Good to Me by LaTonya Mason

Author:LaTonya Mason [MASON, LATONYA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446560269
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2009-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

THE MAILROOM EMPLOYEE was looking strangely at Joseph. He waved at her. He knew that she’d seen more of him in the past week than she had in the two years he’d been there.

“It’s Friday, Nelson. I know you’re expecting something from the courts,” a petite black woman with fat goddess braids said from behind the counter.

“Oh yes,” he quipped. “All the time. I’m expecting my immediate release any day now.”

“I knew it had to be something because you’ve been here every day this week. You usually only come once or twice.”

He considered her comment and made a mental note to change his routine. He hated to be predictable. When he got to his mailbox, he retrieved a small pile. He shuffled past a musical instruments catalog, a brochure from the correspondence Bible college he was enrolled in, and a few letters. When he read the return address on an ivory linen envelope, he thrust his right arm out and pulled it back in, “Yes!”

The mailroom clerk ran around to where he was. “You got it? You got your papers?”

He chuckled. Even though he mostly spoke by faith, he was amazed that people trusted what he said. “No, ma’am.” He held up the envelope. “This isn’t from the courts, but it’s just as good.”

“You’re a good man, Nelson. I ain’t never seen you down. Even when you didn’t get what you were expecting, you’re satisfied with what you got.”

“That’s because I serve a mighty God.”

Joseph was so into reading Minister Phillips’s letter that he stood in the same spot until he was done. He waved good-bye to the mailroom clerk as he raced to the weight room to meet his friends.

“Allen! Hankins! I told you!” he yelled across the room. He was frantically waving the letter in the air. “She wrote back.”

Allen dismounted the stationary bike and wiped his brow with the white washcloth he took from the waist of his gray sweatpants. Hankins finished his last set of sit-ups before he got off the mat. Joseph’s grin was so wide that his friends grinned with him. “I told you man,” he declared. “God is awesome. It ain’t nothing He won’t do for those who seek Him.”

Allen took the letter from him.

“Read it out loud,” Hankins demanded.

Allen cleared his throat. “Dear Minister Nelson. I wanted to promptly acknowledge your letter and thank you for your kind words about ‘I Have No Man.’ It was definitely the Spirit of God who encouraged and blessed you through the article. Thank you so much for encouraging me. Keep reading Today’s Gospel, perhaps we will meet again in its pages. Stay blessed as I will keep you in my prayers. Minister Charity Phillips.”

Joseph folded his arms in suspense as he waited for his friends’ response. Allen looked as if he couldn’t believe what he’d just read.

“Man, I’m in awe,” Allen said, shaking his head. “This has kicked my faith up another notch.”

Hankins reached for the letter. “Forgive my doubt and unbelief. I gotta read this for myself.

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