Faith
(Snort.)
"YEAH!
Obviously, whoever wrote
THIS stuff, wasn't in INDIA
this week!"
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"I did,
child."
"HUH?"
"Read My Word,
precious."
"Yeah, sure:
Glory to God
in the highest,
and on earth
peace among
men.....!
[Luke 2:14]
(Grimmace!)
I don't understand this,
at ALL."
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
"I don't UNDERSTAND?
The ANGELS said there
was gonna be PEACE?"
(Stare up at ceiling.)
"SO?
Where IS it?"
"It is Right Here,
child."
"WHERE?"
"Here."
(Clueless squint.)
"Ya know.......I didn't
even KNOW there
WERE Jews, in
INDIA?"
(Squint.)
"That's WEIRD."
[PATIENT SIGH.]
"HEY!
I GREW UP in a whole
Jewish NEIGHBORHOOD!
And, I never KNEW anybody
from INDIA!"
[PATIENT GAZE.]
[STARE OFF AT NEPTUNE.]
"YEAH!
Everybody was...eh,
from either RUSSIA or
POLAND!"
[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]
"Or LITHUANIA!"
[GENTLE NOD.]
[WATCH THE EVENING SKY
OVER ISRAEL.]
(Thoughtful squint.)
"Well......I think there
were some from SPAIN,
but....that was a long
time AGO."
[PATIENT NOD.]
[LISTEN TO THE WINGS
OF SOME HUMINGBIRDS
OFF THE COAST OF
NORTH CAROLINA.]
(Squint thoughtfully.)
"I think maybe there
were some from ENGLAND....
but, the weather got a little
too cold for 'em, so they
moved to FLORIDA."
[SMILE.]
[GAZE DOWN ON THE
FACE OF A NEWBORN
BABY.]
"Hey, L....O....R.....D?
ARE You L...I....S....T....E....NING
to ME?"
[GENTLE NOD.]
[SMELL THE BRINY
OCEAN OFF OF CAPE COD.]
[WATCH SOME SEAGULLS
AS THEY SWOOP DOWN
ALONG THE SHORELINE.]
"SO?
Where's all this PEACE
and goodwill STUFF?
HUH?"
(Impatient glare up at the ceiling.)
"It is Right Here,
child."
"WHERE?"
(Cranky look up at ceiling fan.)
"YEAH? And, WHERE
was MICHAEL, all this WEEK?"
[PATIENT GAZE OF A LOVING
FATHER.]
"Huh?
I thought, he was, like.......
the protector ANGEL of
the JEWS, or
WHATEVER?"
[SILENCE.]
(Snort!)
"Tch!
He's really been pretty
LAX at his JOB,
for 6,000 years..........
HASN'T.... he? And,
WHY wasn't he protecting
the CHRISTIANS, over there?"
[PATIENCE OF A....WELL,
A SAINT.]
"Why don't You get
somebody ELSE,
LORD? Ya know:
some ANGEL who
knows what he's
DOIN'?"
[STERN FROWN.]
"He does what
I tell him to do,
child."
(Squirm.)
(Squint.)
"Isn't he supposed to
be, like.... in PERSIA, or
SOMETHIN'?
(Squint.)
Well.....isn't that REAL
CLOSE to INDIA?
Couldn't he have just,
Ya know: FLEW*
over there?"
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"How do you know
My messengers
weren't there,
child?"
"Well.......
(Snort!)
all those INNOCENT
PEOPLE DIED! THAT'S
what!"
[NOD.]
(Angry frown.)
"I don't GET You,
at ALL!"
"To Whom are
you speaking,
child?"
(Angry grimmace.)
(Turn away.)
(Mumble.)
(Murmur.)
(More mumbling.)
[PATIENT, LOVING SILENCE.]
"So... how come all
those TERRORISTS....
aren't in the PIT?"
"What pit,
My beloved."
"YOU KNOW!
THE PIT!"
"Ah, yes."
[WISE NOD.]
"WELL?
Where IS IT?
That firey.... PIT,
everybody talks ABOUT?"
[SORROWFUL GLANCE.]
[PAUSE.]
"Have faith,
My child.
It is coming."
*****************************
And...there were shepherds
out in the field,
keeping watch
over their flock...
And the angel
of the Lord
appeared to them,
and the glory
of the Lord
shone around them,
and they were
filled
with fear.
And the angel
said to them,
Be not afraid;
for behold,
I bring you
good news
of a great joy
which will come to
all the people;
for to you
is born
this day
in the City
of David
a Savior,
Who is
Christ
the Lord.
[Luke 2:8-11]
_____________________
*The proper use of the
verb is 'flown'. The author
is using this form of the verb
for conversational emphasis.
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