The Spirit of Sweetgrass by Nicole Seitz

Author:Nicole Seitz [Seitz, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2018-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

October

THE BEST PART OF BEING IN HEAVEN is getting to be with Jesus. When I was alive, I loved Him, but I ain’t never seen Him before. That’s where faith comes in. I’d talk to Him all day long and sometimes I felt like He talked right back; but now that I’m here, I get to see Him and talk to Him and really spend time with Him. He’s the nicest fella you ever want to meet. Oh and guess what, now? He ain’t white, no sir. ’Course, ain’t black neither. Got His own color, sure ’nough. Real bright and shiny—I can’t put it to you any better than that. “Ain’t that right, Jim?”

“That’s right, Mama.”

And you know how folks might say “to know so-and-so is to love him”? Well, now that I know Jesus better, I love Him even more than I ever done on Earth. He comes over to the house real regular to visit with me and Jim and see how we doing. Never seem like He’s in a hurry or nothing, ’though I know He’s got plenty to do. And when He’s around, I feel like I might just bust with being happy. “Ain’t that how you feel, Jim?”

“Mm hmm.” Jim feels it too.

Yes sir, we both agree, Jesus is the best thing ’bout being here, sure ’nough.

Up here in heaven’s a whole lot more entertaining than being there on Earth too. It’s like everything you got down there that’s good with none o’ the bad stuff. None o’ the bad folks neither. Well, I reckon some bad folks is here if ’n they accepted sweet Jesus ’fore they died. And they sure ain’t bad no more, that’s for sure. That’s what I’m hoping for Henrietta anyway—praying for her every day ’cause I wanna see her up here with us someday.

Let’s see, it’s been two months since I been up here in heaven. And EJ and Felicia are getting married today. Ain’t that quick? I ain’t never heard of folks throwing a wedding together in a little over a month, but they done it. If it’s true love, I reckon ain’t no time to waste.

It took her a little while, but Henrietta come around to the idea of EJ and Felicia being together ’bout a week or two ago, just in time. Retta thought, white girl or no white girl, this wedding’s gonna reflect on her, so she ought to be here, sure ’nough. Not to mention, she ain’t got nothing to hold over EJ no more. With him having his own house and being able to live his own life, she figures she’ll lose her only baby if ’n she don’t start acting sweeter to him.

And let me tell you, this is a beautiful wedding, just beautiful. Felicia’s mama and daddy, Mister and Miz Lewis, they got us here at this real pretty French Huguenot church in downtown Charleston, and it sure is nice—white peaks up all over the church with a red roof and tall pointy windows to look out of.

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