After about 20 minutes, Mabel came
out of the Pastor’s wife’s office.
“What did you discuss with her?” her mother
asked inquisitively.
“She asked me to
call both of you,” Mabel said.
“Ok.”
Their
mother walked quickly into the pastor’s wife’s office. Mabel and Cynthia
followed behind her.
“Please have a seat,”
Pastor’s wife said to them when they were inside.
Mabel and her mother sat on the two
chairs directly facing pastor’s wife’s table. There was none for Cynthia so she
stood behind Mabel and her mother.
“Shift those files
and seat on that chair over there,” Pastor’s wife told Cynthia.
“I am ok here ma,”
Cynthia said.
“No. Please seat.”
Cynthia
shifted the files and sat.
“Infact bring the
chair closer so you can hear what I say clearly,” Pastor’s wife said.
Cynthia did. They were quiet for
some seconds. It was pastor’s wife one who broke the silence.
“Mabel told me
everything,” she said.
“Ok.” their mother
said.
“It is amazing how
she has been able to handle the situation in a matured way.”
Cynthia
pinched Mabel.
“She is a strong
girl,” their mother said.
“Not just that,”
Pastor’s wife said. “She told me she almost committed suicide, so it is not
just about personal strength.
“True.”
“I think it is
because of the kind of love and care you share in your family. Aside from God,
family is the first port of call for anyone who is in trouble and needs
solution. When they don’t get the needed succor from family, then they carry
out any action that comes into their mind or what someone else suggests, no
matter how erroneous it is.”
“Very true”
“That is why the
enemy is attacking the family system now. You see broken homes and unruly
children everywhere.”
She
looked at Mabel’s mother.
“You are a strong
woman,” she said. “Despite the situation, you have held the family together in
love.”
“It is the grace of
God,” their mother said.
“Yes, and your
efforts also.”
“Thank you.”
“Now…to the reason
why you came,”
Mabel and her mother adjusted themselves on
their seat.
“I don’t have much
else to say. I have told Mabel what to do about the problem.”
“Mama please say it
again so my mum will hear from your mouth,” Cynthia said.
Their
mother nodded in agreement.
“Ok my dear,”
Pastor’s wife said. “First of all, I told her to forgive the man who broke her
heart. It is not easy but it is necessary. Unforgiveness is a weight the person
bearing it while the offender goes about free.”
“What if he wants to
come back?” their mother asked.
“Come back to
where?”
“To her life.”
“I told her not to
accept him back. She should let him go totally and believe God for someone much
better who will value her for who she is and not what she can give.”
“Ok.”
“I also told her not
to be desperate. That her mates are getting married doesn’t mean she should
open up to any man that comes her way. Most men just want one thing and they
can promise marriage just to get that thing. I told her to focus on her
spiritual life, her family and her work for now, until she has totally healed
of the heart break.”
“How will she know
she has healed?”
“When she remembers
it and doesn’t feel hurt; when she sees him and doesn’t feel anything, then she
has healed.”
“Ok.”
“I also told her to
just maintain a platonic friendship with all her male friends and keep admirers
out of her heart entirely. Whenever she thinks she has met someone who she
thinks is her ‘Mr Right’, she should not hesitate to inform you, her biological
mother; and me, her spiritual mother. We will use our elderly eyes and screen
the person.”
“Ok.”
“Did I forget
something?” she asked Mabel.
“I don’t think so,”
Mabel said. “You have said it all.”
“Are you sure?” her
mother asked her.
“Then finally,”
Pastor’s wife continued. “I told her to make sure Jesus has her heart fully.
She should draw closer to the Lord in worship and in service. If Jesus has her
heart, no man will toil with it and break it for her. He will help her make the
right choices.
She
turned to Cynthia.
“Cynthia I hope you
heard all I just said?”
“Yes ma,” Cynthia
answered.
“All I said to Mabel
applies to you also.”
“Yes ma.”
“Now, the reason why
I called all of you together is because she told me heartbreak is like a
vicious cycle in the family.”
“Yes oo,” their
mother said. “It happened to me and it is now repeating in my children’s
lives.”
“Tell me about it.”
Their mother
explained her experiance, in a nutshell.
“Hmmm,” pastor’s wife did, shaking her head. “That is a
serious spiritual matter. You will have to see daddy so he will tell you what
to do. We will need serious prayers to break that evil cycle.”
“Ok. When can we see
him?”
“As soon as
possible.”
Pastor’s
wife looked at the wall clock.
“The service starts
very soon,” she said. “He should be preparing for the service by now.”
“What about after
the service?” their mother asked.
“He might have some
meetings with some people.”
“Maybe we will leave
it till when next he will be free.”
“No. I want you to
see him today no matter how brief. So we can start whatever we need to do
immediately. Let me put a call across to him.”
“Ok.”
She
called Pastor on phone and asked if she could come and see him.
(..to be continued)
Nedu Isaac
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