Promise Kept (Perry Skky Jr.) by Stephanie Perry Moore Page B
Authors: Stephanie Perry Moore
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faith and believe.
“That’s Satan trying to mess you up, Savoy. That’s Satan trying to get into your mind to make you think that all you know to be true is a lie. He’s the one who’s a liar, call him on the carpet, speak the word. Satan cannot touch or destroy you; you have the protection of the Almighty.”
“Why does it feel like everybody that I love is suffering—you with your grandmother, my brother with his life, and my aunt with cancer. I just, I just don’t know.”
“I don’t know a lot, Savoy,” I said, holding her hand, “but I do know that the word says to be absent of the body is to be present with the Lord, and my mind can’t even conceive what He has in store for us in Heaven and I want to be there. I want to see my grandparents, I want to see my Savior face to face, and I want to hear him say, ‘Job well done.’ And I know I haven’t been living a life that, if He took me right now, He would want to reward me for, but I know that I am alive today and I can do better than I did yesterday. And I know that it is tough to witness to people but that doesn’t mean that we are supposed to give up.”
“Yeah, but what are we supposed to do? They say so many things about Him not being real that you question yourself.”
“You have to trust and believe,” I told her. “You’ve got to stand just as firm as they are. It’s like planting seeds in soil and watering them. I mean a seed doesn’t automatically become a full bloom. It comes in stages, so who knows what stage you are in at helping people grow in Christ. We want to see them automatically grow up and be some pretty flower, but they might just be a seed, it might be the first time they ever heard the gospel.”
“Here I am supposed to be the water of what someone else has said.”
“You might be the sunshine that gives them hope that God cares.”
“I don’t know what stage this is but I will not know all the answers until I am with Him.” She got out of the car and walked into the wind. I turned off the car, got out and went over to her.
“I care about you a lot, and me and you have got some issues but that doesn’t mean that I am going to give up. That doesn’t mean that I am going to stop striving to work this thing out. I know it’s harder for me when you’re not around, girl, but to get this thing worked out I am surely going to try. We just got to keep going through it, keep praying for each other. Some days I’ll be stronger than you, some days you’ll be stronger than me.”
“So, you’re committed to us for real?” she asked, looking at me with the most precious eyes I had ever seen.
“Yeah!” I said from the heart. “I really want you to have my heart, but we’re young you know, and just because I don’t give you everything you’re looking for doesn’t mean I’m not giving you all that I’ve got.”
She put her arms around me and squeezed real tight. What we had may not have been perfect but it was real good. Salvation was secure. Our witnessing could be stronger, but because we wanted it to grow we were in a good place. We were real secure and that was awesome.
“Perry, man, come here. Come here,” I heard a voice call out as I was about to enter the football complex. “Come on man, don’t front and act like you don’t know me, dang.”
I looked to my left and I looked to my right and all I saw was a bum on the street. As the dingy person walked toward me I swallowed hard. It was Mario, our former quarterback, truly looking like he was strung out on something. If you don’t have anything good to say you’re not supposed to say anything, right. Well, the guy knew me too well to think that I would be cool with the image before me. I had to be honest, I had to ask what was up. “Man, what’s been up with you, why do you look like crap?”
He couldn’t even get his words out—he started stuttering and stumbling. He clearly was high. “Perry, man. I need, I need some money. I
“That’s Satan trying to mess you up, Savoy. That’s Satan trying to get into your mind to make you think that all you know to be true is a lie. He’s the one who’s a liar, call him on the carpet, speak the word. Satan cannot touch or destroy you; you have the protection of the Almighty.”
“Why does it feel like everybody that I love is suffering—you with your grandmother, my brother with his life, and my aunt with cancer. I just, I just don’t know.”
“I don’t know a lot, Savoy,” I said, holding her hand, “but I do know that the word says to be absent of the body is to be present with the Lord, and my mind can’t even conceive what He has in store for us in Heaven and I want to be there. I want to see my grandparents, I want to see my Savior face to face, and I want to hear him say, ‘Job well done.’ And I know I haven’t been living a life that, if He took me right now, He would want to reward me for, but I know that I am alive today and I can do better than I did yesterday. And I know that it is tough to witness to people but that doesn’t mean that we are supposed to give up.”
“Yeah, but what are we supposed to do? They say so many things about Him not being real that you question yourself.”
“You have to trust and believe,” I told her. “You’ve got to stand just as firm as they are. It’s like planting seeds in soil and watering them. I mean a seed doesn’t automatically become a full bloom. It comes in stages, so who knows what stage you are in at helping people grow in Christ. We want to see them automatically grow up and be some pretty flower, but they might just be a seed, it might be the first time they ever heard the gospel.”
“Here I am supposed to be the water of what someone else has said.”
“You might be the sunshine that gives them hope that God cares.”
“I don’t know what stage this is but I will not know all the answers until I am with Him.” She got out of the car and walked into the wind. I turned off the car, got out and went over to her.
“I care about you a lot, and me and you have got some issues but that doesn’t mean that I am going to give up. That doesn’t mean that I am going to stop striving to work this thing out. I know it’s harder for me when you’re not around, girl, but to get this thing worked out I am surely going to try. We just got to keep going through it, keep praying for each other. Some days I’ll be stronger than you, some days you’ll be stronger than me.”
“So, you’re committed to us for real?” she asked, looking at me with the most precious eyes I had ever seen.
“Yeah!” I said from the heart. “I really want you to have my heart, but we’re young you know, and just because I don’t give you everything you’re looking for doesn’t mean I’m not giving you all that I’ve got.”
She put her arms around me and squeezed real tight. What we had may not have been perfect but it was real good. Salvation was secure. Our witnessing could be stronger, but because we wanted it to grow we were in a good place. We were real secure and that was awesome.
“Perry, man, come here. Come here,” I heard a voice call out as I was about to enter the football complex. “Come on man, don’t front and act like you don’t know me, dang.”
I looked to my left and I looked to my right and all I saw was a bum on the street. As the dingy person walked toward me I swallowed hard. It was Mario, our former quarterback, truly looking like he was strung out on something. If you don’t have anything good to say you’re not supposed to say anything, right. Well, the guy knew me too well to think that I would be cool with the image before me. I had to be honest, I had to ask what was up. “Man, what’s been up with you, why do you look like crap?”
He couldn’t even get his words out—he started stuttering and stumbling. He clearly was high. “Perry, man. I need, I need some money. I
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