Gospel
In the beginning
God created
the heavens
and the earth.
[Genesis 1:1]
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"Lord, Who ARE You?"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"No, REALLY!"
[PATIENT NOD.]
"Tell Me,
child."
"Well, I go to these
BIBLE studies......"
[SMILE.]
"Yes?"
"And, they say
You're....JESUS?"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"But.........
WHERE are YOU?"
[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]
"Right Here,
little one."
(Squinched up near-sighted-
far-sighted squint.)
"I don't UNDERSTAND?
WHAT?"
[PATIENTLY WAITING.]
"I was never very logical,
to START WITH!"
[NOD.]
"So.......I don't GET it?
All this time, I thought
I was talkin' to YOU!"
[SMILE!]
"Who, child?"
"YA know:
........GOD!"
[SMILE.]
"Well.......
(Puzzled squint.)
Then.....
WHO am I TALKIN'....
to?"
"You're talking
to Me,
child."
(More squinting.)
(Both glasses slip down nose.)
(Pet scruffy cat sitting on Big Bible.)
(Puzzled silence.)
"HUH?"
[GENTLE SMILE.]
"But.......WHO was
it Who PARTED the
REA SEA? I mean,
I know it was
Charlton Heston....
but, WHO HELPED
him?"
[BURST OUT LAUGHING!]
"I did,
child."
"And......WHO led
the Israelites..... outta
EGYPT?"
"I did."
(Squint.)
"Well......WHO
gave Moses those
2 stone TABLETS?
Ya know: UP on
THAT MOUNTAIN?"
[CHUCKLE.]
"Me."
(Squint.)
[PATIENT GAZE.]
(Impatient squirm.)
"But.....I don't get it.
I don't GET it?"
[SMILE.]
"WHO ARE You?"
"Read My Word,
precious."
"Yeah, what about this part:
God said to Moses,
I AM WHO
I AM.
[Exodus 3:14]
Ya mean.....THIS PART?"
[NOD.]
"But......what about
that OTHER PART?"
[GENTLE SMILE.]
"Which Part,
My beloved?"
(Squirm.)
(Silence.)
"Ya know........
that OTHER part."
[SMILE.]
"Which Part
is that,
My beloved?"
(Silence.)
(Frown.)
"I dunno.
Forget about it."
[SMILE.]
(Squirm.)
"This is too complicated."
(Scratch scruffy head.)
"I'm goin' back to bed,
Lord.
(Yawn.)
'It's my morning off,
Ya know."
[SOLEMN NOD.]
[GENTLE SMILE.]
(Yawn.)
(Put cup of hot chocolate
in microwave.)
(Grab some Cherios
outta the box.)
(Trudge off to bed.)
[SMILE.]
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In the beginning
was the Word,
and the Word
was with God,
and the Word
was God.
He was in
the beginning
with God;
all things
were made
through Him,
and without Him
was not anything
made that was made.
[John 1:1-3]
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