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up her water to finish it off as she thought for an answer. “I didn’t think about anyone looking out of the windows instead of being attentive to the service.”
    Ella took this good naturedly and she was aware that Treasure also got out of giving an answer by her comeback. Oh well, Ella shrugged, there was truth in that, people should be more attentive to the preaching. Perhaps Treasure would come in time; it was no good raving on about it.
    Treasure recalled something. “I finally wrote that letter to Uncle and posted it. I remembered to tell him to take care of what he says on the telephone, should he ring.” Raising her arms and looping her fingers together behind her head, Treasure leaned back and then continued in a different direction. “I’ve been puzzled at something Mr. Latham said to me before he went to Melbourne.” Ella said nothing, just sat waiting and listened.
    â€œHe told me to be thankful for the gifts God has given me. Not to think about the past but to look forward to joy.” She was trying to remember the rest of it. “Oh yes! He also said to pray for understanding, forgiveness and love. Do you have any idea what he was talking about?”
    Ella clapped her hands smiling at her friend as if she shared a secret. “It sounds like your Mr Latham is a Christian,” she stated at last. “The Bible tells to us to forgive others – in the same way that we want them and our Maker, to forgive us. When we hold grudges we can cause a Root of Bitterness to grow inside which in turn causes physical and mental illnesses. We don’t always know the reason why people do what they do, so we are to love them anyway. Would you like me to pray about all this for you?”
    Ella waited, she knew that Treasure didn’t quite understand all of this, but it was a step in the right direction and Ella wanted to help her friend take it.
    Treasure let her arms drop back down to her sides. “I suppose you could. I mean, I would be thankful if you did, because I don’t know how to.” She considered Ella would do this on her knees in the privacy of her room that night. Wasn’t that the way people prayed? Instead Ella gathered both of her friend’s hands in hers and closing her eyes, bowed her head. Bewildered Treasure watched with her eyes open.
    â€œDear heavenly Father,” Ella spoke softly. “Sometimes I don’t know quite how to pray, so I call on the Holy Spirit to place the right words into my mouth.”
    Treasure closed her eyes, afraid of being irreverent, and listened to Ella’s words.
    â€œLord, much has happened to us, and you know about all of that. Treasure has been given one surprise following another and sometimes when this happens, it gets beyond our human understanding. But you have a plan for both of us and especially for Treasure as she doesn’t know you properly yet. Give her an open heart to accept the things she can’t understand. And also, help her to forgive anyone she hasn’t yet. Please show her why we don’t always get our answers at once, but in your right time. And give her your comfort and peace in all of this. In Jesus’s name, amen.”
    The two sat peacefully in the aftermath. There was something here that made Treasure feel safe, and yet she couldn’t put words to it. “Thank you Ella. Somehow I know God heard what you said and was in agreement. I have never realized that praying is just uttering your feelings. You spoke like you knew God could hear you. This is the first time you have done this with me, and I am very thankful. Perhaps I can talk to God in this way and he will hear me also.”
    Ella assured her he would. “There is nothing that can separate any of us, from the love of God. You can talk to him in your mind as you work, you can talk to him aloud, you can be under the ground in a hole, or on top of a mountain. God made all of this.” She