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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Control (01/30/06)
Friends That Control

Ringgg, ringggggg, ringgggg. Trudy could hear the phone ringing as she put her books down on the porch steps. She fumbled in her coat pocket to get her key to unlock the front door. “Oh, I hope it doesn’t stop before I get to it,” thought Trudy. It really bugged her when they hung up before she was able to answer.

Trudy ran to the living room and snatched up the receiver. “Where were you? Said Angie, before Trudy could even say hello.

“I just got home from school, you know that. It takes me ten minutes to get here. What’s up anyway?”

“Well, I just wanted to know if it is true that you are going over to Margot’s house tonight to do homework with her.”

Trudy wondered how Angie had heard about it. “Yeah, I am,” said Trudy. Why?”

“Welll…I don’t like Margot!. She lives in that ugly green house on Market Street. I just wanted to let you know if you hang out with her you aren’t my friend anymore. I thought I was your best friend.”

“You are,“ said Trudy. “ But, I like Margot too,“

“Just remember what I said,” answered Angie. “I mean it!. If you go, I won’t speak to you again.“

“Ok,” said Trudy, “I won’t go. I’ll call her after dinner and tell her my mom won’t let me go.“

“Good,“ said Angie. “I’ll call you later.“

While Trudy was setting the table for dinner, a verse, that she had heard the youth pastor quote Sunday night, kept running through her mind. It was Ephesians 5:18 (KJV) “And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit.” He told us that verse meant that we shouldn’t let anything or anyone control us besides the Holy Spirit. If we did it was sin. Trudy couldn’t get it out of her mind that she was letting Angie control her, instead of the Holy Spirit. What should she do? She knew if she went to Margot’s house Angie would get mad, but she knew if she let Angie control her she was sinning.

Trudy went to answer the phone and heard Margot’s voice say, “Hello,. Trudy, are you coming to my house tonight?”

There was silence for a few seconds before Trudy answered Margot and said in a strong, clear voice, “Yes, I sure am!” When she hung up from talking to Margot, she called Angie and told her that she was going to Margot’s house and was sorry if Angie got angry, but she wouldn’t be controlled by her as to whom she was friends with. After talking to Angie, Trudy bowed her head and thanked God for His guidance in her life and asked Him to help Angie walk closer to Him..
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Jan Ackerson
02/07/06
A sweet story that might work for a young teen Sunday School lesson. I think you can eliminate the Rrrrring-ing at the beginning and just start with the first sentence. Keep up the good work!
terri tiffany
02/09/06
Very nice story. It was a good way to present the topic.
Georgiana Daniels
02/09/06
What a neat way to present "control," I hadn't even thought of it that way. Good use of Scripture too. One suggestion: write the dialogue a bit more casually. For example, use "it's" instead of "it is." Try reading the dialogue portions out loud, then you can see where to make the changes. Your story points out how many kids interact with one another these days, and I can only pray that my children will make the same decision as your protag.
Nina Phillips
02/09/06
I agree, this has a good message for teens as well as some that hasn't grown out of it yet! I was a little bit confused at the last paragraph, during the phone conversation with Angie. I think if you made that a bit clearer, it would be just right.
For instance: she was going to Margot’s house and was sorry if Angie got angry

You may have said, "I am going to Margot's house and I am sorry if you get angry
or
she was going to Margot's house and was sorry if she got angry

God bless ya, keep writing! littlelight