Bible Studies

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And
when
Jesus saw
great
multitudes
about Him,
He gave a
command
to depart
to the
other
side.
[Matthew 8:18]
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"I'm switching
to the other
CLASS,
Lord!"

[NOD.]

"I don't
LIKE it!
And...
I'm MAD,
cuz' I
already
BOUGHT
the BOOK!"

[CALM NOD.]
[GAZE AT THE
MISTY COLD RAIN,
FALLING IN SOUTH
TEXAS.]

"She doesn't
let ANYBODY...
TALK!"

[QUIETLY LISTENING
TO A SONG
BEING
COMPOSED,
BY A CHRISTIAN
SONG WRITER.]
[NODDING.]
"Who,
My beloved?"

(Impatient whine.)
"THAT TEACHER!
THAT TEACHER!"
(Grimmmace!)
"She's.....too STRICT!
ECH!"

[PATIENT NOD.]
"How so,
My precious."

"She doesn't
allow.....any
KIBBITZING!"

[CHUCKLE.]
"Perhaps,
she doesn't
know what
that is,
child."

"You KNOW:

GIVING.. OPINIONS!
CHIT-CHATTING!
JOKING-AROUND!
SIDE-TALK!
ARGUING!
LAUGHING TOO LOUD!
TALKING!
NOT STAYING ON TOPIC!"

[NODDING.]
"Why don't
you talk with her,
Mein kin'der?"

"Are You KIDDIN'?
I'm SCARED OF HER!"
(Grimmace.)
"She SCARES....
the HECK,
OUTTA ME!"

[PATIENT NODDING.]
[BECKON AN ANGEL
INTO THE THRONE
ROOM.]
[THE ANGEL'S HAIR
IS DRIPPING WET.
HIS BIG WINGS ARE
ALL FRIZZY, FROM
EARTH'S RAIN.]

(Make a face.)
"At the END...
of CLASS...
she kept YELLING
at everybody,
to make sure
their NAME TAGS..
were on the front TABLE."
(Mutter.)
"I FELT LIKE,
I was in fourth GRADE!"

[PATIENT NODDING,
OF A FATHER ACCOSTUMED
TO THE CONSTANT
WHINING OF A
CRANKY CHILD.]

(Look up.)
(Pause.)
"Ya know WHAT?
I bet.....
JESUS..
would be a
strict Bible Teacher,
TOO."

[BURST OF LAUGHTER
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE THRONE.]

(Glance up at the ceiling.)
"What d'Ya THINK,
LORD?"

[SOLEMN NOD.]
"Perhaps so,
kin'der."
[SMILE!]
[PAUSE.]
"But,
there would
be no concern
about the
name-tags,
My child."

(Squint.)
"WHY,
LORD?"

[SMILE!]
"For,
He would
already
know,
your
name."
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Teacher,
I will
follow
You
wherever
You go.
[Matthew 8:19]

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