Prayers
In my distress
I called upon
the Lord;
to my God
I cried for help,
From His Temple
He heard my voice,
and my cry
to Him
reached His ears.
[Psalms 18:6]
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(Get into bed.)
(Yawn.)
(Silence.)
(Set clock radio.)
"Speak to Me,
child."
(Silence.)
"Speak to Me."
(Sigh.)
(Irritable silence.)
(Bite lower lip.)
(Get up and go to the
refrigerator.)
"Yes?"
(Get a scoop of chocolate
ice cream.)
(Get back in bed.)
(Sit up against pillows.)
(Drip some chocolate onto
bed sheet.)
(Mutter.)
(Get up and squirt some
hand soap onto chocolate spot.)
(Mutter.)
(Get back into bed.)
(Pick up bowl of ice cream again.)
[PATIENTLY WAITING.]
"LORD?"
[SMILE!]
"Did anybody ever tell You
that prayer is.....
kinda.......BORING?"
[SHAKE HEAD.]
[PATIENTLY SIGH.]
(Whiny voice.)
"Well.......I've already TOLD
You all this stuff......BEFORE!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
(Finish up ice cream.)
(Set bowl down next
to clock radio.)
(Squint up at ceiling.)
"I mean......what else do
Ya what me to SAY?"
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"Speak to Me."
"I really gotta think up
some better prayers."
(Turn out light.)
(Toss.)
(Turn.)
[GENTLE VOICE.]
"I'm waiting, child."
"I don't know what to SAY!"
"Yes.
You do."
"No, I DON'T!"
[SILENCE.]
"Eh........well,
can You help me find
a filter that will fit
my AIR CONDITIONER?
All those filters at the
STORE are the wrong
SIZE!"
"Yes, My beloved."
[SIGH.]
"I know."
"Uh.......
(Scratch scruffy head.)
(Yawn.)
let's see.....what else......
....what else.......
well, thanks for bringing
down the gas prices for
a couple weeks. I know
it's not gonna last, but....
Ya know: at least,
You're TRYING."
(Pouty shrug.)
[SMILE.]
[NOD.]
(Squint.)
"Eh......what else?
Hm, and, Ya know,
I was happy to hear
about the new
panda babies in China.
That was nice, Lord.
I just hope Y'ur gonna
keep them ALIVE!"
(Frown.)
(Sigh.)
[PATIENT NOD.]
"Eh, yeah.....I still
don't know what
I'm gonna do about
this Christian thing.
(Frown.)
I mean, I just wasn't
brought up with this
stuff."
[LOVING GAZE.]
(Kvetchy frown.)
"Ya know, I still
don't understand
it. What's this
go to do with ME?
NOTHIN'!"
[SMILE!]
"It's nice and all,
but.......(Sigh.)
(Shrug.)....
how come I don't
feel PEACEFUL, yet?"
[SMILE.]
"Well....I'm goin'
to sleep. (Sigh.)
I thought Jesus
was gonna come and
give me all this PEACE!
(Irritable sigh.) Maybe.....
He just hasn't gotten
AROUND to me, yet."
(Turn on pillow.)
(Close eyes.)
[STROKE SCRUFFY HEAD
OF HIS SLEEPING CHILD.]
"No, My child.
I'm right Here."
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O God,
Thou art my God,
I seek Thee,
my soul thirsts for Thee;
my Flesh faints for Thee,
as in a dry
and weary land
where no water is.
[Psalm 63:1]
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