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Paige was so excited to be with her best cousin, Michelle, that she forgot Aunt Wanda didn't keep cereal and milk for the kids to eat breakfast before church. She also forgot that the house her cousins lived in did not have air conditioning so that it was hard for her to sleep with only one window fan. At least the scary men did not come when she was in the huge room that her 4 female cousins shared so that was a good thing.
The next morning as the 4 girls rushed around to get ready for church paige asked Michelle if there was anything to eat, and Michelle replied "they will give us candy on the church bus" with a sad look in her eyes that said "Momma didn't buy any groceries". At 6 years old, paige didn't understand why Aunt Wanda didn't buy groceries, but she loved Michelle so much that she just shrugged it off.
They bus finally pulled into the church with the sign that read "Ramseur Baptist Church". It turns out that the kids have to go to sunday school before church, and then there was the church sermon to go before they could have some candy. Time seemed to be dragging before sunday school even began.
Finally, sunday school started as the children were set in a semi circle of small plastic chairs with metal legs as seen in many schools around a chair on which the sunday school teacher sat. Paige was glad that it finally started because she wanted her candy as her tummy was hurting. The nice and pretty sunday school teacher who seemed to know what she was talking said something that caused the 6-year-old paige very deep fear for years to come so that she forgot all about her tummy ache.
The seemingly nice adult said "Catholics go to hell because they worship Mary and statues". Paige knew that Daddy would "whip her ass" if she did not respect adults so she thought that meant that adults always tell the truth. Inside, every bit of this lil' blonde curly top's being cringed in fear because she was Catholic. Not only was she Catholic, but her beloved Momma, Nana, and Grandmommy were Catholic too. Oh no! Paige thought that only her Daddy would be spared from God's judgement because he wasn't Catholic. Cindy, Michelle's older sister, had already told paige about hell so she knew that it meant those who God judged as wicked would burn for an eternity in the lake of fire.
For the rest of the time that sunday school lasted paige could not concentrate on what the woman said because she was plagued by eerily echoing thoughts of how painful it must be to suffer in hell for eternity because she was Catholic.
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For the rest of the time that sunday school lasted paige could not concentrate on what the woman said because she was plagued by eerily echoing thoughts of how painful it must be to suffer in hell for eternity because she was Catholic.
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Finally, it was time to leave that room that started out so nice and cheery and ended up being a place of sheer childhood terror. Paige cheered up a little bit as the single file of young children filed off to the chapel for church time because it was closer to time to get that candy.
The congregation finally settled down and the singing began. Paige liked the singing because they sang out "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world" which made her think that maybe Jesus would love her even if she was Catholic so she could be spared the hell fire. Unfortunately, she realized that her Nana, Grandmommy, and Mommy weren't children so they may still have to endure suffering for an eternity.
Once the singing ended and the congregation sat down the nicely dressed preacher man began speaking in a booming voice. At one point he preacher man told the listening congregation about the "hell-fire and brimstone that burns you forever". The body tightening fear that paige was already experiencing grew so fast that her stomach began to cramp and she was reminded of her belly ache as it greatly increased.
This experience echoed through the poor little girls' heart, soul, and mind for many years to come until she learned that some grown ups not only lie, but they also carelessly harm children because they are not very smart. You know what? That little bit of candy wasn't even worth the terror that poor child endured, and it did not make her tummy feel any better at all.
My blogs "
When Children are Afraid to be Alone with a Bit on Protecting Your Childe" @ http://citedinfo.blogspot.com/2017/06/when-children-are-afraid-to-be-alone.html , and "Signs of Astral Attack and a Goode Light Cleasnsing Method" @ http://citedinfo.blogspot.com/2017/06/signs-of-astral-attack-and-goode-light.html Have some information to help kids with problems that are not is psychology books or spiritual sites.
Thank and Blessed Be )O(
paige
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