Given that this happens on a weekly basis with me, here's my favorite canned responses:
- God calls us no matter how old we are. - Your momma. - I've been doing this for a few years, so imagine what I looked like three years ago! - When I bury you, I promise to look older and dignified. - Someone's got to reach out to the younger generation, right? - Your face.
(some are snarky...sorry)
Anonymous said…
someone said to me a few years ago: "you may only be thirty one...but you took that funeral like a fifty one year old" I think it was meant to be a compliment...
(thanks for the blog) peace.
Anonymous said…
"Thank you"
People say that I look too young to do whatever all the time. If they mean it as a compliment then a thanks is appropriate. If it's meant as an insult the thanks often takes the wind out of their sales.
Does anyone know the right response to someone if they say to you, "You look very young to be a minister"?
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- God calls us no matter how old we are.
- Your momma.
- I've been doing this for a few years, so imagine what I looked like three years ago!
- When I bury you, I promise to look older and dignified.
- Someone's got to reach out to the younger generation, right?
- Your face.
(some are snarky...sorry)
"you may only be thirty one...but you took that funeral like a fifty one year old"
I think it was meant to be a compliment...
(thanks for the blog)
peace.
People say that I look too young to do whatever all the time. If they mean it as a compliment then a thanks is appropriate. If it's meant as an insult the thanks often takes the wind out of their sales.