Loving a Believer

Chapter 11: A Miracle That Happens

F A R A

It was already midnight but Storm stayed in my room just to talk. I let him do all the talking while I listened, and sometimes, I answered when he asked me something.

"...I do believe in miracles," he said.

I couldn't describe my feeling knowing that he was lying beside me while his arm was beneath my head as a pillow. I couldn't believe it was happening now. I'd just dreamed of it before.

"Do you believe?" he asked me.

I shook my head.

He sighed. "I've seen and witnessed a lot of miracles with my two eyes."

"Really?" I whispered.

Napakunot noo ako at tiningala ko siya ngunit mabilis din akong napaiwas ng tingin nang magtama ang mata namin. I lowered my gaze and stared at his chest. I caught on his manly scent, which was very familiar to me.

"H-how come?" naiilang na tanong ko dahil medyo na-awkward-an ako sa position namin.

"I've become an instrument to heal sick people. Do you still remember when I told you that God used me mightily before?"

"Hmm..." I thought for a moment before nodding.

"That time, it felt like I was a doctor spiritually, though I knew that it wasn't me who healed people but God. But it was a great privilege for me to visit a lot places to become an instrument of God to pray for many sick people. And in Jesus name, they got healed."

"Does God heal hearts and lives too?" I asked in a low voice, raising my eyebrow. This topic really caught my curiosity.

"Absolutely, yes. I, myself, experienced it."

"About what you've said yesterday... That you can no longer understand your life..."

Hindi siya kaagad nakasagot sa tanong ko, at tila napaisip nang malalim. Hanggang sa narinig ko ang pagbuntonghininga niya.

"I fell..." he almost whispered. "I turned away from the Life. That's why I could no longer understand it."

Hinayaan ko lamang siyang magsalita dahil hindi ko maintindihan ang gusto niyang sabihin.

"And that life is Jesus himself. He is the life... but I turned away from Him," he clarified. "You know how much I love God, Fara."

"Yeah," pagsang-ayon ko sa sinabi niya. I had seen his life with his God. I witnessed how beautiful it was.

"But a love in emotion and words are not enough. What God wants is a love in action - with obedience. I know Him. I know Him well. But I don't know why I came to the point that I turned away from Him."

I tried to figure what he wanted to say. It was confusing but he didn't talk again. Nang-angat ako ng tingin sa kaniya at nakita ko ang lungkot sa mga mata niya. Saglit kong nakalimutan ang kalungkutan sa buhay ko at napalitan ng pakikiramay sa nararamdaman niya.

He caught me staring but I didn't look away this time. I didn't expect it when he hugged me, causing my heartbeat to race.

"We need to sleep now." His warm breath touch my ear and brought a tingling feeling to me.

"O-okay."

Didn't he notice that I did not take my sleeping pill?

"You should take your sleeping pill next time."

My eyes widened. D*mn, he's really smart, I thought.

"Storm, don't leave," I said and hugged him back. I inhaled his scent and exhaled softly. He really smelled so good.