Essay About Thy Name And Good Grief

Here I Am
Here I Am
Our Father who art in Heaven”
YES?”
Dont interrupt me. Im praying…
BUT YOU CALLED ME.”
Called you? I didnt call you. Im praying. Our Father who art in
Heaven…”
THERE YOU DID IT AGAIN.”
Did What?”
CALLED ME. YOU SAID, “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN…”.
HERE AM I. WHATS ON YOUR MIND?”
But I didnt mean anything by it. I was, you know, just saying my prayers
for the day.I always say the Lords Prayer. Makes me feel good, kind of
like getting my 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 dont know what it means. How
should I know? Its just part of the prayer. By the way, what
does it mean?”
IT MEANS “HONORED,” “HOLY”, “WONDERFUL”.”
Hey, that makes sense. I never thought about what
Hallowed meant before. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as
it is in Heaven.”
DO YOU REALLY MEAN THAT?”
Sure, why not?”
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?”
Do? Nothing, I guess. I just think it would be neat if you got control of
everything down here like you have up there.”
HAVE I GOT CONTROL OF YOU?” Well, I go to church.”
THAT ISNT WHAT I ASKED YOU. WHAT ABOUT THAT HABIT OF
LUST YOU HAVE? AND YOUR BAD TEMPER? YOUVE REALLY GOT A PROBLEM THERE, YOU
KNOW. AND THEN THERES THE WAY YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY…ALL ON YOURSELF. AND
WHAT ABOUT THE KINDS OF BOOKS YOU READ?”
Stop picking on me! Im just as good as some of the rest of those phonies
at the church.”
EXCUSE ME…I THOUGHT YOU WERE PRAYING FOR MY WILL TO BE DONE. IF THAT IS
TO HAPPEN, IT 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 others.”
SO COULD I.”
I havent thought about it until now, but I really would like to cut out
some of those things. Id like to, you know, be really free.”
GOOD, NOW WERE GETTING SOMEWHERE. WELL WORK
TOGETHER…YOU AND ME. NOW, SOME VICTORIES CAN TRULY BE WON. IM 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.
” YOU NEED TO CUT DOWN ON THE BREAD TOO…YOURE
OVERWEIGHT AS IT IS.”
Hey, wait a minute! What is this, “Criticize Me Day?” Here I was doing my