There is this picture of Jesus that hangs crudely on the bedroom wall of ‘my dear one’. Inscribed on the picture is the title ‘Mighty Jesus’, with the message:
With God All Things Are possible- Mark 10:27
Avec Dieu Tout est Possible- Mark 10:27
Save Me from the hand of the Wicked Oh Lord – Psalm 140:4
Libere Moi Des Mains Des Mechants Oh, Seigner- Psalm 140:4
The picture is strategically placed in a position that enables it stare right down at the bed and its occupants. Now, if I was to do anything naughty on that bed, I might feel queasy that Jesus is watching or I might just take pleasure in having an audience.
Anyway, I can’t escape this picture of Jesus glaring at me disapprovingly. Its glass frame was cracked and there was this time when i closed the bedroom door, a chunk of broken glass from the cracked frame almost hit me. There and then, I decided it won’t be funny if my epitaph reads:
Here lays an atheist, eternally knocked down by a flying Jesus frame; a dead proof that Jesus is real!
I dumped the picture in the dustbin but ‘my dear one’ was aghast! I explained to her that it was to avoid death by a flying piece of glass, not a diss on her faith. She removed the glass hazard and put the now glassless Jesus frame back in its place of pride, to stare unencumbered at us mere mortals on the bed. [Read more…]