Matthew 6:6

[elfs]

This afternoon, I drove Omaha to the local pharmary to get herself a refill of her medication. Unfortunately, it seemed that things might take a while, but the pharmacy had a front it shared with a Starbucks, so I sat there with my laptop and dug the free wifi and tried to get work done. (Fat chance; I had a minor software project I wanted to make some progress on, but somehow the background image and all the sound files have gone missing. Frack.)

While I was there, I was... subjected... to a woman approximately my age, who was chatting with another woman a little older. The chatterer spoke ceasely for 25 minutes without pause. All about Jesus. And herself.

For 25 minutes, she badmouthed every man who had come into her life, and how Jesus spoke to her, about how she had the gift of prophecy but those men didn't, about how much a better person she was than most, man or woman, because she had the gift of prophecy and she got her teaching directly from Jesus, about how every person around her did drugs or pornography or "dirty music" and had gone downhill, but her life was lifted up, it was, because Jesus talked to her, and there were these "girls" who had joined the church, and who Jesus had clearly not spoken to yet, and yet who had "attitude" because they were "shallow," but not like our chatterer, oh no, because our chatterer was saved, yes she was, she had the gift of prophecy, yes she did, she heard the voice of Jesus like few others, yes she did.

Grief, woman, have you listened to yourself lately?

Comments

[rhonan.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, they never know how crazy they sound.

[dossy.livejournal.com]

D'aww, I was hoping that Matthew 6:56 was some insightful verse that ridiculed this nutjob you're describing, but there *is* no Matthew 6:56.

Now you made me sad. :-(

[omahas.livejournal.com]

Actually, Elf mistyped. What he meant to type (I know, because he was asking me last night for the particular passage), was Matthew 6:6. You will find more humor there.

[omahas.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think Matthew 6:7 is equally humorous in this situation, myself.

[srmalloy.livejournal.com]

Matthew 6:5 is equally pointed in this case, as well.

[dossy.livejournal.com]

Yes, I thought that might be the case ... Mathew 6:6 was what I was thinking he was referring to, then I thought maybe he had some uncut director's edition Bible that has some previously before unseen verses or something and I totally won't know what the 56th verse said ... ;-)

All of Matthew 6 is awesome. I try hard to remind myself to live as Matthew 6:25-34 says.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Grief, I hate mistyping a Biblical reference. It's Matthew 6:6. I'm an atheist-- I'm supposed to know the Bible better than most thumpers, dammit!

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

And you let her live? You sir, are a saint.

I'd have been sorely tempted to send her to meet Jesus in person :D

[amberite2112.livejournal.com]

....and that is why she is a better person than you.

[(Anonymous)]

How about this for a quotation?

"Suffer thou not a bitch to live."

[edichka2.livejournal.com]

Sounds like she listens to herself and to no one else.

[(Anonymous)]

When does Jesus have a chance to get a word of prophecy in?

[gromm.livejournal.com]

When she sleeps.

Sound of Brass, Tinkling Cymbals

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

"And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing." I Corinthians 13:2.

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

Perhaps she thinks "prophesy" is a synonym for "gab."

Noise cancelling headphones

[brandywilliams.livejournal.com]

Playing your own music. Only way I can work out in public any more.