Esi being overwhelmed with life gathered courage some weeks later to see Pastor Marfo since their shepherds made no time for them.
She shared about the emptiness she was feeling with Pastor Marfo, and the confusion in her parents’ marriage. Esi requested that Pastor Marfo comes to visit her family, then give counsel to her parents as well since she was getting afraid of an imminent divorce.
She however wasn’t so surprised when Pastor Marfo asked whether she was sure she was a member of his church.
“I don’t think I’ve seen you before in my church.” He said to her.
“I’ve been coming with my brother for some weeks now, Pastor! You even gave us shepherds.”
“Oh I see! Are you two new converts? Were you part of the people we evangelized to during the gospel crusade we held in this town? Oh that crusade was mega! We won many souls for Christ!”he said braggingly
“No please Pastor… I can say that we came on our own. Maybe God just wanted us to!”
“O really? It’s pleasant to know, young lady! You know, the truth is I have a large congregation so it’s very hard for me to get to know everyone!”
Esi however felt relieved when the pastor promised to make time to visit her family.
“Don’t worry Sister! See, the devil is a liar! He is churning the still waters in your parents’ marriage! He has confused their language, and all that your parents speak now is ‘disagreement’ and ‘misunderstanding’… But Jesus has won the victory for us!” he encouraged her.
“I’ll surely be praying for you, then give you a call this week so I come to visit your family!”
#TheCharge
THE CHARGE - EPISODE 14
And so for days Esi earnestly awaited Pastor Marfo’s call and his visit. She got a call all the same, but rather it was to her a disappointing call.
“Hello! Please is this Esi Owusu?” the lady on the other line said to her.
“Yes it is!” “Alright this is from the office of Pastor Marfo… We have a fundraising this Sunday and we want to remind all our members of it so you prepare well to give bountifully to the glory of God!”
The elation on her face faded as she realized that the call was for a different purpose and not concerning the need she had shared with the pastor.
“So the very first call I’m ever getting from this church wasn’t a ‘How are you?’ or ‘How is your Christian life?’ call… It rather was a fundraising reminder….” She thought to herself in disappointment.
And indeed even after the church fundraising, Pastor Marfo never got to visit the Owusus as he had promised.
Esi also lost the desire to even have a meeting with the Pastor or the shepherds.
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Dorothy Budu-Arthur
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