Matthew Grady Loves His Enemy

Preacher Matthew Grady could feel the people of Los Ebanos watching him. “Father Costa hates you because people leave his church to listen to what you say about God,” Matthew’s friend Juan said. “Father Costa says he will chase you out of town.”
“I will love everybody,” Matthew Grady said. “Even though Father Costa does not preach the truth, I will love him. I will pray that he will change his mind.”
Matthew asked God to take care of him, and he kept on showing his love for the angry priest in any way he could. But it seemed that the more Matthew loved Father Costa, the more Father Costa hated Matthew.
Then came the night of the big storm, and God answered Matthew’s prayers in a dramatic, unexpected way.