A Journey by Chance by Sally John

Author:Sally John
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736920919
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.

“Where does your journey lead from here? I have but one request of you dear: that, your hand in mine, I’ll walk alongside ’til life’s journey is complete.”

Brady hadn’t forgotten the words. He just refused to say them out loud. Even now as he watched her go, he struggled against them as they reverberated in his mind.

More devastating was that uneven gait of hers that tugged at his heart.

Lord, this can’t be from You. I don’t want this! I am doing just fine. We are doing just fine, You and me. Working, minding my own business, helping out in the community, singing at church.

What is this?! It was a cry that pounded in his throat.

She was at the corner of the park now, under the street lamp, stepping down from the curb.

He had avoided her, hung close to others, but still she came to him, that smile lighting up her face, excited about news, wanting to tell him, eager to know where God fit in.

And he had snubbed her.

I have neither the time nor the energy for this! He continued the argument with himself and with his God.

He had watched her before the concert. He should have gone over to meet her mother. A rational, polite human being would have done that. He even chose to ignore Lottie, a dear old friend.

When they left, Gina sat alone, her face a mask. And then that song had started. The old tune caught his attention. Where does your journey lead from here, Angelina Philips?

He owed her that much, to ask her what her news was, to listen to her plans, to pray for her. Guilt flooded him for snubbing her tonight, for not calling her all week. Before he could talk himself out of it, he slipped to her side, pulled her from the bench.

“Down roads unseen, midst stars flung wide?”

The damage had been done. She was stiff in his arms, her voice cold.

Now, down the street, she disappeared from view, swallowed in the darkness.

“I have but one request of you, dear.”

No, I have several. He hurled his staccato thoughts against the music. That you go back to California immediately. That you never again turn your beautiful smile in my direction. That you ask someone else about your newfound faith. That you take your endearing mixture of vulnerability and independence and just let me be!

Would he always regret not going after her?

“Counting each moment with you as eternity held fast.”

God, I don’t want this!

It was as if God pummeled a chisel into that one corner of his heart, that part that had turned to stone over the years. In one final blow He snapped it off now, leaving a gaping wound.

A searing pain ripped through Brady’s chest. Love shouldn’t hurt like this, but he knew that’s what it was. His heart relentlessly pumped it through the wound, and he knew there was only one relief. He had to give it away.

He ran.

She could not have walked the entire distance yet. Could she have? He had to reach her before she went into the house.

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