Faith

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The serpent
beguiled me,
and
I ate.
[Genesis 2:13]
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Satan is bored. Everything's
going so well......(Yawn.) But...
He hates Sundays: ech. There
must be SOMEBODY around he
can torture. Slurking about,
he finds a little crack inside the
air vent of the author's house.
Ah! Whoa! THIS is gonna
be FUN! Slipping through,
he is already tasting his own
delicious saliva! OH!
What a tasty TREAT!
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(Smile full of bile.)
"THERE you are!
So.....you REALLY
think there's a GOD
up there, Who LOOOOVES
you?
(Guffaw!)
I can't BELIEVE
how GULLIBLE you ARE!"

"Oh.
I suddenly feel.....so
DEPRESSED."

(Tee-hee!)
"You're such a JERK!
Why did your mother
ever HAVE you, ANYWAY?
Boy, it's a good thing
she can't see you, NOW!"

"Huh?"

(Happy snort!)
"Just LOOK at YOU!
You're so.......UGLY!
And, such a WASTE!"

"HUH?"

(Loud laugh!)
"YOU!
YOU!
Who d'ya think I'm
TALKIN' about?
HUH, sweety?
You little WORTHLESS
piece 'a NOTHING!"

"Yeah.
I guess I am."

(Tiptoe about,
beginning to shout.)
"LOOK!
Just LOOK at YOU!
LOOK at YOU!
You're SUCH a NOTHING!
A NOTHING!
You NEVER should'a been
BORN!"

"Yeah.
Maybe, so."

(Smile!)
(Burst out laughing!)
"YEAH!
You SAID IT!
You're such a FAILURE!
Just LOOK at YOU!
What a little SPIT!
What a little piece
of GRAY SPIT!"

"Yeah.
I am."

(Dancing about, now,
leaning forward, and
whispering.)
"YEAH!
HA!
What a little SLIME
YOU ARE! I can't
BELIEVE anybody
EVER LOVED YOU!
ECH!
You make me SICK!"

"Oh.
Oh."

(Eyes full of sensual
delight.)
"Oh?
OH?
You POOR little THING!
Why don't you just
CRAWL under a ROCK?
And,
DIE?"

"Oh.
I'm so sad."

(Voice full of ecstasy,
and glee!)
"YEAH!
You SHOULD BE!
Whoever LOVED YOU,
ANYWAY?"

"I know."

(Crouching low, looking this
way and that.)
"Yeah!
What a MESS!
What a stupid IDIOT
you are!
(Smiling happily, albeit,
a bit nervously, now.)
Go ON!
CRY!
CRY, YOU STUPID, UGLY little
TOAD! IDIOT!
You WORTHLESS little......!"

"Lord?"

(Silence.)

"LORD?"

(Gone.)

[GENTLE VOICE.]
"What is it,
My beloved?"

"Where have You BEEN?"

"Here, Mein kinderlah.
Right beside you."

"WELL?
What d'Ya been DOIN'?"

"Waiting, child.
For you
to say My Name."
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Now war
arose in Heaven....
and the dragon
and his angels
fought,
but they
were defeated...
and the great dragon...
the deceiver
of the whole world -
he was thrown down.
[Revelation 12:7-9]

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