Faith
My Father,
if it be possible,
let this cup
pass from Me;
nevertheless,
not as I will,
but
as Thou wilt.
[Matthew 26:39]
********************
"I don't know what Your
will IS, Lord."
[NOD.]
"It's not FAIR;
they say we should all
pray, like Jesus did."
[SILENCE.]
"But.....if JESUS... WAS
Who He said He WAS.....
then, He would have KNOWN
exactly what the FATHER was
thinking.....at all TIMES. And,
us plain little HUMANS....heck,
WE don't know.....NOTHIN'!"
[TENDER SMILE.]
"If,
My beloved?"
(Squirm.)
"Yeah.
You heard me: IF."
[SMILE.]
"Ah."
"The way I figure it,
the Will of God is whatever
we happen to be doin',
at this particular MOMENT."
[NOD.]
"I see."
(Nod.)
"Yeah.
Right now, I'm eatin' 2
strawberry popsicles over
a Little Debbie brownie."
[CHUCKLE.]
"In a bowl. Ya can't eat
it, any other way; it gets
too messy."
[SIGH.]
"I would choose
a much healthier snack
for you,
My precious."
(Dipping a piece of
brownie into the strawberry
ice-mush.)
"SEE? Well.....then,
I'm ALMOST in Your WILL!
I'm eatin' a SNACK."
[SIGH.]
"Maybe, He was just
a crazy person."
"Who,
My beloved?"
"Ya know........JESUS."
[QUIET VOICE.]
"Ah.
I see."
"Yeah;
and, so what if He
performed MIRACLES?
LOTS of people did, in
the Old Testament! How
about JOSHUA asking the
day to be overly-long?
Or, David and GOLIATH?
Or.....all those things that
Moses did with his STAFF?
REMEMBER? He turned it
into a SNAKE! And, what
about the parting of the
RED SEA?"
[NOD.]
"Why did JESUS run around,
kicking over everything
in the TEMPLE.....ANYWAY?
That seems like a meshu'gunah,
to me."
[SMILE.]
"I feel like I can't just
accept Jesus,
willy-nilly......
without questioning Him
some, at LEAST."
[NOD.]
[SMILE.]
"Ya know;
considering
my ROOTS,
and all."
[TURN TO HIS LEFT.]
[GLANCE.]
[CHUCKLE.]
(Tipping the bowl for
one last swallow
of pink syrup.)
"JEWS aren't supposed
to believe in JESUS;
it's kind of like
a faux pas*."
[NOD.]
[TENDER VOICE.]
"Why do you,
My child?"
(Licking one syrupy
popsicle stick
and then, the other.)
"Don't KNOW.
He just seems like a
fascinating PERSON...
to me. He said such outrageous THINGS."
[BURST OUT LAUGHING.]
"And, He certainly yelled
at those Pharisees, a lot.
That was probably pretty
courageous, back in those days."
[NOD.]
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"What is My Will
for you,
child?"
"For ME?"
(Shrug.)
(Sip some watered-down
soda**.)
"I DUNNO! I GUESS
WHATEVER I'M DOIN'
RIGHT NOW!"
[TENDER SMILE.]
(Mumble.)
"Talkin' about JESUS......"
[TENDER GAZE.]
[SMILE.]
***********************
My Father,
if this
cannot pass
unless I drink it;
Thy will
be done.
[Matthew 26:42]
____________________
*Expression: 'violating
the accepted norms'.
**The cholesterol fight goes
on; so far, the flesh has
definitely been very weak.
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