A man went hunting for bears. As he trudged through the forest looking for bears, he came upon the large, steep hill. He climbed the hill, and just as he pulled himself over the last outcropping of rocks, a huge bear met him nose to nose.
The bear roared fiercely. The man was so scared that he lost his balance. He fell down the hill with the bear not far behind him. On the trip down the hill, the man lost his gun. When he finally stopped tumbling, he found that he had a broken leg. It was impossible to escape.
The man had never been very religious and never prayed much, but he prayed now.
He said, “God, if you will make this bear a Christian, I will be happy with whatever lot You give me for the rest of my life.”
The bear was no more than 3 feet from the man when it stopped dead in its tracks. The bear looked up to the heavens quizzically and then fell to its knees, praying in a loud voice, “Lord, bless this food of which I am about to partake. Amen.”