Who Will Provide?

A young woman brought her fiance home to meet her parents. After dinner, hermother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invitedthefiance to his study for a talk."So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man."I am a biblical scholar," he replied"A Biblical scholar. Hmmm," the father said. "Admirable, but what will youdoto provide a nice house for my daughter to live in?""I will study," the young man replied, "and God will provide for us.""And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as shedeserves?"asked the father."I will concentrate on my studies," the young man replied, "God will providefor us.""And children?" asked the father. "How will you support children?""Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replied the fiance.The conversation proceeded like this, and each time the father questioned,theyoung idealist insisted that God would provide.Later, the mother asked, "How did it go, Honey?"The father answered, "He has no job and no plans, and he thinks I'm God."