Pastor Notices Boy Who Is a Carbon Copy of Him at a Church Service and Follows Him — Story of the Day
James Peterson was an example of kindness and righteousness for church visitors. He often preached about forgiveness and honesty. He was the ideal pastor, father, and husband, but parishioners knew nothing about his past.
James Peterson was conducting a Sunday morning church service. As the congregation’s pastor, it was his job to lead the parishioners in prayer and preach the day’s sermon. He stood up and walked to the stage at the end of the worship to begin the prayer. But when he looked up, he noticed a young boy in the crowd who looked exactly like he did.
While staring at the boy who was looking back at him, he asked another church leader to lead the prayer. He suddenly rushed off the stairs heading towards the boy. But as soon as he saw this, the boy darted into the crowd and ran out of the church. James looked for him everywhere on the church premises but couldn’t find him.
A pastor’s life was turned upside down when he saw a familiar face in the middle of a church crowd. | Source: Shutterstock
James’ wife, Miranda, asked him why he decided to run off the stage at the end of the service. “You’ve never done that before; people were surprised,” she said.
“It was nothing, I thought I saw someone I recognized, but I was wrong,” he replied.
Thinking nothing of the incident, Miranda prepared dinner, and everyone went to bed. While asleep, James was woken up by his doorbell ringing. Worried that it might be one of his parishioners in trouble, he rushed to the door.
As soon as he opened it, he saw the boy in the church service earlier that day. “Hi, I’m Bobby, your brother’s son,” he said. “I know you probably don’t want to see me, but I just have a few things to tell you, then I’ll be on my way.”
James was in bed when he heard the doorbell ring | Source: Cottonbro/Pexels
James was shocked; he had no idea that his estranged brother had a son. Before responding, Miranda rushed down the stairs to ask what was happening. She saw the boy standing at the door and asked him to come inside. She prepared tea for everyone and asked Bobby how she could help.
“Miranda, I have something to tell you,” he said. He told her about...