The Pastor's Wife Buys A Dress

A small town congregation decided to honor its pastor for all his faithful hard work by throwing him a formal banquet. The pastor knew his wife didn't have many nice dresses as they often shopped at second-hand stores to make ends  meet. Wanting her to feel just as honored about the banquet as he would, the pastor told his wife to buy a new dress. He cautioned her to be careful, however, because money was even tighter than usual that month.

His wife returned from shopping and proudly modeled the beautiful evening gown she purchased. He rejoiced over how lovely the dress looked, but mostly over how happy his wife seemed to feel. However, he ultimately asked how much the dress cost.

She sheepishly answered, "It was five hundred dollars."

The pastor exclaimed, "Five hundred dollars! That's way out of our price range." He never knew his wife act so carefree with finances and asked, "What on Earth made you consider such a purchase?"

She told him. "At first I just stood there, you know, admiring the dress hanging on the rack. Then I heard the devil whisper that trying it on was free and there would be no harm in just seeing how I looked in it, so I did. The devil told me since I was wearing it, it only made sense to look at myself in it, so I stood in front of those mirrors that let you see yourself from all different sides. I spun a few times and the devil just kept telling me how fantastic the dress looked on me."

Disappointed, the pastor told his wife, "Sweetheart, you know the answer to that. Whenever you hear the devil tempting you, all you have to say is, 'Get thee behind me, Satan!'"

She quickly defended, "I did! But then he told me how fabulous it looked from back there too!"