Brides of Ohio by Jennifer A. Davids

Author:Jennifer A. Davids [Davids, Jennifer A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-63409-343-9
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Jonah folded the letter and leaned back in his chair. He was shaking. Pa had questioned God, too. Had the same questions, the same anger. The way he felt about his baby daughter’s death was the same kind of feelings Jonah had about the war.

He glanced at the letter again. Pa had stopped going to church for a time? He could hardly fathom the thought. Joseph Kirby was the most faithful man he knew. Then he searched his memory and suddenly remembered, vaguely, him not coming for a few weeks. Ma wouldn’t say why. Now he knew.

Laying the letter aside, he opened the Bible to Genesis and read the creation story for himself. Once. Twice. He’d never thought about the story like that before and now saw the same truth in it Pa had. But something else Pa wrote niggled at the back of his mind.

“But I am not the Creator of all things. I’m just a man.”

It reminded him of a passage he hadn’t read in a very long time. He turned to Job, the thirty-eighth chapter, and read: “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”

Jonah bowed his head, feeling foolish and scared and yet thankful. “Four years I questioned and accused You, and in Your mercy, You didn’t give me what I deserved,” he whispered and then fell to his knees. “I had no right to question and charge the Creator of all things. I repent of what I’ve said and how I’ve acted. Forgive me, Lord. Help me find peace and Your presence in my life again.” Something loosened in his chest, and tears fell as fast and heavy as the rain outside.

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