SUPERMAN AND THE SEATBELT

           I have immense respect for the great boxer, Muhammad Ali. That’s why I read with great amusement a story, perhaps apocryphal, on one of those Internet sites last week. Of course, during his heyday, Ali was known as much for his braggadocio as he was for his boxing.

            The legend goes that once Ali was flying to a fight on a commercial airline. Before the plane took off, a flight attendant, making her rounds, noticed that Ali had not buckled his seat belt.

            The flight attendant asked him to buckle up, and Ali refused. The flight attendant insisted, but Ali said, "Superman don't need no seatbelt."            

            The attendant replied, "Superman don't need no plane."

            Ali buckled his seat belt.

            It’s always good to keep things in their proper perspective.

             3 O LORD, what is man that you regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow (Psalm 144:3-4.) 

          

Story Source: Perry Greene… http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermon-illustration-perry-greene-humor-80350.asp