Have you ever heard old comics do the routine where one says something like this:

When I was young, we were so poor that five of us had to sleep in one bed.

You had a bed? When I was young, we were so poor that we couldn’t afford a bed. Each of us had to sleep on the floor and cover up with newspapers.

You had newspapers? When I was young, we were so poor that no one could afford a newspaper. We had to eavesdrop on our neighbors to get the news!

You had neighbors? When I was young, we were so poor that we couldn’t afford neighbors!

If anyone could win at that little contest, it would be John the Baptist. He knew what it was to suffer.

How did he handle it? What help does the Bible give us with our own?

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