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  string(3838) "Out of order!

The rays of the setting sun skim the roof tops, from apartment windows a warm light shines,
shadows stretch into infinity,
In this magic moment, when the transition between day and night seems real enough to reach out and touch,
the moon is already in position... oh... Lord, I love this time spent with you...

You wouldn’t know it, but tonight, I’m out on a special ops mission... like a hunter full of confidence, I stalk the streets of my village. My weapon: a keen eye (my own, to boot),
And I’ve a feeling I’m going to be in luck in my quest to flush out my prey: a good DVD.

However, when I get to the video distributor at the corner of the street, something strange happens...
I push the buttons and: NADA!?!
(arrggh! This is the only distributor in the whole area!!)

Both of us are disappointed!
A low, indifferent-sounding voice spoke behind me, confirming:
-"it’s kaput all right!"
What have we here? The distributor owner, looking pretty despondent:
- "It’s a complete write-off, buddy, there’s nothing to be done about it! And the repair guy won’t be coming any time soon..."

I’m really upset and disappointed, oh...not so much for the DVD,
But because of something much more important:
Being able to spend a nice evening in with a movie, my wife, my spouse, myself and Alain Auderset (like, a whole bunch of us...)
-"No way! I’ve got other plans for you!!"

I place my two hands on the machine and in a commanding voice I say:

-"In the name of Jesus Christ, work!!!

I press the button and before the owner’s astonished gaze
the machine works and out pops the DVD I’ve chosen.

The distributor owner is open-mouthed in astonishment, caught in a world of confusion.
I get ready to go, as if nothing had happened, and to top it all
I toss out a casual goodbye:
- "Well, ok bud, have a nice evening!"

(hee hee! Giving non-believers the shock of their lives - that’s God’s and my little game…
(and He, in turn, has often played me at this game too, and won))

Winning thelottery! (yipes! unreal!)

The next day, I brought the DVD back to the store (the machine’s out of order again)
The owner points at me and shouts out, in front of all his customers:

- "There he is! That’s him! That’s the guy who talks to God!!"

And one after the other, they ask me if I can help them win the lottery,
promising that they’ll give half their winnings to the poor.
It’s like that scene in ‘les misérables’ (with Cosette in it, but the acting’s not as good)
They entreat me, telling me how much happiness this would give them.

Now, I’m the one who’s caught in a world of confusion...

Having God as a friend is so much more than that!
Why ask for so little!?

ps.
Seek out THE healer, rather than the cure,
the source of happiness, rather than happiness,
Jesus instead of just His miracles.
God instead of just His blessings

Because everything is in Him.

Hugs and kisses to you all,
Love,

Alain"
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  string(474) "New comic book

My comic book 'Robi' is now available in English

more info: http://www.auderset.com//en/comics/robi/

to buy: http://bookstore.westbowpress.com/Products/SKU-000455324/Robi-for-the-Close-Friends.aspx"
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  string(6743) "1st day (an encounter with...)


Saahsal on the mountain (a rock band)

Night had already begun to fall upon the towering mountain ranges of Switzerland, transforming them into an immensely imposing and somber mass. The brightly-lit villages nestling on the mountainsides and the town at their feet shone like fiery red lava flows.

The journey seemed to go on for ever, with our old bus (which I fear is not long for this world) hauling behind it a trailer filled with anti-blues bombs (some people also call it music and sound equipment). Our tortuous ascent takes us up narrow roads and hairpin bends. I drink in the deliciously unreal beauty of the countryside. It feels like I’m in a fantasy film. This evening we have a death-defying mission in a bar: 

turn up those decibels !

 

2nd day (living with...)
The invisible world


The next day, I was walking by myself in this fascinating upland forest in search of some peace and quiet and the chance to talk to God. All around me is foggy, just like my brain after last night’s concert


Supposedly, behind this thick veil of fog looms the majestic Alps, masters of all they survey, their streams bringing life-giving water that sustains EVERYTHING that lives... 
But today, I can’t see a THING !
Behind our thick veil of disbelief down here, 
You are also present...
Oh! Lord, I can’t wait to see you as you really are....
 

