A Really Long Story

Having both boys sit down together long enough to finish an entire Bible reading is always an interesting event. This evening, Puck sat down on the couch in his rollerblades to read to Yali about Jesus appearing in the upper room following the resurrection. First, he finished the stick of celery he’d been working on for awhile. Cow cud.

“Come on, bud. Start reading. I have to put Yali to bed.”

“Okay, Yali. Come on.”

“’Jesus’ friends were afraid. So they were hiding in an upstairs room with the door bolted shut. But that didn’t stop Jesus. He just walked straight through the wall.’ Walked through a wall. That would be just – so freaky. I’d be like, ‘My life is a lie.’ Mom, can you pop this open for me?” He handed a ball bearing magnet to me.

I took the magnet. “Well, Jesus is God, so He can do whatever He wants to do.”

“Yeah, He could fly without using physics if he wanted.” Puck turned back to the book. “”It’s a ghost!” Thomas screamed…’ They shouldn’t even know what ghosts were back then.”

“They had apparitions.”

“Mom, this is a really long story.”

“Just finish it up, buddy.”

“’Peter gave him a fish. They all hung back and watched him eat it… “Delicious!” Jesus wiped his mouth with the back of his hand…’ Well, that’s just ridiculous. He already died and came back to life. When that happens to us, we won’t be able to eat in Heaven.”

“Buddy, we’re still going to eat in the new heavens, as far as we know. It’s not like we’ll be floating around in spirit bodies.”

“Aw, dang it. It’s annoying to have to eat. I know what I’m gonna do. I’m going to make a food injector in Heaven and have it inject food into my body so I don’t have to eat it.”