04-09-2018, 01:35 AM
the end of history
the pastor claims we must take our trials with a smile, that we must become more than men. he gives, as examples, saint stephen, saint paul, and saint james. he gives, as an example, his life: the trials he faced when outside of the church, the trials he faced when within it. how the family home burned down, and his father died soon after; how he plowed through a kid while speeding, and the kid left the hospital scrapeless.
i stop listening -- how could i not? -- and open the book to job. i remember the madness of prophets. i remember the tears of our lord.
let the congregation scatter. let the church walls fall. let the holy book burn. let the holy relics crumble into dust. let the grass wither. let the flower perish. let the humble be humbled. let the rich be crowned in thorns.
the pastor claims we must take our trials with a smile, that we must become more than men. he gives, as examples, saint stephen, saint paul, and saint james. he gives, as an example, his life: the trials he faced when outside of the church, the trials he faced when within it. how the family home burned down, and his father died soon after; how he plowed through a kid while speeding, and the kid left the hospital scrapeless.
i stop listening -- how could i not? -- and open the book to job. i remember the madness of prophets. i remember the tears of our lord.
let the congregation scatter. let the church walls fall. let the holy book burn. let the holy relics crumble into dust. let the grass wither. let the flower perish. let the humble be humbled. let the rich be crowned in thorns.