Faith

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Come,
let us sell him
to the Ishmaelites...
Then Midianite traders
passed by;
and they drew
Joseph
up and lifted
him out
of the pit,
and sold him ...
and ..took Joseph
to Egypt.
[Genesis 37:27-28]
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(Author is moping again.
Not MOPPING: moping.)
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(Pout.)
"LORD?"
(Yell up at ceiling.)
"HOW COME,
my EX, is doin'
all these GREAT
and wonderful...
THINGS?"

[SILENCE.]

(More pouting.)
"How come Ya
never open any
BIG doors
for ME?"

[SILENCE.]

"HUH?"

"Everytime, I SEE
an OPEN door.....
all I GET, is
pushed down a
big WELL!"

[NOD.]
"Read My
Word,
beloved."

"WHAT?"
(Squirm.)
"Ya mean.....
when JOSEPH
got pushed down
that WELL?"

[SMILE!]
"Read It."

(Grimmace!)
"Uh, uh!
It's REALLY a
YUCKY story!"

[NOD.]

"Here it is:

So when Joseph
came to his
brothers,
they stripped
him of his robe....
and they took
him
and cast him
into a pit.
[Genesis 37:23-24]

YEAH!
Like I SAID!
PRETTY YUCKY!"

[SOLEMN NOD.]

"So.....WHAT'S
this gotta
do, with ME?"

"My Word,
child."

(Shrug.)
"I don't get it;
didn't... Joseph end up
gettin' pulled out,
by some SLAVE
TRADERS?"

[NOD.]

"And.....then,
taken to EGYPT,
as an Egyptian
SLAVE?"

"Yes, My beloved."

"So, what was so
GREAT about.....
THAT?"

"Me, child."

(Squint.)
"HUH?"
(Stare up at ceiling.)
"Wasn't JOSEPH,
like....in PRISON
for YEARS?"

[NOD.]

"THEN, that
CUP-BEARER
didn't even GIVE
him a good REPORT?"

[NOD.]
"Not until
it was time,
My beloved."

"WHAT time?"

[LONG PAUSE.]
[WISE NOD.]
"Mine."
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Then
the chief butler
said to Pharaoh...
When Pharaoh
was angry with his
servants,
and put me and
the chief baker
in custody...
we dreamed on
the same night...
a young Hebrew
was there...and..
he interpreted
our dreams.
[Genesis 41:9-12]

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