(…continued…)
After about 15 minutes, Mabel came out of the office.
“What did you discuss with
her?” her mother asked inquisitively.
“She asked me to call both of
you.”
Their mother
overtook them and went into the pastor’s wife’s office. Mabel and Cynthia
followed behind her.
“Please 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 her.
“I am ok here.”
“No. Please seat.”
Cynthia sat.
“Infact, bring the chair
closer so you can hear what I say clearly.”
Cynthia did. They were quiet for some seconds as
pastor’s wife looked from one person to the other. She was the 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. 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 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
their 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 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.”
“Ok my dear. First of all, I asked
her to forgive the man who broke her heart. It is not easy but it is necessary.
Unforgiveness destroys the person bearing it while the offender goes about
free.”
“What if he wants to come
back?”
“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.”
“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.”
“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. You have
said it all.”
“Then finally, 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.”
“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.
He should be preparing for the service by now.”
“What about after the service?”
“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. So we can start whatever we need to do immediately. Let me put a call
across to him.”
“Ok.”
She
called pastor and asked if she could come and see him.
(…to be continued…)
-©2015.Chinedu Isaac
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