The Veil by K. T. Richey Page A

His purpose.” She squeezed Misha’s hand. “It will all work out.”
    Misha was hurting too much to let the words melt her pain. She didn’t understand why she had to go through so much hurt in her life. First it was the abuse she received from her mother, now the church and Roger. She wondered how long the pain was going to last. She only wanted it to stop.
    â€œMisha, I don’t know what’s wrong with that bishop of yours. He’ll probably never find another person to take your place in the church. From what you tell me, you did a lot in the church. A lot of people are not committed like that anymore. He may have to find several people to take your place.” Judy tried to console her.
    â€œI won’t talk about Bishop. He did what he felt was necessary. I don’t understand it. I did nothing wrong. What I really don’t understand is the way Roger is acting. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be a Christian. How could he just drop me after all we’ve been through?”
    â€œIt’s his loss. You’re a special person. Not everyone can handle the anointing on your life.”
    â€œI’m not that anointed. I don’t even know what I’m doing. Maybe it wasn’t meant for me to go in the ministry. I don’t know.”
    â€œDon’t give the enemy a foothold in your mind. He’s messing with you right now. You need to find a good church that will allow you to operate under the anointing that’s in you. Come to my church. You’ll like it. Our pastor is kinda young, but he’s a good minister. It’s a new church and it hasn’t been contaminated by the years of tradition a lot of other churches have. You don’t even have to dress up. I would like for you to come with me.”
    â€œI thought you and your husband were going out of town this weekend.”
    â€œWe are. You can come with us next week. I’m sure you’ll like it.”
    â€œWell, I don’t know. Seems like everybody has heard about what Bishop did to me. I don’t know if I can—”
    â€œMisha, don’t let the enemy keep you at home. It’ll do you good to be in a ministry where we believe in the operation of spiritual gifts. Try it, just once. You don’t have to join.”
    â€œThank you, I think I will go with you. I need to be somewhere other than my grandma’s church. I don’t understand a word her pastor is saying except ‘ain’t He all right?’” Misha chuckled at her own statement.
    She loved her grandmother’s pastor but he was old-fashioned and loved to eat the microphone. However, he and the church welcomed her in like they were family. Some of the members who had heard what happened to her called and tried to encourage her and support her.
    Her grandmother was the church mother and sat in the amen corner every Sunday.
    She enjoyed going to church with her grandmother. She was so wise. After church, they would go to a restaurant and have dinner. Her grandmother would tell her stories about the old days and would minister to her in a way no one could. Misha took in every word her grandmother said. At this point in her life, she needed the support of her grandmother. She was the only one who made some sense out of everything that was going on in her life. Even if it was just Gullah tale, it was better than what anybody else was offering her.

Chapter 6
    Seven months had passed and it was May, the end of the school year, and Misha was looking forward to taking the summer off. She was also glad she didn’t have to worry about money, as she had taken the twelvemonth pay option that divided her salary into twelve months of pay instead of nine. She didn’t want to take another job during the summer. It had been a long winter.
    Thoughts of Roger would sometimes enter her mind and she had to occupy herself with other tasks to keep from thinking about him and what could have