Replication by Jill Williamson

Author:Jill Williamson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780310727590
Publisher: Zonderkidz
Published: 2011-10-19T21:00:00+00:00

[CHAPTER FIFTEEN]

MARTYR SHIFTED UNCOMFORTABLY on the brown sectional.

Dinner had been filled with new and interesting foods he was still struggling to describe, but it also had been awkward because Pastor Scott asked many strange questions. Martyr sensed Pastor Scott becoming frustrated. The man seemed to suspect that Martyr had done something wrong.

Now they sat in the living room, which was what Aliza called the room with the sectional, recliner, and TV. Martyr didn’t understand this title since there were no beds here. Clearly it was only one of several rooms in the facility that was being lived in.

Again, Aliza sat on the end of the sectional and Pastor Scott sat in the recliner. Martyr sat in the corner of the sectional. The pillows squished around him and gave the sense of protection against Pastor Scott and Aliza’s unnerving gazes.

“Abby said you had questions about God,” Pastor Scott said, fixing his brown eyes on Martyr. “Why don’t we focus on those for a while?”

“Where does he live? Can you take me to his facility?”

Pastor Scott glanced at Aliza, his lips nearly frowning. “God doesn’t live in any building—on earth, at least—not even a church.”

“I don’t understand.” How could someone live nowhere? Did God roam the land like the birds and horses? “Abby said God hears my words and thoughts. But how can I hear him if I cannot find him?”

“Through prayer and reading the Bible,” Pastor Scott said.

Prayer, like Abby had done before eating her food. “Is this Bible a book?”

“Here.” Pastor Scott got up and pulled a book off a shelf. He flipped through it and handed it, opened, to Martyr. “This is a pretty easy-to-understand Bible. Go ahead and read some. Let me know if you have any questions. I recommend starting here, in John.”

“You don’t start at the beginning?”

“You can if you want, but John is probably going to give you some of the answers you’re looking for. The red letters, those are God’s words.”

Red letters intrigued Martyr, but if Abby was wrong, and this God was not Martyr’s creator, then he was wasting his time looking for answers here. “Abby told me that God made me. How do I know if that’s true?”

“The only way to know for sure is to believe it. Listen, the Bible says in Jeremiah 1:5, ‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.’ God made every human on the planet. He loves each one dearly. He created you for a purpose. And if you believe that, it can change your life.”

Martyr perked up at the word purpose. “I want to believe so I can discover my true purpose before it is too late.”

“Marty,” Pastor Scott began, “why are you in such a hurry?”

“Because I will expire in fifteen days.”

The house phone rang. The second ring cut off midway.

Dad yelled from downstairs, “Abby! Phone!”

She took a deep breath and picked up the receiver. “Hello?”

“Hey, it’s Scott. Abby, I need you to come back over here. I’m a little worried about JD. I mean, uh … Marty.

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