The Devil Texted

In the faculty bathroom next door to my classroom, someone placed a Bible. It's been there so long I honestly don't even know when it showed up. Was it last month or 5 years ago? I don't know. It sits on a small table with extra paper towels, and I think there may be a small, zippered bag of feminine products there as well.  
For whatever reason, I have recently become aware of it. In fact, I have realized that it is open to Psalms 89- 91. I have been keeping an eye on this- and have noticed that the pages haven't changed in at least a week. Maybe the pages have always been opened to this spot? I'm not sure. 
I decided today was the day- I was going to change the page. 
I opted for a scripture that offered encouragement- which seemed fitting for teachers surviving the last 10 days until Winter Break. As I turned the pages- they were very stiff and sort of stuck together- like older books can be. 
As soon as I left the bathroom- literally the exact moment. I received a text from an unknown number. My first thought was "Oh no!!! God is texting me to stop messing around with his stuff!!!!" 
The unknown sender asked, "Are you at work?" Well, that made me nervous. What if its bad guys trying to see if anyone is at home?! If I answer "yes" they may run in my house and rob my blind!!!! 
I decided to respond "Oh no! I don't have your contact saved, who is this?" (wasn't that so friendly!!!!) 
They immediately responded back "This is Diana. I must have entered the number wrong. I'm sorry!" 
I said, "No worries. Have a great day." 
Then I deleted that text. Diana the Devil may have been texting me. 
The punishment for disrupting the Bathroom Bible was swiftly delivered. I learned my lesson. I will not be messing with the pages again. 
BUT THAT PERSON RESPONDED AGAIN! 
"If you're ever in LA (side note- LA is widely known as a city for hedonistic behavior. This is definitely one of Satan's minions texting me) hit me up for some coffee." 
I hit delete and block. Get out of my phone Satan!!!!! 
So, I was telling my lunch friends about it- they agreed, this was clearly the work of the Devil. (They did not agree. They think I'm a weirdo.) But my one friend, said "You should have found a verse about sitting on the throne. Yours was way nicer than what mine would have been." 
LOL And now we know lunch is my favorite period of the day.

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