Blessed Trinity by Vanessa Davis Griggs

Author:Vanessa Davis Griggs
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780758249722
Publisher: Dafina
Published: 2007-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

(Proverbs 17:17)

Thomas had been going through thousands of dollars every few weeks. He was not any closer to finding work than when he first started looking. Pastor Landris didn’t have a clue what was wrong with his brother, but he’d been acting really strange the entire year. When Pastor Landris arrived from his talk with Mr. Busby, he came home to find Thomas’s car in his driveway.

“Hey, George,” Thomas said as soon as his brother walked in the den. Rachel’s grandchildren were in there playing—her two children were supposed to be watching them while they played video games. The room looked liked a tornado had hit it.

Pastor Landris nodded. “Thomas.”

“Justin, stop it!” Chevon said. “Gimme back the gamote!”

Justin started laughing at his little sister as he ran around the room holding the television remote control high above his head. “It’s not a ga-mote. It’s a re-mote!” he said. “If you can’t say it, little baby, then you don’t need to hold it.”

“Keisha, tell Justin to stop!” Chevon yelled to her sixteen-year-old aunt. She started crying. “I was watching that show and he snatched the gamote out my hand.”

“Boy, I told you to leave her alone one time,” Keisha yelled. “Don’t make me have to get up and come over there. You know you don’t want me to have to do that,” Keisha said, momentarily taking her cell phone away from her ear before returning to her conversation seconds later.

“Still got a houseful, I see.”

Pastor Landris looked around. “Yeah.” What else could he say?

“Look, I know you’re busy. I wanted to come by and pay you back some of the money I’ve borrowed.”

“Really,” Pastor Landris said with skepticism, but with a pleased expression.

“Yeah. I thought I would have had more of it by now, but I have this project I just signed on to do. I’ve started my own business. I’m doing tapings for preachers who want to be on television and sell their own tapes. In fact, I just signed a huge contract with this pastor who has a pretty large church. You may have heard of him—Reverend Walker?”

“I’ve heard of him. Never met him, though.”

“He’s a pretty sharp guy. In fact, he was so impressed with me, he offered me a job. I told him I really wanted to do my own thing. He respects that, but money is hard to come by when you’re starting your own business. I know you can appreciate that,” Thomas said.

“Absolutely,” Pastor Landris said.

“Anyway,” Thomas took out his billfold and pulled out some cash, “I wanted to give you something back on the money you’ve loaned me. I feel bad never returning anything. I was thinking today—that’s probably why I’m having such a hard time getting more of the money I need. I should learn how to give in order to receive.”

Pastor Landris nodded. He knew this was leading somewhere, and he didn’t care to be sucked in too quickly.

“Well, thank you.

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