Come back, come back...and you shall find that the Lord is a jealous God whom you want nothing to believe. I shall get you to believe...but you are the only one I have to believe...And to find this, you shall have to pay. What is it I ask of you today?"

In the beginning the boy cried, "O LORD, I ask forgiveness for what I am doing to you and for those who have harmed you. To them I pray, to you alone, and all whom you have given me, I will give to them. O LORD, you are not to judge me, you are to judge for yourself. I will give them that have been abused to you, because I forgive you. Do not be afraid. Go on. There is no justice in Heaven or the kingdom of heaven. I have no one to judge me for who I am. I have no God. I can do anything, even what is right, and I wish that you would see me like this. Just do what I wish. There is no God to judge you. You are not to blame or judge me. And I am your God. I will give you what I must. I will forgive you, but now my hand will begin to drag you away from me. I will not change your ways until I meet your anger.

Then the child's eyes brightened as she tried to remember what they had told her. It was at that moment when