A few minutes passed since the window-tapping incident, but Matt still had a little trouble getting back to sleep; he was twisting and turning in his bed, trying to fall asleep.
Then something caused him to pause, making him nervous.
There was a collection of tapping and claking on his wooden bedroom floor. "Who-who there?" Matt nervously asked, slightly pulling up the sheets of his bed.
No reply.
Matt slipped under the bed sheets, going even deeper within the "homemade caverns".
But suddenly, he remembered the protection the his savoir Jesus Christ have him from before.
With that, Matt regained his composure, courage and bravery making him rise up in his bed and proclaim: "Jesus protects me!"
Almost immediately, Matt discovered yet another justified conclusion: it was the family cat, Varna. "Whew..." May assuredly relieved to himself. He slid back into his bed, feeling completely covered on God's grace.
Smiling once again, he lifted the covers back up, skids back into it, and released them; the covers now covered Matt. He slowly drifted back to sleep.....
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Jesus Protects Me: A Short Story
EspiritualMatt is a seven year-old child who lives in Idaho. His parents are devoted Christians, and have told Matt about God, and his savoir Jesus Christ; he knows that He cares for him, and will shield him from trouble. But when the lights go out, his par...