Gospel
"It's already getting
HOT, here....
in San ANTONIO,
Lord!"
[NOD.]
"But.....I wouldn't wanna
be, anywhere else!"
"I know,
child."
"Yeah;
thank You,
for bringing me here,
Lord."
(Grimmace.)
"Although.....it was
on a kind'a tortuous
ROUTE."
"I understand,
My child."
"Yeah......we studied
another part of 'Romans',
tonight, Lord."
[SMILE!]
(Grimmace, again;
this time in a less
serious way.)
"My OPINION
of it.....hasn't CHANGED,
very much."
[SMILE!]
"It's.....just so DRY."
(Stick tongue out,
in a grimmace.)
"And.....IMPERSONAL."
[CHUCKLE.]
"ECH*."
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"But, It is
very personal,
child."
"REALLY?"
(Open Bible.)
(Slap pages around,
impatiently.)
(Flip to 'Romans'.)
(Squint.)
"WHERE?"
"Look."
(Squint.)
"Like this, Lord.
It's so.....DRY:
'By your hard
and impenitent
heart
you are storing
up wrath
for yourself
on the day
of wrath
when God's
righteous
judgment
will be revealed.'
[Romans 2:5]
SEE?"
"Tell Me,
child."
"Eh....."
(Read.)
(Sip some Walmart rootbeer.)
(Eat some Walmart sherbet.)
"I dunno."
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"WHAT?
MY heart isn't HARD!
HEY!
Just ask ANYBODY...!"
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"We are not talking
about feeding stray animals,
here,
My beloved."
"Who is this about...
YOU?"
(Squint.)
(Pout.)
"HEY!
THAT'S not FAIR!
I TRY!"
[PATIENT NOD.]
[SIGH.]
"Go on."
(Squint down at page.)
(Adjust reading glasses,
over regular glasses**.)
(Squint.)
"So.....I'M storing up,
WRATH?"
(Clueless squint.)
"I don't UNDERSTAND?"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
(Impatient scrowl!)
(Pet a cat.)
(Hug cat on lap.)
"Well.....THAT'S what
it SAYS!
I TOLD Ya,
You shouldn't have had
PAUL, write this STUFF!
He's a bad WRITER!"
[PATIENT GAZE.]
[PATIENT SIGH.]
[LOOK OFF TOWARD
THE MOON.]
"What SORT'A
WRATH?"
"Mine."
"HEY!
I'm JEWISH!
Didn't we already
GO THROUGH....
all this STUFF.....?"
[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]
".....back,
in the OTHER
TESTAMENT?"
[FIRM NOD.]
"So.......HOW
much WRATH,
do You have
STORED UP,
ANYWAY?"
[LONG PAUSE.]
"Lots."
***********************
For
He will render
to every man
according to
his works;
to those who by
patience
in well-doing
seek for glory.....
He will give
eternal life;
but for those
who .....do not
obey the truth.....
there will be
wrath
and fury.
[Romans 2:6-8]
__________________________
*Besides feeding cats,
the author's 2nd favorite
pastime is kvetching.
**Author finally ordered
some 'prescription' reading
glasses. They're a lot
cheaper, and less complicated,
than those horrible bifocals.
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