Faith
Distress
and anguish
terrify him;
they prevail
against him,
lie a king
prepared
battle.
[Job 15:24]
********************
"Everything SCARES me,
LORD!"
[CALM NOD.]
"I'm SCARED!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"Where ARE YOU?"
"I'm Right Here,
child."
"No, You're NOT!"
[GENTLE SMILE.]
"Not what,
My child?"
"NOT!
THAT'S what YOU ARE!
Yu're a Big NOT!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"YEAH!"
[PATIENT GAZE.]
"You're not HERE!
You're not THERE!
Yu're not ANYWHERE!"
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"Then what
are you,
My precious?"
"A bundle of...........
(Smile up at air vent.)
eh.....KNOTS?"
[CHUCKLE.]
"SERIOUSLY, Lord!
(Squint up at ceiling.)
How about that
COSMONAUT that
said when he was
out in outer SPACE,
that he didn't
SEE YOU?"
[SILENCE.]
"How about THAT?"
[PATIENT NOD.]
"HUH?"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"What ABOUT it?"
"Where was he
looking,
My child?"
(Squint.)
(Munch on some
microwave rice.)
"Eh.....I DUNNO.
I guess, it was.....
like.......
out that lil'
spaceship... WINDOW?"
[NOD.]
"Well......
where WERE You,
LORD?"
[PAUSE.]
"Where was HE...
child?"
(Impatient frown!)
"WELL......
(Ornery glance up at ceiling.)
out in outer SPACE!"
"No, My child."
"Uh, HUH!"
[GENTLE VOICE.]
"He was in the same
place you are."
"YEAH?
Where's THAT?"
[TENDER VOICE.]
"Right Here:
In My Arms."
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In the beginning
God
created
the heavens
and the earth.
[Genesis 1:1]
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