At first glance, Balaam, the donkey and the angel don't have a problem. They tried to do exactly what God wanted them to do. But God seemed to change his mind about what he wanted Balaam to do for him. The following fiction is about how Balaam, the donkey and the angel puzzle out God's apparent change of mind. Have you ever tried to figure out God?

(This chapter finds its "confusion" in the uncertainty of one ancient Hebrew word concerning the motivation of the angel of the Lord, in Numbers 22:32b.)

(Please read Numbers 22)

Balaam, The DonkeyAnd The Angel

Balaam, the Donkey and the Angel sit together in a narrow path between some vineyards. Balaam is still puzzled that his donkey can talk. The presence of the angel still makes him nervous, but an angel-of-the-Lord is an angel-of-the-Lo…