#803 Which Reminded Her, Later- Jon McGregor
Six years ago a young woman came to the church and needed help. Michael, as the vicar, often helped people like this. They were given food, maybe a little money and went on their way. This time, Michael invited this woman to come stay in a spare bedroom in his house, the Vicarage. He thought it his duty to do what he could.
“What does faith mean, if we don’t do these things for even the least among us?”
His wife Catherine was taken aback by her presence. It’s not that she didn’t believe in helping people, it’s that she wasn’t asked by her husband if this woman could stay in their house. The woman was quiet and kept to herself, but Catherine saw her as secretive and ungrateful. This was a test of her faith, not in the church but in her marriage.
“These were all good things to care about, to spend every waking moment worrying about. But she was tired of it now. She was tired of being towed along while he did these things.”
She married Michael, not the church, and she felt dragged around by his job and the faith. It was something she was not a part of. Years later, this incident still stuck in her craw.
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