HE TOOK OUR PLACE

A YOUNG MAN WAS VISITING THE LITTLE CHURCH
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
HE DECIDED TO SIT UP FRONT,
BUT WAS TOLD BY A FAMILY
THAT HE HAD TAKEN THEIR PLACE IN THE PEW.
THE YOUNG MAN POLITELY STOOD UP, LOOKED AROUND
AND SPOTTED AN EMPTY SPACE.
BUT AS SOON AS HE SAT DOWN AGAIN,
HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S PLACE.
THIS YOUNG MAN WAS STILL CHEERFUL,
LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO HEAR,
SO HE DIDN'T MIND BEING ASKED TO MOVE AGAIN,
AND FOUND A PLACE IN THE REAR.
BY THIS TIME, THOUGH,
BLOOD WAS STARTING TO APPEAR
ON THIS STRANGER'S FACE,
DRIPPING SLOWLY DOWN
FROM THE CROWN OF THORNS
THAT HAD QUITE SUDDENLY APPEARED.
NEVERTHELESS, AS HE SETTLED INTO THIS LAST SPACE
IN THIS LITTLE CHURCH ON THE CORNER,
A YOUNG COUPLE STOOD BEFORE HIM AND POLITELY
TOLD THIS BLOODIED STRANGER
THAT HE HAD TAKEN THEIR PLACE TOO.
WHEREBY THIS YOUNG MAN TOLD THEM, "NO, I THINK YOU
HAVE IT BACKWARDS, FOR I HAVE TAKEN YOURS."

PS:  THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL STORY, JUST ORIGINALLY TOLD.