Letters from Heaven Episode 1 – The Burden of Silence
Letters from Heaven Episode 1 – The Burden of Silence David Adewale was thirty-five, but life had aged him into someone closer to fifty. His eyes carried shadows of sleepless nights, his shoulders bent beneath weights no one could see. For years, he had been the faithful Christian—first in church, last to leave. He tithed faithfully, volunteered in youth outreach, even joined the dawn prayer watch. When storms came, he doubled his prayers. When storms stayed, he tripled them. Yet the heavens often felt like brass. Bills piled up like enemies on every side. His business had collapsed during the last economic downturn, and every attempt to rebuild seemed cursed from the start. His younger sister, whom he helped through school, no longer spoke to him after a heated argument about money. Friends had moved on to better jobs, better homes, better lives. David remained in the same cramped apartment with peeling paint and a roof that leaked in three corners. Still, he prayed. He f...