After church one Sunday, a mother asked her young daughter what the Sunday school lesson had been about.
The daughter replied, "Don't be scared, you'll get your quilt."
The mother was understandably perplexed. Later that day, the pastor stopped by for tea. The mother asked him about the morning's lesson. He said, "Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming."
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