Secret Prayer 14: Are You Still Sleeping? after Matthew 26:45 and Mark 14:41 He was human, like you, frightened and lonely, feeling abandoned, or your mother the moment you would not move in bed as she tugged you to awaken, fearing He had called you home, or yourself, when friends just stood and watched as you encountered a savage bully or, worse, your darkest self stunned by the spectral sight that you, only human, know He is God.
Philip Vassallo, an American of Maltese ancestry, is a writing consultant and the author of The Art of On-the-Job Writing, The Art of Email Writing, and How to Write Fast Under Pressure. His poetry, essays, and fiction have appeared in many publications, and his plays have been produced throughout the United States.
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