Illusions by Wanda B Campbell

Author:Wanda B Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, african american, inspirational, christian fiction
Publisher: Micah 6:8 Books

“As I began working, I realized I couldn’t remove the ivy without removing the entire fence. Whereas on the outside the vines were small, the hidden vines were thick as branches. The oldest vines were now as thick as a tree trunk. The mature vines had not only entangled themselves with the fence, but had uprooted it. The strong branches were literally holding the fence up.”

“Wow,” Bryce commented, finding the fact interesting.

“The ivy was literally suffocating the fence; decreasing its lifespan by drying out the wood. None of this could be seen on the surface. All this decaying was going on internally, and not only that; the ivy kept the rodents from being detected.”

“Were you able to remove it?”

Benny smiled, knowing he had peaked Bryce’s interest.

“Oh yeah, I removed the fence with the ivy still attached. But I had to do something my clients never considered.”

“What’s that?” Bryce wanted to know.

“I couldn’t just remove the top vines and the branches. Oh no,” Benny said, shaking his head. “To keep the ivy from returning, I had to dig deep and pull up the roots. I had to rent the proper equipment and study the underground plumbing to make sure I didn’t damage any pipes. It took me a whole month to remove all those branches and I didn’t make a dime; but to this day, the ivy has never returned and the lesson I learned changed my life forever.”

Benny paused to allow the words, and hopefully the message, to sink in. Bryce rested his forehead against his thumbs, but didn’t speak.

“Through that experience, the Lord showed me myself. My life was the fence and my insecurity was the ivy. As a young man, I covered my insecurities by sleeping around with every woman that showed interest. Back then, I was starved for affirmation. I needed someone to tell me who I was and to accept me as a man. I tried filling the void with my wife, but that didn’t last long. I loved her, but I hadn’t dealt with the root of my insecurity, and because of that, I constantly cheated.”

At the sound of Bryce’s moan Benny placed his arm around Bryce’s shoulder. “The Lord told me I had to expose the root cause in my life and dig it out just like I’d done with the ivy.” Benny’s voice quivered. “My ivy was planted when I was twelve years old. That’s when my foster father raped me. I spent the next thirty years trying to prove I was a man. I convinced myself that sleeping around was the key to holding on to my ‘maleness’. That warped way of thinking cost me a good wife and provided my daughters with a bad role model.”

Noticing the tears rolling down Bryce’s hands, he started to stop, but the still, small voice told him to keep on going. He squeezed Bryce tighter. “Son, my guess is your struggle is also related to sex. Am I right?” Bryce sniffled and nodded. “Pornography?” Benny pressed.

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