Bible Studies

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Therefore
He has mercy
on whom
He wills,
and whom
He wills
He hardens.
[Romans 9:18]
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"They never HAD
Catalina DRESSING,
in Your Day,
DID they,
LORD?"

[CHUCKLE.]

(Chomp.)
"You could put
it on a piece
a' CARDBOARD,
and it would taste GOOD!"

[LOVING GAZE.]
[SOLEMN NOD.]
"Yes,
My child."

"I don't mean...
YOU: YOU!
I meant.....!"

"I understand
precious."

(Swipe another piece
of celery in a squirt
of dressing*.)
(Chomp.)
(Mouth full.)
"Yeah;
I keep forgetting,
about Your English language
deficiency,
Lord."

[TENDER VOICE.]
"Who AM I,
child?"

(Loud whine.)
(Mouth still full.)
"LORD!
I don't FEEL LIKE
getting into these
DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL
DISCUSSIONS,
RIGHT NOW!"

[PATIENT NOD.]

"I've had a LONG DAY!"

[SOLEMN NOD.]

"I even cleaned
the INSIDE 'A
MY CAR!"

[NOD.]
[MAKE ANOTHER
SANDSTORM ON
MARS.]

"I EVEN LISTENED
TO ANOTHER PRECEPTS
ROMAN STUDY!"

[CALM NOD.]
[HOLD A WHALE
WHILE ITS GIVING
BIRTH SOMEWHERE
IN THE BIG OCEAN.]

"CHAPTER NINE!"

"Read It to
Me,
beloved."

"THE WHOLE THING?
It's.....pretty LONG!
That PAUL GUY
WAS PRETTY LONG-WINDED,
WASN'T HE?
He kept goin'
on, and on...
and on,
about ISRAEL!
And, here I thought
he was always
a CATHOLIC!"

[PATIENT GAZE
UPON CHILD OF
RUSSIAN JEWISH
IMMIGRANTS.]
[SMILE!]

"Yeah;
we got in this BIG DISCUSSION,
about why
You,
HATED ESAU!"

[PATIENT SIGH.]

"WHY D'YA
HATE HIM,
LORD:
cuz......he too big,
and HAIRY?"

[BURST OUT LAUGHING!]

"Cuz......he had
RED HAIR?
I LOVE RED HAIR!
I WISH I HAD RED HAIR!"

[PATIENT VOICE.]
"Child......"

"Cuz.....WHY?
Wasn't he....
a GOOD COOK?"

[QUIET VOICE.]
"Oy vey."

"Ya know, Lord...
it's hard ENOUGH,
bein' a TWIN!
ECH!
I can't even,
IMAGINE
havin' two
of ME!
ECH!"

[CHUCKLING.]

(Sip some root beer.)
(Burp.)
"I DUNNO, LORD!
But.....we cud'a
talked about that
ESAU BUSINESS,
ALL NIGHT!"

[NOD.]
"Read It to
Me,
beloved."

"From the OLD JEWISH PART?
Or..the NEW GENTILE PART?"

"My Part,
child.
Mine."
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As it is written,
'Jacob I have loved;
but Esau I have hated.'
What shall we say then?
Is there unrighteousness
with God?
Certainly not!
[Romans 9:13-14]

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*The regular:
not the low-carb kind.
The author is from
the tough generation.
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Dedicated to our
good friend,
Valerie,
in Denise's Precepts class.

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