by Isaac Alamantus

Created on: August 14, 2008

"Second Chance"

One day in Heaven, God was giving each of his angels their assignments for the day. This was a serious time for the angels, one of the only times when they were not rejoicing and singing to God. All was quiet throughout heaven and all of the angels were focused.

God had finished giving the praise angels their assignments, and he was moving on to the warriors. Malia was a new recruit in God's army and this was his first day, and, naturally, he was nervous. Malia was in the 7th division, which was, obviously, the seventh to be given orders.

"Okay, everybody, here is what I want you to do" God started. Malia was so nervous that it seemed that 6 long years had gone by before God had gotten to his division.

"Now, for all of you, I need you to protect the small church on 67th and Maple Street. As most of you know, they are having their annual Easter meeting and I don't want any interference from demonic powers. Make sure that the meeting runs smoothly with no interruptions. You have your orders, so get going."

"Phew!" thought Malia, "For a second there, I almost thought we were going to get a tough assignment!"

"All except for you, Malia," God finished. Malia's heart leaped into his throat when he heard his name said by God. "I have a special assignment for you. Do not worry, it should not be something to fret about and it is somewhat connected with the rest of your division's assignment." Malia listened, hoping God would just tell him the assignment.

"I need you to protect the church's main pastor from demonic attacks until the meeting. He has had a problem with drunkenness for several weeks now. Nobody in the church knows about his problem, not even his wife. I need you to stop him from going out with his friends' until the meeting. I want you to get rid of the demon attacking him and I want you to put it on his heart to tell his wife and pray about it. Do you understand?"

Malia stared at the ground trying not to show that he was nervous. All he could get out in response was a stuttered "Yes".

God smiled at him and said, "There is no need to worry. Drunkenness is not a difficult demon to banish. You will do fine."

Malia looked up and said, "Thanks."

With that, Malia took to the skies to go and be with the main pastor of the small church. He reached him and reassured himself, "Everything is okay. You are going to do just fine. Stop worrying."

That night, the demon, Drunkenness, came out of the shadows and started to fly slowly toward the pastor. The pastor met

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