• Stories

    Finding God in the House 2

    I noticed a note stuck to a picture sitting on the table near me. Drawn to it, I plucked the small paper from the frame and raised it to my eyes. There were only two hand-written words on it. I read them to myself, in a whisper: "Trust me."

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    Adopted boy gives up his bundle

    brown brick castle under cloudy sky

    It was a huge mansion. I had been an orphan, and the King who owned this place had just adopted me. “You won’t need that here,” the kind man said to me, offering his hand to take my rag-bundle. But I was unwilling to give it up, and I clutched…