THE PRIEST VOW.
Episode 13.
By Amah’s Heart.
I needed time to pray over this prison visit.
I don’t know what to expect but I was at peace in my inner man to proceed.
I took off after two days, it was another long drive but I wasn’t worried and I also wanted Anna to feel free.
Gumi was behind bars and won’t hurt her but even if he happens to be free he was not to be feared but loved.
I assured Anna that she was safe because God is always going before us to make every rough way straight.
I drove until I got to the prison yard.
Anna came down but I asked her to remain in the car with Joel while I go in first.
I wasn’t dressed like a Reverend or a priest. Ever since i moved to my late mother’s city I appear as an ordinary man before people because that is who God wanted me to be at such a time.
Nobody knew I was a priest in the city.
How will they even see me as one when I live in the same house with a woman.
It sound very absurd.
I miss being a priest. I miss officiating in God’s vineyard.
Yes, I miss the outreaches to hospitals, orphanage, prison and elderly homes.
Those days I used to visit Tagbo and many others in prison. We will sit around a table and talk like we have known all our lives.
I was called to gather and not to scatter. I was called to build and not to tear down and I was called to become a servant and not to rule over anyone.
My calling is to serve mankind and I have followed every step of my duty diligently not because I was stronger than all or more spirit filled but because of the abundant grace God bestowed on me.
“Good day officer, my name is James White. I’m here to see a prisoner….his name is Gumi.
He looked up at me for a while and asked me to step aside and remove my face cap.
I removed my face cap and stepped aside.
“I almost mistake you to be him but you look very fresh, young, calm and disciplined. unlike Gumi, looking like an uncircumcised barbarian. What do you do for a living?
He asked still staring at me suspiciously.
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