The Path of the Wind Page #6

You caught me off-guard.

Is that what it was?

Kinda like I just

did to you.

I'm gonna do you

a favor, Vince.

I'm gonna save you

from a lot of pain.

Katie's gone.

She walked out.

Well, this is

embarrassing, then.

I'll tell you what,

why don't we just

call this... payback?

I'm gonna give you one more

chance to get out of my house!

Do you know who

you're talking to?

I don't know, but I know

I'm not talking to you.

I'm sorry, you haven't

met George.

George have you

ever been in prison?

I'm not that stupid.

Where you been?

I'm leaving, Eric.

Leaving? Leaving what?

This town! This life!

You!

Is this about Lee

getting you fired?

Look, I can talk to Joe

and get your job back.

I don't want my

job back, Eric.

I want out of here.

So, what, you're just gonna

pack up and leave and go where?

California.

You can't even read a map

and you're gonna move to L.A.?

What did your mom say?

She gave me a thousand

dollars to get away from you.

What about us?

We were over months ago.

I should have

broken up with you then.

No! No! No!

No! No! No!

This all started

when you met Lee.

Eric, this has nothing

to do with Lee.

I've outgrown you.

You play video games

and watch TV, that's it.

So, now I'm a loser?

No, I've just

finally had enough.

You'll be back!

You always come back.

What are you doing here?

I'm worried about you, Lee.

You don't show up for work.

You don't call.

Nobody has seen you.

What are you doing?

I don't know.

I'm sorry Katie

broke up with you.

I know you love her.

I know you don't

need this job.

You certainly don't need

the money I'm paying you.

But, I thought

we were friends.

I thought if you needed

to you knew you could talk to me.

Hey, I have no idea

what it's like

to have spent ten years

in prison.

And I can't imagine

what it must feel like

to have caused

somebody's death.

But when you came into my store

and we spoke for the first time,

I saw this need you had

to prove yourself, remember?

Remember?

Yeah.

You made it through these ten

years, Lee, and you're home now.

You can get through

this too.

I'm looking

for Lee Ferguson.

You found him.

My name is Harry.

I wonder if I could

have a word...

Listen, if you're here

trying to sell something,

I don't have the time...

Son, I'm not

selling anything.

I just need

to talk to you.

I knew your grandfather.

You know my grandfather?

I did.

Please come in.

Thank you.

What a beautiful home.

I don't know if

you know this,

but my grandfather

passed away six months ago.

I'm sorry.

He was a good man.

So, how did you know him?

We corresponded

a time or two.

What about?

Two old men.

Can I get you anything?

Could I get a

glass of water?

Sure, would you

like to have a seat?

Thank you.

I'll be right back.

Who are you?

Well, like I told

you my name is Harry.

I know your

name is Harry.

I'm asking you who you are and

why you've been following me?

My name is

Harry Caldwell.

Tom Caldwell was my kid.

Do you remember

writing that?

I loved my son and you

killed him and I hated you.

You know, it's a funny thing, I

can't even picture him anymore

without the help

of a photograph.

That's a hell of a thing for a

father to have to say, isn't it?

I didn't mean to kill

your son that night.

It was an accident.

I know.

I just wanted...

I know.

You're not a killer.

The guy that wrote that

letter is not a killer.

You were just a dumb kid.

You made a dumb choice and

it turned out horrible.

And I hated you.

You know, that hate cost me my

wife, my business, my career.

And it, ah...

well, it damn-near killed me.

With the help of that

letter and this book,

I've been able

to get to this point.

Did you ever

read the Bible?

No.

I thought, maybe, you

would have read the Bible.

Well, I've read it.

And son with the help

of your letter and that book,

I've been able

to get myself here

and look you in the eye and

say to you... I forgive you.

You may want to take

a look at this sometime.

There are things in there

you might find interesting.

Take care

of yourself kid.

You know, nobody lives

forever, everybody dies.

And you'd like

to think you'd leave

some sort

of a legacy behind.

Well, Lee, what I leave

to you young man,

is the knowledge

that I forgive you.

And perhaps the day will

come when you'll realize

that a Father can forgive

anybody of anything.

Look after yourself!

Hello?

Wait I can't hear...

What?

Okay! Okay!

It's at times like these

that it generally falls

to a religious professional

like myself

to make sense

of evil acts.

To give an explanation as to how

a good God can allow such pain.

I can't tell you why God

allowed this particular evil.

He doesn't give us

all the answers.

What I can tell you is

that the presence of evil

does not negate the

existence of a loving God.

He asks us to trust him,

to have faith.

In this book

he has proven that he is

faithful and trustworthy.

In times of great

pain, like this,

some may simply reject

the idea of a loving God

who's in control.

By rejecting God, we haven't

solved the question of pain.

When we experience pain,

we should call out to Him.

He longs to comfort us.

You see our God knows all

about pain and suffering,

for he is a God who hung beaten

and bloodied on a Roman cross.

As I sat

listening that morning,

I remember questioning the

very foundation of my faith.

I ended a relationship

with a man I loved

for reasons I

thought were right,

and then,

I lost him forever.

I hope someday to comes

to terms with that.

I recall a verse

in the Bible that says,

just as you do not know

the path of the wind,

so you cannot understand

the ways of God.

I guess He wouldn't be God

if we could understand

His every move.

And I guess it wouldn't

be called faith

if we had all the answers.

Now I must learn to trust.

So, I'll continue

on this journey.

I am hurting and

I still get angry.

I don't pretend to know

why this had to be.

But I do know that my

answers will not be found

in running from God,

but in running to Him.

And in Him

I have faith.

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