THANK GOD

Travis had been lost and walking in the desert for about two weeks. One hot day he sees the home of a missionary.

Tired and weak, he crawls up to the porch and collapses at the door. The missionary finds him and nurses him back to health.

Feeling better, Travis, asks the missionary for directions to the nearest town. On his way out the door, Travis sees a horse and asks the missionary if he could borrow the horse.

The missionary says, "Sure, but there is something special about this horse. You have to say 'THANK GOD' to make it go and 'AMEN' to make it stop."

Not paying any attention, Travis says, "Sure ok," so he gets on the horse and says, "THANK GOD," and the horse starts walking.

Then he says, "THANK GOD, THANK GOD," and the horse starts trotting. Feeling pretty brave, Travis says, "THANK GOD, THANK GOD, THANK GOD, THANK GOD," and the horse just takes off.

Pretty soon he sees this cliff coming up and he's doing everything he can to make the horse stop. 

"Whoa, stop, hold on." Finally he remembers, "AMEN."  The horse stops 4 inches from the cliff. Travis leans back in the saddle and says, "THANK GOD."