My Life Was Prison, In Prison I Was Free

Part 9

I cried again and again, these words were sharp. I felt that God had kept the priest for all that while to save me through his guidance. I asked myself why me and not Baddy, why me and not any of the lot in the hood. Jenny came in that morning and she wept thanking God for me, thanking Him for my life and for liberating me. I heard her talking about qualifying the chosen and not calling the qualified. This set me to ponder but I never gave it much thought at first. We prayed and dined together that day.

In the next few days, I learnt how to pray and had read almost half of the Bible. It was interesting. I was making notes on a notebook Jenny gave me. I tremendously improved in my health and used to walk around the fields listening to the women and men singing in unison as they. We would have a session of praise and worship every evening and prayer would accompany the humbled souls that gave their all to God. Tears welled up my eyes every time I prayed and there was this feeling that grew strong every time I went before the Lord. At most times I would ask myself where I had been for all that long.

I remember waking up so energetically on a certain Tuesday. I felt refreshed and lively. I was completely healed and wanted to do anything tasking, just to feel useful. I rushed to look for the priest, he was always in church in the morning hours. He was not there. I looked all over for him but I never traced him. I got a kid to show me where he sleeps and he took me to the dungeon. I was puzzled why he had a makeshift bed in a dusty and cold dungeon. I found him shivering on his bed, his face looked pale and wrinkled than ever. "Go call for help!" I shouted to the kid. He gripped my hand, pulled me close and said,

"My son, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You are chosen to be great amidst many who look at you and shake their heads in amazement. You are called to service, to help others and deliver them from the pain and the emptiness in their hearts through Jesus Christ. I have done my part, I have completed my journey and you are next in line. Know that... Knooooow thaaaat.... Knnnn..."