Roy Le Grange

Write the events of 'Faith' from Roy Le Grange's point of view. 

Things have changed. It all started just over a week ago. 

A young man and his brother came to my church ten days ago. The boy who was to be healed, Dean, didn’t have faith enough to believe that his dying day could be postponed, but his brother did. There was something in those boys’ hearts that was different than the rest of the congregation, hence the reason it was revealed to me that he should be healed. He had an important work to do and I hope that I gave him the chance to complete it. 

I healed one more person after that, an elderly man suffering from lung cancer. He had only a few weeks left to live, but I managed to prevent that. After that, I was unable to heal any longer.

I didn’t know what had caused it. I assumed that I had been blessed and chosen after having lost my sight, but now I’m not so sure. My faith was shaken incredibly.

This gift was one that many people depended on. They needed me to heal their fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters. My ability to do so is now gone and many of my brothers and sisters feel as though they are forsaken. Why could others be healed when they can’t? They came to me for answers, but I have none. I only pray that all will be revealed to me someday.

My dear wife, Sue-Ann, passed away from a stroke a week ago while I was completing my final healing session. I won’t ever be able to describe the empty pain that I’m feeling even at this moment. It’s almost too much, but someone has saved me.

The young woman I was healing at the time is one of great faith. She would come to all of my healing sessions and wait patiently for the day that she would be chosen. When she finally was, I could only disappoint her and her eager mother. They were both heartbroken.

But still Layla came to me early this morning to comfort me. She told me that she would continue praying for me, that I may be able get through this hard time. That was when my faith was restored. If this girl that I had failed, a girl that was going to die, could believe there was a God, I could too.