job.

It was a clear day with a blue sky, and he brought his ladders and his brushes and his paint and, of course, his turpentine. But the church was larger than he thought, and he didn't think he would have enough paint, so he mixed even more thinner into it. He painted and painted, and he was up on the ladder to finish the steeple when suddenly clouds rolled in and rain poured down.

All of the thinned-out paint washed off the walls, and a clap of thunder knocked him off the ladder down into the puddles.

The painter realized this was a warning from God, so he cried out, "Forgive me, please, Lord! What should I do?"

A voice boomed out from the clouds.

"Repaint! Repaint, and thin no more!"