i'm not gonna say anything, save that this was a very timely reminder; so spot-on it's "scary"; and that it really really struck me.

oh, i also want to say I'm not trying to preach or evangelize or whatever. my present take on the Bible is more personal than anything else. there are some really important lessons and thought provoking accounts there.

so anyway.


The parable of the persistent widow (Luke 18:1-8)

Then he told them a particular parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.
He said, "there was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary'. For a long time the judge was unwiling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me, I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me'. "
The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

(From the "New American Bible")