Judgement in the house of God episode 9

Judgement In The House Of God
Episode 9
 
Location:The Choir’s Rehearsal room.
The room which contained over fifty plus choir members, consisting of young adults,both male and female, sat in a circle with their pens and books as they listened and learned a new song their choir directress Angela is teaching them awaiting Sunday service. The instrumentalists behind the piano, guitar and drums,all set and listening to her.
“So please sing carefully to the words and let’s try to get the tune correctly. This is a very simple song which consists of three stanzas,are we ready?” Angela asked
“Yes” They responded together
“Ok,the first stanza goes like this” she said clearing her throat to sing “singing slowly,You are welcome to the perfect church,the perfect church where the perfect God is,we non dey lose ooo,we non dey fail oo,oh Bishop Michael, you are welcome,to the perfect church”
The members roared in joy as they clapped their hands together, cheering Angela for such a wonderful song accompanied by a melodious voice.
Angela smiled, overwhelmed with joy by such amount of love and clapped shown by her darling friends.
“Is ok,is ok” she said trying to calm them down. “We are here to learn and practice,so let’s get down to business”
A silence followed and everyone focused on her.
“So I will sing it again and then we sing it together slowly twice, after that,we will sing it one by one, Nobody is leaving anytime sooner from here, remember we have a big day ahead of us ok,so are we ready?” She asked again.
“Yes” They chorused even louder than before.
“Ok so this is it again” Angela replied and they listened as she sang the previous song over.
This time,they didn’t clap or shout but listened,the few fast learners,who has already learned from the first time,sang along in low tunes while others hummed along.
Some members,especially those who don’t have a retentive memory, quickly brought out their books and pens, writing down the lyrics to practice at home or work during their lesser times.
Within few minutes,everyone has already learned the first stanza and were singing together in wonderful voices,the guys weren’t left out as they sang in baritones and the instrumentalists joined adding sounds and flavors to the song.
Pastor Eric walked in and stood at the door as he watched them singing. He smiled brightly at them,so much enjoying every moment and he hummed along with them.
He moved closer to them and noticing his presence, they paused to greet him.
“Good day pastor Eric” They greeted together
“Good day children of God” he replied with a wide smile.”oh, you guys have such wonderful voices,I am truly impressed,I felt the presence of God in this place as I walked in. Oh! There is indeed fullest of joy in the presence of God”
“Yes oo” they replied
“Sister Angela” pastor Eric called turning to her
“Yes sir” she replied
“You know that I am always impress with your services in this church,and I believed that God is indeed impressed as well. We all are witnesses to the good work God has been using you to do in this church,Oh you are such a rare gem and may God bless and continue to use you always”
“Amen ooo” The members shouted
“Thank you sir” Angela replied with smiles over her face.
“I like that song very much, what is it about?” Pastor Eric asked
“Sir,it is a song dedicated to the servant of God, archbishop Michael,we will sing it to welcome him on that day” A member spoke from among them.
“Oh wow! That’s so interesting,is really a nice song, infact I want to learn it too” pastor Eric said drawing a chair to himself as he sat down
“Wow,wow,wow” the members scre-med in joy.
“Ok so we have a new member here now” Angela joked “we now have to be serious since Daddy is now in our midst,so we are going to start from the first stanza again so we can learn and also teach daddy,are we ready?”
“Ready ooo” the members along with pastor Eric shouted in joy.
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Location:Mr. Raymond’s house
In the night
Mrs. Ajah,wearing a white transparent night gown sat in front of the mirror in their bedroom ,using the makeup wipe to remove makeup from her face.The door of the bathroom opened and Mr. Raymond walked into the bedroom wearing a black boxers and a white towel hung around his neck. He moved to his bed and sat on it and looked at Mrs. Ajah who is fully focused on what she is doing.
“Hey you this woman” Mr. Raymond rudely called
Mrs. Ajah dropped the wipe and turned around to look at him.
She is already used to what he calls her when no one is around and she is tired of complaining because every complain ends with beating.
“So you can’t even say yes sir” He asked
“Am sorry,yes sir” she replied coldly
He hissed and continued with what he is saying
“I am sure that your lover of a pastor must have told you about the arrival of the archbishop tomorrow” He paused to look at her whether she is going to say something but she didn’t.
Mrs. Ajah who already knew that he is in for another trouble this night,kept quiet and listened to him.
Since the day she begged the pastor to help her talk to him,he concluded that they are having a relationsh¡p, that’s why pastor Eric is unmarried. It wasn’t his fault at all,is her legally married husband didn’t throw her out of the house,she won’t be in this type of bondage called relationsh¡p or Marriage whatsoever.
“Are you hearing me you stupid woman?” Mr. Raymond asked bringing her out of her thoughts.
Oh I am sorry” she apologized with fear,she prayed he doesn’t beat her tonight.
“You see what I am saying,I am wasting my time talking and you are there thinking about your useless lover,why do you like to provoke me every time?” he asked in annoyance
“I am sorry” she apologized
“Just shut up your trap when I am talking,I don’t blame you at all and that’s why I will continue to regret the day I met you, anyway as I was saying,the bishop will be coming tomorrow for the program on Sunday,”
Mrs. Ajah wondered why he was telling her when the announcement has been made in the church already.
As if reading her thought, …he replied
“I am telling you because I know you very well, you are a foolish woman and I will not condone any insolence from you. You better respect yourself and play along,I don’t care if you fake it or not. Just respect yourself and don’t ever make the mistake of exposing me or our secrets to him or anyone,if you do, just ask God for somewhere to rest in hell,am I understood?” He asked
“Yes sir”she answered
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you, goodnight” he said as he removed the towel from his neck and laid on the bed.
The tears dropped down Mrs. Ajah’s eyes
What did she do to deserve this?
TBC