Kingdom Come by Virginia Weir

Author:Virginia Weir
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

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When one day Alwyn announced that he was shortly to leave City Mission to take up the position of senior pastor at a sister church in Sussex, Matilda was gutted. Alwyn sought her out at the end of the service and said, ‘I don’t want you to think you’re being left alone in this. I’ve mentioned your details to a woman called Chrissie. She’s a Christian counsellor. Here’s her number. She’s expecting your call.’

Chrissie was short and barrel-shaped. She worked out of the church office of St Nick’s. She offered Matilda a strong coffee and said, ‘Alwyn’s talked to me a little about your problems. How can I help?’

‘I don’t know if you can,’ Matilda replied as she helped herself to a hobnob on Chrissie’s desk. ‘Satan’s trying to force me to commit the Unforgivable Sin. I’m trying not to, of course, but unless the Lord helps me, it’s only a matter of time.’

‘I’m going to have my work cut out with you,’ Chrissie said, rolling her eyes.

Matilda went to see Chrissie for ten or twelve weeks until it became apparent that her problems went beyond Chrissie’s ability to help. Matilda was always begging for a Word. She had hit upon a novel way of divining whether she was still in favour with the Almighty by the issuing of Words. As long as the Words came, it was proof that she hadn’t blasphemed the Holy Spirit and was thus still saved.

‘But I gave you a Word last week,’ Chrissie would gasp.

‘I need a new Word for today. Last week’s Word is no good.’

Chrissie would clear her mind of clutter and pray for another Word: ‘My grace is sufficient for you.’

‘You gave me that a fortnight ago.’

‘I’m sorry, it’s the only Word I got.’

‘Can’t you ask God for a new one, then?’

‘God obviously wants you to go on your old Words.’

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