Testimonies
And Peter
answered Him
and said,
Lord,
if it is You,
command me
to come to You,
on the water.
[Matthew 14:28]
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(Loud, whiny voice.)
"LORD?"
[GENTLE VOICE.]
"Yes,
My child?"
(Suspicious squint.)
(Stare up at ceiling.)
(Whiny screech.)
"WHERE'S GOD?"
[GENTLE CHUCKLE!]
[SWEET VOICE.]
"I'm Right Here,
child."
(Wary squint.)
(Shout up to ceiling.)
"WHERE'S GOD?
I wanna,
TALK to
HIM!"
[SOLEMN NOD.]
"I AM
Right Here,
beloved."
(Grimmace!)
(Look around,
suspiciously.)
(Squint up at ceiling.)
(Shout, in a nasal, whiny tone.)
"Who's....
THAT?
Who....
IS that?"
[GENTLE LAUGHTER.]
"I AM,
child."
"Uh, UH!
That's not GOD!
I KNOW HIM!"
[TENDER VOICE.]
[CURIOUS SMILE.]
"Do you,
My child?"
(Shrug.)
(Nod, vigorously.)
"Yeah!
He's.....eh....
ya know,
kind'a,
GRUMPY
and...
MAD,
all the time!
Like....
He wants ta'
smack me,
upside the HEAD!"
[SORROWFUL GAZE.]
"No,
My child."
(Nodding, much more vigorously.)
"He's the One...
I KNOW!
And,
LOVE!"
(Suspicious squint.)
"Wha'd'Ya,
DO with
Him,
ANYWAY?"
[TENDER VOICE.]
"I'm
Right Here,
child."
(Stunned silence.)
(Look away.)
(Peer up at ceiling.)
(Whisper.)
"Who is this:
JESUS?"
[JOYFUL NOD.]
(Silence.)
(Crunch on a piece of
celery*.)
(Crunch.)
(Silence.)
[JOYFUL SMILE!]
(Crunching.)
"Ya know:
I'm JEWISH...."
(Look up ceiling,
crunching.)
"I didn't think,
You were
TALKIN' to us?"
[BURST OUT LAUGHING!]
"Why,
My beloved?"
"Ya know:
what with our
HISTORY,
and all.....
there's eh...
a whole lotta
WATER,
under the BRIDGE!"
[NOD.]
[SMILE!]
[LOVING GAZE.]
[QUIET VOICE.]
"But,
child.
I AM
The Bridge."
***********************
And,
immediately
Jesus stretched
out His hand
and caught him,
and said to him;
O, you
of little faith,
why did you
doubt?
[Matthew 14:31]
_________________
*Dipped in Catalina Dressing,
and sour cream.
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