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Transfiguration
Frustration (Mark 9:14–32) Characters: Andrew (the Apostle) and Susanna (one of the women in the group of disciples) Susanna:
Andrew! I was wondering where you’d got to. Supper will be served soon. Are you coming back?
Andrew:
Not yet. I’m not hungry.
Susanna:
Don’t count on anything being left over. Peter and the Zebedee boys have been up a mountain and back.
Andrew:
I’ve no desire to hear their bragging. I’ll get something at the inn if I need to. But thanks for thinking of me.
Susanna:
I know it’s been a difficult day …
Andrew:
Dear Susanna, always so tactful. It’s been a terrible day.
Susanna:
It must be difficult when Jesus shares things with your brother but not with you. I’m sure he has his reasons.
Andrew:
I’ve no quarrel with Jesus – when he’s here he makes each of us feel special. But the way Peter takes it! The look he gave me as he swaggered off up that path.
Susanna:
I saw it too. But he didn’t look like that when he came back – it was as if he’d seen something beyond his understanding. Whatever it was silenced James and John – for once.
Andrew:
To be honest, I don’t really care what happened to them. What they left us to deal with was bad enough.
Susanna:
I know you tried to give the group a lead while we were waiting, dealing with all those people who turned up looking for Jesus.
Andrew:
Oh, I tried – perhaps too hard. I thought I’d impress Jesus on his return: show we’d learned something.
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