Psalm 40:1-2 tells the story of a man who fell into a pit and could not get himself out.

An observer came along and said, “It’s logical that someone would fall down there.”

A sympathetic person came along and said, “I feel for you down there.”

A fundamentalist said, “You deserve your pit.”

Confucius say, “If you had listened to me, you wouldn’t be in that pit.”

The Buddhist said, “Your pit is only a state of mind.”

The municipal inspector asked if he had a permit to dig a pit.

A professor gave him a lecture on the elemental principles of a pit.

An evolutionist stated,  “You are a rejected mutant destined to be removed from the evolutionary cycle. You are going to die in the pit so you cannot produce any pit-falling offspring.”

An evasive person came along and avoided the subject of his pit altogether.

A self-pitying person said, “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit.”

A realist said, , “Things could be worse.”

A pessimist said, “Things will get worse.”

God, seeing the man, took him by the hand, and lifted him out of the pit. Psalm 40:1-2: “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heart my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”