Gospel
Provide
neither gold
nor silver
nor copper
in your money
belts.
Nor bag for
your journey,
nor two
tunics.
[Matthew 10:9-10]
***********************
"Hey, LORD?"
[PATIENT VOICE.]
"What
is it,
Mein kin'der."
"How come Jesus
told His disciples....
they couldn't have
two COATS?"
[PATIENT SQUINT.]
(Rueful squint.)
"What do they
need COATS for...
out in the Middle EAST,
ANYWAY?"
(Stare up at the ceiling.)
"Isn't it all...
just one big DESSERT?"
(Laugh!)
"I mean....
DESERT?"
(Laugh!)
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"Go to bed,
child."
"Yeah;
BUT..........
what about the
two COATS?"
[SIGH.]
[LISTENING TO
THE SWEET PRAYERS
OF ANOTHER ONE
OF HIS CHILDREN,
ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF EARTH.]
[GAZE BACK AT
SASSY, SILLY
CHILD.]
(Grimmace at the ceiling.)
"WASN'T that
kind'a STRICT?"
[PATIENT GAZE
DOWN UPON HIS
TROUBLESOME EARTH.]
[CALM, PATIENT VOICE.]
"No,
My beloved."
"I THINK it WAS!
Suppose they got
STUCK OUT...there...
in the middle of
the cold NIGHT?"
(Smiling up at the ceiling.)
"HOW COME JESUS....
was so STRICT?"
"Because."
[PATIENT FROWN.]
"Now,
go to bed,
child."
"Uh, UH!
Ya haven't
answered
my QUESTION!"
(Take a sip of root beer.)
(Set bottle of root beer,
by the bed.)
"HOW COME,
Y'ur so in LOVE,
with the Middle EAST...
ANYWAY?"
(Take off big, thick glasses.)
(Set them next to the bottle
of root beer.)
"I just don't see
the ATTRACTION?
What IS it:
the OIL?
But....
they didn't
HAVE CARS,
in Y'ur DAY!"
[PATIENT SIGH.]
(Laugh!)
"It's....sort'a
like:
Bob, at work,
sayin',
'Hey, JOE!
I'm goin' on VACATION!'
and;
Joe goes,
'Yeah? Where ya
GOIN'?'
and,
Bob goes.
'To Mount EVEREST!'"
(Burst out laughing!)
"See what I MEAN?
It ain't.....eh,
Ya know,
a place ya wanna
be CAUGHT:
for very LONG!"
(Laugh!)
"FIVE MINUTES,
there....without
PROTECTION,
and,
it's all KAPUUIE!"
(Laughing!)
[PATIENT SHAKE
OF THE HEAD.]
[BECKON IN ANOTHER
ANGEL INTO THE
THRONE ROOM.
THIS ANGEL HAS BLUE EYES
AND BLOND HAIR.
HE'S A GOOD-LOOKIN'
GENTILE. HE IS
CARRYING A REALLY
BIG, GOLDEN PLATE,
BEARING NOT ONE,
BUT, TWO NOTES.]
"So,
WHAT were we
talkin' ABOUT?"
(Sit up.)
(Take another
swig of root beer.)
(Lay back down.)
"Oh....YEAH.
The COATS!
I mean,
the TUNICS!
So.....how COME?"
[INTENTLY ABSORBED
IN READING THE TWO
NOTES, FROM THE
GOLDEN PLATE.]
[PATIENTLY NODDING
TO THE KIBBITZING,
OF A SILLY CHILD.]
"It's a good thing,
they DIDN'T go
to Mount EVEREST,
to PREACH! They
would'a frozen their
BUTTS, OFF! Especially
with just one COAT!"
(Laughing!)
[TURN TO HIS RIGHT.]
[SIGH.]
"Oy vey;
when is she going
to go to SLEEP?"
[GENTLE, CALM
VOICE FROM THE
RIGHT SIDE
OF THE
THRONE.]
"Soon,
Father.
Soon."
*********************
And
whoever
will not
receive you
nor hear
your words,
when you
depart
from that
house
or city,
shake off
the dust
from your
feet.
[Matthew 10:14]
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