Testimonies

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I myself
am an
Israelite.
[Romans 11:1]
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"I was feelin' a little
fish outta WATER*,
tonight,
LORD!"

[NOD.]

"WHY?"

[PATIENT GAZE.]
"Why what,
Mein kinder."

(Whiny voice.)
"YOU know what
I mean:
why is it always
ME?"

[SILENCE.]

"I'm SICK a'
being Jewish!"
(Kvetchy, whiny voice.)
"Can YOU give it
to SOMEBODY ELSE,
NOW?"

[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]

(Kvetchy grimmace.)
"It's BEEN 52 and 1/2
YEARS!"
(Stick tongue out,
as if tasting nasty
medicine.)
"Isn't that ENOUGH?"

[SILENCE.]

(Grimmace.)
(Look away.)
"It's like.....I can
never get AWAY
from it!"

[PATIENT NOD.]
[WATCH THE PREPARATIONS
GOING ON FOR THE
INAUGURATION IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.]

(Yell up at the ceiling.)
"Are You LISTENING?"

[PATIENT NOD.]
[LISTEN TO THE COLD
WIND BLOWING ACROSS
THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN.]

(Whiny screech.)
"All I wanna do
is fit IN!"

[SMILE!]

"BLEND!"

[CHUCKLE.]

"You KNOW
I felt UNCOMFORTABLE,
TONIGHT!"

[NOD.]
[GAZE AT ALL THE CARS
ON THE HIGHWAY LEADING
INTO WASHINGTON, D.C..]

"So, WHAT should I DO:
stop going to that
BIBLE STUDY?"

[LONG PAUSE.]
"Who is telling
you that,
Mein kinder?"

(Woeful frown.)
"Eh........my big FEARS?
My EMBARRASSMENT?
My COWARDICE?
My WEAKNESS-OUS?"
My SQUEAMISHNOUS?"

[NOD.]
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"Well.
Listen to
the
Other One."
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God gave them
a spirit
of stupor,
eyes
that should not
see
and ears
that should
not hear,
down
to this
very day.
[Romans 11:8]

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*'fish outta water' is
being used as an adjective
here (ie. I feel a little
'strange').

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