The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught by Neta Jackson

Author:Neta Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

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Alow moan rose to Florida’s lips from deep in her belly. “They found us, found my baby. Oh Jesus, noooo . . .” “Flo!” I grabbed her and held on, afraid she was going to fall to the ground.

“Lowlife gangbangers,” muttered Adele. “Cockroaches have more decency. Come on, Flo. Come on, baby, it’s all right.We’ll get that mess off your garage.” She circled Florida’s waist with her arm, and the two of us slowly walked her back to the house.

At the back door, Florida halted. “Maybe—maybe they not markin’ our house on purpose. Maybe some taggers jus’ picked our garage, randomlike. ’Cause I told Chris not to give our address to any of those gangbangers in our old neighborhood. Want him to get a fresh start, leave all those friends behind.”

Adele snorted. “Girl, you only moved a couple of miles. You would’ve had to move all the way to Lake Forest or maybe Canada to shake the dust of that neighborhood off your feet! These gangbangers, they’re everywhere. But come on; it’s not the end of the world. I’ve had my shop defaced at least three times since I opened up. It happens. You deal with it. You go on.”

Florida frowned in the glow of the dim yellow bulb above the back door. “I know. But, what if those BDs are leavin’ a message, like, ‘We know who lives here’? ”

That’s what I wanted to know. Was it just vandalism—or a threat?

Adele pulled open the screen door. “Maybe, maybe not. Chris said he didn’t do it; that’s one good thing. I believe him too. But doesn’t surprise me if his old friends know where he lives. Still don’t mean this won’t be a good change for y’all.” She waggled a finger in Flo’s face. “What you do know, Florida Hickman, is our God is bigger than all those gangbangers put together. Your family is under the blood of Jesus—an’ we just anointed all the doorposts in this house under God’s protection. Now you claim that, girl. You think the devil ain’t gonna fight back? He might try, but he’s not gonna get that child. Now, c’mon. These skeeters are eatin’ me up somethin’ fierce!”

Well, that was the second time in a month a family crisis erupted in the middle of our meeting. The others had pretty much guessed what the trouble was. But when we got back to the front room,Adele took over. “Don’t anybody leave, now, ’cause there ain’t anything we can do about that graffiti tonight—and we don’t want that ol’ devil to score any more points than he already got.”

Yo-Yo wagged her head. “I dunno. If this keeps up, I’m gonna think twice ’bout havin’ Yada Yada at my place. I’m too young to have a heart attack.” I don’t think she meant to be funny, but the tension broke and we all had a good laugh.

Then we prayed. Adele led us into a passionate prayer, putting Chris Hickman and all our children under the blood of Jesus.

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