TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE FIRST PORTION OF AN "UNATTRIBUTED" WRITING. IT IS A LIGHT-HEARTED VIEW OR WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE PERSON WHOSE RITUAL OF PRAYER TOOK ANOTHER TURN - ENJOY!
"Our Father which art in heaven...."
"YES?"
"Hey , don't interrupt me. I'm praying.!"
"BUT YOU CALLED ME."
"Called you? I didn't call you. I'm praying. Okay now, 'Our Father which art in Heaven' . . ."
"THERE, YOU DID I AGAIN."
"Did what?"
"CALLED ME...YOU SAID, "OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN". WELL, HERE I AM - WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?"
"B-b-but really... didn't mean anything by it. I was, you know, just saying my prayers for the day. I always say the Lord's Prayer. It makes me feel good, kind of like getting a duty done."
"ALL RIGHT . . . GO ON."
"Hallowed be thy name....."
"HOLD IT . . . WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?"
"By what?"
"BY HALLOWED BE THY NAME?"
"It means.....it means.....good grief, I don't know what it means. How should I know? It's just a part of the prayer. By the way, what does it mean?"
"IT MEANS HONORED, HOLY, WONDERFUL."
"Wow, that makes sense. I never thought about what "hallowed" meant before.
Okay, so let me continue ... "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
"UH-HUM - DO YOU REALLY MEAN THAT?"
"Sure, why not?"
"WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?"
"Doing? Nothing, I guess. I just think it would be kind of nice if you got control of everything down here like you have up there." "HAVE I GOT CONTROL OF YOU?"
"Well, I-ur- I go to church!"
"THAT ISN'T WHAT I ASKED. BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, WHAT ABOUT YOUR BAD TEMPER? YOU'VE REALLY GOT A PROBLEM THERE, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THERE'S THE WAY YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY - ALL ON YOURSELF? OH YES, AND WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF BOOKS YOU READ OR THE TV SHOWS AND VIDEOS YOU WATCH?"
"Stop picking on me! I'm just as good as some of the rest of those people at the church."
"OH MY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE PRAYING FOR MY WILL TO BE DONE, IF THAT IS TO HAPPEN, I WILL HAVE TO START WITH THE ONES WHO ARE PRAYING FOR IT - LIKE YOU, FOR EXAMPLE."
"Oh, all right. I guess I do have some hang-ups. Now that you mention it, I could probably name some more too."
"SO COULD I."
"I haven't thought about it very much until now, but I really would like to cut out some of those things. I would like to, you know, be really free."
"GOOD - NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE. WE'LL WORK TOGETHER, YOU AND I, GREAT THINGS CAN REALLY BE ACCOMPLISHED. AND, BY THE WAY, I'M PROUD OF YOU."
"Look, Lord, I need to finish up here. This is taking a lot longer than it usually does.
"Give us this day, our daily bread."
"EXCUSE ME, BUT YOU NEED TO CUT OUT THE BREAD. YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE CHUNKY THERE."
"Wait just a minute! What is this, "Criticize me day"? Here I was doing my religious duty, and all of a sudden you break in and remind me of all my bads."
"PRAYING IS A DANGEROUS THING. YOU COULD WIND UP CHANGED, YOU KNOW. YOU CALLED ME AND I'M HERE. IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW ... JUST KEEP PRAYING. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE NEXT PART OF YOUR PRAYER ... WELL, GO ON . . ."
"I'm scared to."
"SCARED? OF WHAT?"
"Well, I already know what you're gonna say."
"TRY ME AND SEE."
(to be continued at next blog - see you there!)
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"Our Father which art in heaven...."
"YES?"
"Hey , don't interrupt me. I'm praying.!"
"BUT YOU CALLED ME."
"Called you? I didn't call you. I'm praying. Okay now, 'Our Father which art in Heaven' . . ."
"THERE, YOU DID I AGAIN."
"Did what?"
"CALLED ME...YOU SAID, "OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN". WELL, HERE I AM - WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?"
"B-b-but really... didn't mean anything by it. I was, you know, just saying my prayers for the day. I always say the Lord's Prayer. It makes me feel good, kind of like getting a duty done."
"ALL RIGHT . . . GO ON."
"Hallowed be thy name....."
"HOLD IT . . . WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?"
"By what?"
"BY HALLOWED BE THY NAME?"
"It means.....it means.....good grief, I don't know what it means. How should I know? It's just a part of the prayer. By the way, what does it mean?"
"IT MEANS HONORED, HOLY, WONDERFUL."
"Wow, that makes sense. I never thought about what "hallowed" meant before.
Okay, so let me continue ... "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
"UH-HUM - DO YOU REALLY MEAN THAT?"
"Sure, why not?"
"WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?"
"Doing? Nothing, I guess. I just think it would be kind of nice if you got control of everything down here like you have up there." "HAVE I GOT CONTROL OF YOU?"
"Well, I-ur- I go to church!"
"THAT ISN'T WHAT I ASKED. BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, WHAT ABOUT YOUR BAD TEMPER? YOU'VE REALLY GOT A PROBLEM THERE, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THERE'S THE WAY YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY - ALL ON YOURSELF? OH YES, AND WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF BOOKS YOU READ OR THE TV SHOWS AND VIDEOS YOU WATCH?"
"Stop picking on me! I'm just as good as some of the rest of those people at the church."
"OH MY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE PRAYING FOR MY WILL TO BE DONE, IF THAT IS TO HAPPEN, I WILL HAVE TO START WITH THE ONES WHO ARE PRAYING FOR IT - LIKE YOU, FOR EXAMPLE."
"Oh, all right. I guess I do have some hang-ups. Now that you mention it, I could probably name some more too."
"SO COULD I."
"I haven't thought about it very much until now, but I really would like to cut out some of those things. I would like to, you know, be really free."
"GOOD - NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE. WE'LL WORK TOGETHER, YOU AND I, GREAT THINGS CAN REALLY BE ACCOMPLISHED. AND, BY THE WAY, I'M PROUD OF YOU."
"Look, Lord, I need to finish up here. This is taking a lot longer than it usually does.
"Give us this day, our daily bread."
"EXCUSE ME, BUT YOU NEED TO CUT OUT THE BREAD. YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE CHUNKY THERE."
"Wait just a minute! What is this, "Criticize me day"? Here I was doing my religious duty, and all of a sudden you break in and remind me of all my bads."
"PRAYING IS A DANGEROUS THING. YOU COULD WIND UP CHANGED, YOU KNOW. YOU CALLED ME AND I'M HERE. IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW ... JUST KEEP PRAYING. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE NEXT PART OF YOUR PRAYER ... WELL, GO ON . . ."
"I'm scared to."
"SCARED? OF WHAT?"
"Well, I already know what you're gonna say."
"TRY ME AND SEE."
(to be continued at next blog - see you there!)
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