A man took a walk along a railroad track. Not paying attention, he got his foot stuck in a gap in the rails. Just then the whistle of the 10 a.m. train sounded in in the distance.
He tried frantically to free himself, but to no avail. Looking up he prayed, “God, please get me free!” The Whistle sounded, again he pulled, no movement. “God! If you get my foot out I will stop smoking.” The whistle sounded closer. Still pulling, he only seemed to get more stuck. “God! If you get my foot out I will stop smoking and drinking.” Looking up he could now see the train engineer in the window of the engine. His foot still would not move. “God!!! If you get my foot out I will stop, smoking drinking and give my money to the poor!”
At that moment his foot slipped from its grasp in the rail and he rolled clear of the train’s wheels…………. “Never mind God I took care of it myself.”