The forest-dweller


I have the sensation that I’m being watched... (I get the same feeling when I’m on stage) Oh! Just in front of me, stock-still and squatting upon two legs, a squirrel is looking at me, weighing me up. I know the slightest sudden movement will break the spell.
Sometimes we liken the Creator’s intelligence to that of an incredibly powerful computer (not running on Windows, OK!!!). This image is doubly misleading because God is so much more powerful than that, and, above all, a computer operates according to an unbending, cold set of rules... whereas God is sensitive, just like this squi... Oops ! Where did he go ?!

    The onset of night is already dissipating the last glimmers of daylight, the spotlights on the stage at the fashionable club where we’re about to play take over. The squirrel seems to have followed me – how strange...
3rd day (face to face with...)
Time for the long journey home


    The next day, we load up our rickety means of transport (including our mementoes). We set off, waving our last goodbyes to all those who made us so welcome...and at this exact moment, the mountain decides to show itself to us in all its splendor...
Gasps of admiration break out ! This WONDROUS BEAUTY was there, so close by, but up to then, we hadn’t seen it !!! The last wisps of clouds disappear from the summits, their smoky, vaporous quality almost making you think the mountain was boiling hot.
I arrived back home. I know that my Creator is already here, like a gigantic, invisible mountain...
Maybe, without any forewarning... 
 
I will see Him.
Alain"
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  string(4410) "Cool! For Easter (the bunnies’ special day), my parents let me stay up late with them to watch a special film.

The film told the story of a King come from another world who had incredible magic powers, who was quiet and modest. Even though (in this film in any case) he never smiled, he genuinely loved the very worst type of human trash and lived alongside them (I mean people that the rest of society has rejected). He loved them so much…all his miracles were for them.

‒ But...but who is this guy!?

My father added:

‒ Moreover, it’s a true story.

‒ Huh!? I’ve never heard anything like this before! Why do we never talk about this? Wha...?

... Jesus...

 

The ‘trial’

The people could either vote for Barabas a murderer, who's got smelly feet to boot, or for Jesus.

The baddies had stirred the crowd up to shout:

‒ Barabas! Barabas!

There were only a few who were shouting for Jesus – just his mom, one or two friends and... me. I jumped up and down on my seat, shouting:

‒ Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!

My father:

‒ Hey! Enough of that! It’s only a film!

 

What kind of world are we living in?!

Then the unthinkable happened: Barabas won...

What kind of world have I been born into? How could you find someone so innocent to be guilty? I couldn’t bear to see him being struck, spat upon, insulted, mistreated, having to carry this heavy beam in the shape of a cross…

He had been so kind to all these people... and they’re nailing him to it!

Wait, hey, stop! this can’t be happening!

With all his special powers,  with one breath he could wipe them from the face of the earth! But instead of doing that, he asks his dad, ‘God’ (#%?! So who’s that then?!):

‒ Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Me: BLAM!

 

But who is this guy!?

As I was weeping over his death, my father tried to put things into perspective:

‒ Huh! In any case, he comes alive again afterwards!

Whaaat?! But nobody ever comes back to life, at least.. What’s going on...?

 

‘Hi Alain, it’s me...’

Many years later, when I was a teenager I found some Christian comics in the trash (www.tournesol.ch). And it was only then, through my tears, that I understood that Jesus had undergone the cross of his own free will, through love for us….

... for me.

 

For them

I’ve been writing comics for over sixteen years now (and taking part in special events and other foolish things), giving me in turn frequent chances to share his message with others. It’s not an easy path to take, there is joy, but also mockery and hardships to be endured. When I feel like giving up, I find strength by remembering the two people for whom I do all of this, the little boy sitting upon a chair on that Easter evening who would have given anything to know more about Jesus...

and his God, who would have given anything to tell him more.

 

Alain

 
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