The Betrayed, His Worshippers, and Other Logical Contradictions

By Albert Oon

God helps those who suffer. He punishes the wicked, is reasonable, frees the ignorant with truth, and brings joy to downtrodden hearts, but these don't seem to be the case in the short stories in this collection, however, they are true in the same stories. Through trials, the characters of these stories will see the wisdom of God in these apparent contradictions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Oon
• Release date: Jun 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215555484

Albert Oon

A Catholic, self-published writer who writes for fun and to help others out. I write in the genres of horror, fantasy, romance, and sci-fi. I hope to be a successful writer who will be successful by helping you through life and possibly even help save your soul by leading you to God.

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The Betrayed, His Worshippers, and Other Logical Contradictions

Copyright 2023 Albert Oon

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Cover remade by @An_dres_art (on Twitter).

The original cover made for this story by Albert Oon.

The draft cover made for this story by Albert Oon.

Chapter 1 – Foolish Wisdom

Micah is one of the few God-fearing men in his village and everyone knows him. He wears a cross necklace and works at the village church as a groundskeeper. Sometimes, he’ll stop what he’s doing to say a prayer to ask God for help even if he’s outside where everyone can see him. People think he is foolish for clinging to a faith that doesn’t enrich him nor is the popular belief. Even so, he does have admirers that leave him alone and think that he is a good honest man who just wants to live a simple life with simple beliefs.

Please let them see that all my hard work is worth it, Micah prays.

Some people overhear his prayer and are curious to see if it is answered. During the next day, a heavy rainstorm comes and completely wrecks the garden that circles the church and damages the building. The storm doesn’t stop until the middle of the afternoon allowing everyone to come outside and see what happened.

He prayed and this is how he was answered. Years of hard work are gone in an instant and months of hard work are given instead, one person who sees the mess says.

What did you expect? Micah threw trash against the church years ago and made a similar mess back then. He’s gotten what he deserves, another responds.

Despite the mess, Micah swallows his anger and gets to work cleaning it up and doesn’t get done until twelve at night. His critics that live nearby stay up to see if Micah will curse God or finally quit his job.

Again, he prays in public,