As stated in the previous post, the conversions of the wives of the members of the prodigal band begins in Chapter Ten of The Prodigal Band with Morwenna, formerly a Godly spirit being, now human, influencing the women to accept Christ. This begins with singer Erik’s wife, Ger, who had hired Morwenna as her personal assistant. While Erik (as well as the rest of the band) was away meeting with a former roadie who composed a song for the band to perform, Morwenna is meeting with Ger after she and the rest of the band’s women had met in the atrium of Ger’s estate, as posted in the previous post, Part Two. The snippet related to this is below:
That night at the Manning residence, in the atrium
“But it can’t be simply that you believe in Jesus Christ, Morwenna,” Ger implored to the personal assistant that sat across from her where Laurie had sat a few hours before. “Anyone can say they believe in Christ.”
Morwenna, who supported the open Bible in her lap to John 3:16, replied, “No, you can’t simply say you believe, you’re right. You really have to believe it in your heart.”
“But you also said you have to repent.” Ger cocker her head and sighed. “I’m afraid I have too bloody much to repent for.” She bore a tired look of resignation.
“To repent, Ger, is to have a change of heart. It means to try as hard as you can to stop doing what you have to repent for. It basically means changing the things in your life that make you do things that you’ll have to repent later. And then you have to ask forgiveness, feeling in your heart that you don’t want to do those things anymore.”
She brightened. “I’ve already stopped doing some of the things I used to do. It was my vanity that made me do things that made me get throat cancer.” Picked at a loose thread in her chair. “I stopped seeing other men. I’ve stopped being so worried about how I look. I’ve stopped being so concerned about material possessions. But I guess I could do better.” Tried to cut the loose thread with her hands. “But I certainly don’t want to lose it all.”
The former model did break the thread but in the process it cut into her palm. “Bloody hell, stupid thread.” Showed the cut to Morwenna. “No big deal.”
“Let me look at it.” Morwenna sat beside her and ran her finger around the cut. “It’ll be okay, Ger.”
“Well, yeh.”
“But the thing is, about believing, it simply is that you have to believe, with your heart, mind and soul, in Jesus. It sounds hard but it’s simple, and it’s personal.”
“A personal relationship?” Ger laughed softly. “Yeh, I’ve heard that phrase on TV. Heard a TV preacher once.”
“TV preachers are okay to a point but mostly they just want your money. A relationship has nothing to do with other preachers. It is your ability to talk to Him in your heart and with your mouth.”
“Praying?”
“Yes, praying, but you can talk to Him in your mind and heart anytime.”
Puzzled. “But I’m not a believer. Why should He listen to me?”
Morwenna slapped her Bible. “Aha! You are precisely the kind of people He listens to!”
“But—”
“He wouldn’t be much good if all He did was listen to the righteous. Why? Because He died, gave His blood to atone for sins for all time. In other words, He died for the sinner, because otherwise what was the point of His death and resurrection? You are precisely the kind of person He exists for, the reason for His existence, the reason God sent Him. So, yes, He will listen to you.”
Having been looking eye to eye with Morwenna, Ger wept uncontrollably as the words stabbed her heart, and there were no more excuses.
Morwenna looked on, sensing Ger was experiencing a change of heart, as if the torrent of tears were washing her soul. She saw the tissue box, grabbed it, and then handed Ger a tissue.
Ger covered her face with it, all the while mumbling inaudible words. A few minutes later she stopped crying and wiped the rest of her tears.
“What were you saying, Ger?”
Still weepy-sounding, she answered, “I was asking Jesus to forgive my sins. And somehow, though I’ve never really believed all that before, I know what you say is true. All that ‘mission of God’ stuff. Erik didn’t just make all that up.”
Morwenna handed Ger the Bible. “I need to go to bed. Will you be okay?”
The brunette cradled the book. “Yeh, I’m fine.” Smile. “Good night.”
Ger put the Bible on her desk in her office.
A short time later, Erik walked into the atrium on the way to the bedroom.
When Ger, still sitting on the couch, saw him, she asked, “Hi. How’d it go?”
“Fine.” He sat next to her. “We got the song.”
“Great.” She kissed him. “Are you a Christian yet?” Broad smile as she looked at him, waiting for his reply.
He gazed at her, smirking. “No.” Continued to smirk at her. You’re joking, right?
“Well,” she said with sudden assurance, “that’s too bad, ‘cos I think I am.”
She immediately sprang off the couch and went to bed.
Erik rolled his eyes as he smirked a scoff in her direction. Right, real church lady, eh? Too bad a TV show’s already done that one!
The next post, Part Four, continues with the women considering accepting Christ, with the next snippets following this one. While it is not clear that the women featured in these next snippets have accepted Christ, it is clear they believe their men ought to do so. I am combining the two snippets into the next post because they are short.
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