Christian Living

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(Author just came outta of the
Throne Judgment Room. She's
got a Heavenly 'crown',
but it's made 'a rainbow colored plastic.....
and has a bunch'a cracker jack popcorn
for jewels. As usual, she's gotta
a kvethchy frown on her face;
she's mumbling to herself
and schlepping along, toting a
little red wagon piled high of carriers
filled with motley furred, generically
bred, and howling cats.
Suddenly, scruffy-winged,
sorta-plump, begowned
angel comes alongside her.)
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(Peaceful angelic smile.)
"Well?"

"Well WHAT?"
What do YOU want?
HUH?"

(Angelic look.)
"WELL?
What'd ya GET?"

(Author frowns sarcastically,
and points up at plastic crown
In doing so, a couple pieces of
candied popcorn falls onto
the Golden Tile.)

(Angelic empathetic smile.)
"Well.......it IS nice...."

"Hey, are you BLIND?"

(Angelic sorrowful smile.)
"I'm sorry............
I was just tryin' to be POSITIVE,
is all."

"WELL! Ya AIN'T!
Now, I'm busy.......
(Look down at gold-colored,
paper map crunched in
her hand.)......
I gotta find this CONDO,
or whatever I'm gettin'
tossed into....!"

(Angelic nod.)
"Yes, I know;
I'm here to take you there."
(Angelic smile!)
"And, it's very nice: really."

(Sarcastic smirk!)
"Yeah? What's it made
outta: PLASTIC?"

(Angelic patient smile.)
"So.......tell me: what was
earth LIKE?"

(Author rolls her eyes,
sarcastically.)
"Eh..........(Big grimmace.)
Eh....... .it was a real TRIP!
Too bad ya MISSED it!"

(Angelic clearing of throat.)
"Uh......can I help ya with
some of these CARRIERS?"

(Sigh!)
"Yeah: sure! Here,
take this one: it's got my
kitty from the 1980's."

(Angelic hefting of a half
dozen carriers in both arms.)

"WOW! You're STRONG!
How d'ya DO that?"
(Whistle: it sounds like a
birthday balloon going flat.)

(Angel nod.)
"The Lord gives US gifts, too."

"Yeah.......well, how come WE
can't have any those WINGS?"

(Angelic frown.)
"Hm......I dunno."
(Angelic shrug.)
"Well, the Lord knows best.
That is all I have to say."

(Kvetchy grimmace!)
"That's IT? You MEAN it?
Heck, when I was on EARTH....!"

(Angelic glance up at rainbow-colored,
plastic crown atop author's head.)
"Hm.......yes: I SEE."

(Author stops in her tracks on
the Golden Tiles. Cats in little red
wagon begin howling louder than ever. Scruffy fur flies all
over Golden Tiles. Angel delicately sneezes.)
"Oh, YEAH?
What's THAT supposed 'ta
MEAN? HUH?"

(Angelic silence.)
(Another tiny sneeze.)

"SAY! How come you SNEEZED?
I thought there wasn't no'
SNEEZIN' up Here!"

"Well........(Angelic sigh.)
the Lord wants you to feel
at Home."

(Laugh!)
"Hey! That's NEAT!"

(Angelic nod.)
"So.......did you TALK about
our Lord, alot........on EARTH?"

(Kvetchy squint.)
(Shake head.)
(Some more popcorn falls to Gold
Tiles.)
(Grimmace.)
"Neah: not REALLY.
Mostly, I just GRIPED,
a lot."

(Another angelic glance up
at plastic crown filled with crackerjack popcorn.)
"Hm, hm. I can SEE that."

"HEY! I TALKED about Him!
You BET!"

(Angelic nod.)
"Yes; He read us some of
your 'ditties', as you
called them."

(Smile!)
"Hey! That's neat!
You READ some 'a
my STUFF?"

(Angelic enthusiastic nod.)
"Oh, yes!"
(Angelic nod toward red wagon
filled with kitties.)
"How d'ya think you got
to keep THEM?"

(Author is silent for one
second. She munches on a
piece 'a candy popcorn that's
fallen onto her shoulder.)
"Oh."
(Munch; munch.)
"Oh.
I see."

(Angelic patiently all knowing
nod.)

"Hey, ANGEL?
When am I gonna get my
REAL CROWN?
(Squint.)
Don't ya think this is just
the Lord's SENSE 'A HUMOR?"

(Angelic laughter!)
"Uh......uh, I really can't
say.
(Angel takes a proffered piece 'a
popcorn.)
But......maybe you should wait
a while.....before you ASK Him?"
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