THE DEMONIC BOOK

ONIC BO

check on my wife. She had regained some strength but the doctors said she would spend more time in the hospital so they'd monitor her health. I went home afterwards. Right at home, Komi was waiting for me with an angry face. Then I discovered that I wasn't afraid of facing him like I used to be. No wonder 1 John 4 : 4 says that he that is in me is greater than he that is in the world. Komi said that the elders warned that if I try what did that day again, they would destroy everyone I cared about. He also said that if I didn't choose my sacrifice before the end of the forty eight hours, they'd take both my wife and my son. He was very angry while he issued these warnings. But the courage and boldness I acquired didn't let me fret like I used to. I boldly maintained my stand. I told him to tell the elders that I no longer want there wealth. I told them to take their wealth and leave my family alone. Komi became angrier. His eyes turned blood red and his face became black. He growled like an animal and made towards me. I became scared. I clutched my hands over my head, closed my eyes and waited for the worse to happen. But when I opened my eyes moments later, Komi was gone. That night, I prayed. I read the Bible while I prayed. That was something I hadn't done in years. But that night, I prayed and read the scripture like my life depended on it. Of course, it did. When I woke the next morning, I found the book at the entrance of my room. It was not open neither was it glowing. It was just there. I ignored it and left the house. I first went to check on my wife at the hospital. That was the day the forty eight hours would elapse and I needed to secure my salvation or my wife and son would be taken. At mid-morning, I left for the blessed sacrament. Getting there was not easy. At a point, I couldn't remember the road to the church. It took the grace of God for me to get to there. When I got there, there were few people but most of them left later. Among them was the boy I met the previous day. He was reading a prayer book. I went to the fore front and knelt down. I knelt for almost an hour without saying anything. I didn't know what to say. My mind was fighting itself. Then the boy came to me again and said "pray, make a covenant with him". He left immediately. I started praying. I started slowly but in a flash, the tempo became so high. I told God that my family would be no more if he doesn't intervene. I begged him to punish me instead and spare my innocent wife and son. I cried while I prayed. I reminded Him that he is the almighty God and nothing happens without his approval. I begged that it may not please him that my family would die. Then, the words of the boy came to my mind