At 10:38, JoJo's phone rang. He was trying so hard to remember each word of Proverbs 21:24.
I really don't need ANY Interruptions! JoJo thought.
After 4 rings, JoJo picked up the phone...
"Hello."
It was Samantha. "JoJo, you don't sound very good."
"Oh, hey Samantha. I'm fine." He was not going to add to her emotional burden this morning.
"I have some wonderful news! Oh, wait...Have you talked to your mother since last night?"
"No, I haven't talked to Mom. What's going on?"
"Momma got saved last night!!"
"Wow! Praise God!!! Tell me what happened!"
"We went in to the chapel to pray, right?"
"OK."
"Your momma asked my momma about her previous church experience, and it was bad! I didn't know about all this stuff."
"I'm sorry, Samantha."
"Well, it was bad, but God used it for good---kinda liked Joseph told his brothers when they were scared he was going to kill them."
"Oh, yea. What good happened?"
"Momma had things all mixed up about church, and I don't blame her the way she was treated because she was poor. It really helped me understand her and Aunt Trudy. Momma said that is when she started drinking a lot. If you can believe it, they even took me to the bar when I was 2 years-old!"
"Dang!"
"I know. Momma started crying. Then, all of the sudden, I felt God's power well up inside me. I told her Jesus was with us."
"Did she believe you?"
"She asked me how I knew. I told her---For the Bible tells me so!"
"What did she say?"
"Momma said, 'What must I do to be saved?' I had just been reading in Acts, and those were the exact words of the dude holding Paul and Silas in the jail."
"Wow! Did you look it up and read it to her?"
"No! God gave me the words! It was almost like he was flowing through me."
"Did your Mom listen?"
"To every word! When I got through, Mom told me she wanted Jesus to come into her heart."
"What did you say?"
"I asked her, 'Do you believe He is the Son of God? That He died on a cross for your sins, and was raised on the third day?'"
"Well..."
"Momma said, 'I do!' Your momma and me were praising the Lord! Then, my momma fell on her knees. She must have thanked Jesus 44 times! It was so cool! I am so happy, and tired!"
"Samantha, I am so happy for your momma and you! Listen, Dan's got me doing some stuff, can I call you back?"
"Well, Momma and me are taking shifts watching Aunt Trudy---oh, we're home now! Then, I'll crash. Would it be OK if I call you tomorrow?"
"Oh sure! Dan's got me running around anyways. I'll talk to you then."
After JoJo hung up the phone, he looked at the clock, it was 10:58! He had 19 minutes before Dan would call from work to hear his progress!
It's only 10 words! You can do this, JoJo!
Let's see: Mockers are proud and...
JoJo read the scripture again.
Mockers are proud and haughty. Yes! Half way there!
JoJo looked at the clock. 11:13! OH NO!!!!!!!
Mockers are proud and haughty; they act
JoJo was about to read the verse again, and the phone rang. He knew he had to pick it up: It was 11:17
Dan sounded cheerful, "How's the memory work going, Pal?"
"Uhh. Pretty Good."
About that time Alice came to JoJo's door.
Dan explained, "It's not that I don't trust you, but to make things fair, Alice will watch you say your verse from memory."
"Yessir."
Alice said, "I am ready when you are, JoJo."
"YesMam. Proverbs 21:24 Mockers are proud and haughty, they act......um um"
Dan had explained the details to Alice before he went to work.
"Got 7 right, JoJo. Do you know how many total words there are?"
"Yessir 10."
"10 minus 7 would be?"
"3 miles."
"You are correct, That ends Round One of Fun. Mom will watch you run the mile track by the pond."
"Alice, after 3 times, call me. We'll have Round 2 of Fun."
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