Jeremy’s father said to swing by the church, they needed to have a deep conversation. Everyone in town knew what that meant. But what his father stated was that he had been out to the Bull Pine restaurant on Friday and there were all of Jeremy’s schoolmates from bible college with their wives and children and they were all jolly, why wasn’t he jolly? He desired for Jeremy to kneel and pray right there, and Jeremy wouldn’t do it, so his father accused Jeremy of double-crossing his wife Trudy and running around with some other women. It wasn’t clear if the rumors were true or not. Jeremy said that they were untrue. So his father asked him if he had doubts and he said he did so they prayed together. He decided to take the church at Mount Salem and give up the other women about whom he told a fib to his father.
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But then Trudy went to his father to whine that Jeremy was merciless with her-he no longer paid attention to her, said mean things, and made fun of her. Was that any proper way to treat a lovely Christian wife? Jeremy’s father flung his arms in the air. Was he going to be the one to handle this dilemma? He felt that the turmoil at the Church was enough.
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He went to Jeremy’s house with a pistol in his hand, and said it was only an emblem of the lord’s fury, he had no objective of using it, but it exploded randomly, and blasted half of Jeremy’s jawline. It was only the lord’s grace that Jeremy didn’t die-and after that Jeremy became filled with the holy spirit. He and his father traveled the road to missionary tents, bringing god’s message as a duo. His father recites the story and Jeremy, who cannot speak anymore hums harmonies that sound sorrowful, but it brings sinners to their knees, and they get saved. To go be the glory.
The End
About Astrid Poplar (Cynthia Russell)
Cynthia Russell is a writer originally from Los Angeles, CA. She writes short stories, and poetry, and is in the process of writing a novel.
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