Vertago

Maniac

  I love Maine. It's a beautiful place.
You can go to the beach or camping or just
walk about. .. What is disturbing are the
few Christian Churches that promote racism.
This sounds nuts, but some of these Maniac
Christians believe that Jesus was not semitic.
They have this idea of an Arean Jesus with blue eyes
and white skin and wavy brown hair..
It's kind of silly, but not so if you cross them
on this skin issue. (I do like to stir things up)

    Well, my mom liked to talk about Jesus
and his mission: to liberate the people of-

                "Palestine."

Yes, she did use that term to describe Jesus.
She had Coptic paintings of the Black Madonna and
the baby Jesus. And I love her for it.
I'm not a big fan of the Palestinian movement today.
But, Jesus was a Palestinian.
That's what the Roman's called the region.
Israel is the name Jacob received after he wrestled
with God(genesis 32:28). Jacob called the spot Peniel
"the Face of God."
    This is a strange segway, but the Divinity in
the human ego is the struggle in every faith.
To make this more germane, I have struggled with
forgiveness and vengeance. Here's a silly example.
Jimmy Fox was a bully. .. I was one of his victims in
grammar school. I thought it would be funny to take
some my dad's liquid laxative and put it in Jim's
milk. I brought the bottled laxative to school and
slipped it into Jim's milk. Well, he crapped his
pants and passed out. I guess it was too big a dose
for a kid.. The school nurse thought Jim had a
serious condition an called an ambulance.. .
    Someone saw me put the laxative in Jim's milk.
I was told it was Wanda. She was blonde and taller
than me.. I guess that's how she saw.
I got detention and Jim on my back.. My mom's advice
took me by surprise:

    "He had it coming. Never forgive an attack on
    you or your family."

I really was nervous about Jim killing me..
I asked my friend Billy Hurley if he could help.
Billy was a giant kid, but gentle.. He spoke to
Jim and Jim punched him. Billy broke Jim's ribs.
You see how this is snow balling?

  I guess I learned to be careful about vengeance .
It can make things worse.

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