THE NEW MINISTER

A young minister was just starting out at his first pastoral job. He was still very shy and unconfident, having recently graduated Theology Classes in the lower percentile of his class.
His first appointment was to visit one of his members that supposedly was very ill and needed cheering up. This was his first visit to any of his congregation, and he nervously rang the door bell, and heard her call out "come in". He stepped inside the door, removed his hat, and walked toward the part of the house from which he heard the voice.
Seeing the elderly woman relaxing on the sofa, and noticing the thread bare material and sparse furnishings in the house, he quickly, silently, asked the Lord for help.
On the beat up old coffee table in front of the couch, sat a small clear dish about half full of peanuts. As he sat there talking to the lady, he nervously started eating the nuts, and as he rose to leave, he realized he had eaten every one.
Knowing she probably didn't have any more, he was embarrassed and apologized, and told her he would quickly return with a whole large can.
"Naw, that's alright, she replied, in her toothless voice. "I couldn't chew them anyhow, and I'd done sucked all the chocolate off them, and I sure hated to see them go to waste."