IN HER SHOES (A Christian Story)

FAITH?

Joe's POV

"I prayed and prayed but she still died."I said with tears flowing freely from my eyes.

"Joe, don't worry. I don't think she is dead. She's just sleeping. Just have faith."mother told me.

"I've had faith. Nothing worked. I...I don't know what to do again."I said looking at the clock, tears still in my eyes.

I stood up to wash my face. I wished she was normal just like me. I wish she survived. I hope she goes to heaven. She had been a holy, smart and beautiful girl.

Death truly hurts and it happens to quickly. 'One second, the person is alive, the next second, the person is dead. I don't understand it, but I'll leave it to God.' I thought.

John's POV to

I need help. My secret can't be leaked. My dad's a pastor, I preach the gospel and I have an evangelist as my mother but I am actually serving the devil. Yes, I am. He asked me to go to confuse the Christians in the church but it doesn't work!

So, I tried to initiate someone willing into the devil's kingdom
I chose the beautiful girl in my neighborhood. She wore waist beads so, I bought a pair of the waist beads and took it to Mr Titus to say some things upon them. He did it and it worked effectively. She was practically at my command.

Until, she just changed and started ignoring me. It was painful so I tried to deal with her. Now, I saw her at church. She saw me preaching and a wave of guilt washed over me. I felt worse when I saw her talking to my father. Then, I walked out of the office.

I was about to run back to Mr Titus' home but, my feet were practically glued to the floor outside my dad's office.

Then..............
One member of the church passed by me and pointed behind me. I looked back and saw a......well, I'll tell you later. He looked at me with a very piercing stare that told me to apologize or else. The stare had that 'or else' look.

I went over to him and said : "Ofcourse. I didn't know that angels were real. Am I supposed to be in a fairytale or what?"

The angel did something to me but I couldn't catch my breath or remember what he did. Everything went blurry and I rushed back into the office and went in my knees. It was so embarrassing.

"Daddy please it's not her fault. I bewitched her. I did. Even at that, every midnight, I'll take her with me to see..... To see.... My master. Yes. I'm sorry. Please have mercy. I won't do that again. Please please please please leave her alone."

"You gotta be kidding me. What is wrong with you John? I'm sure this is all a misunderstanding."my dad said then, he took me up and started to rock me in his arms like a baby. I cried the more because I was so embarrassed to cry in front of Joanne. I glanced at her and she was looking confused.

Suddenly, my dad started to look around and pray.

"Come."he said to Joanne stretching his arm. "We have to pray now. There's a demon here."

We all held arms and started to pray. I was mostly crying even though both of them were praying. My heart was so heavy that I started to remove the magic beads I put in my pocket. I used my penknife to cut the waist beads on Joanne's waist. Then, she stopped praying. She fell backwards and stood up. Then, she resumed her prayers. I was wondering the kind of drama going on in the office. I was about to stop crying but I looked around and saw the demon who looked strangely familiar.

She looked just like Joanne when we entered the dark world last. Though,  she was in the office with us, I felt like, the real Joanne was in danger. After she vanished and after they stopped praying, I ran to Mr Titus ignoring that Joanne (in flesh and blood) was following me and shouting my name.