Handful of Heaven by Jillian Hart

Author:Jillian Hart
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Christian Fiction, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781552544082
Publisher: Steeple Hill Love Inspired
Published: 2006-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Evan sat at one of the small wooden tables in the town’s coffee shop, unable to purge Paige’s words from his mind. Now that that time is here, it’s not exciting at all. I don’t want things to change.

Change was inevitable. That was simply life. He knew that from first-hand experience. The major turning points in his life had never been of his choosing. When he looked back, it wasn’t his logical thoughts that had chosen Liz for a wife. His heart had. A pure leap of faith and heart. They had been happy for a little while.

But her betrayal had been out of his control. Time passed and as the boys grew up and left home. The decades of his life seemed to be adding up. And, he feared, he was all out of turning points. All out of new directions. He wanted his life to change. He wasn’t happy.

After hearing Paige’s words tonight, he knew he wasn’t alone. So, Lord, what does that mean?

He didn’t expect the good Father to answer. As Karen Drake, part owner of the shop and cousin to Paige, spoke about the changes in her life, he stared at his own Bible. The black type blurred against the crisp white page.

Lord, what do You have in store for me, which will bring me hope and a good future?

He wanted his life to change. He’d lived for his sons. For many, many years that had been more than enough. But the endless months of solitude had become a sadness that he feared would go on forever.

He feared that the long loneliness of his future would be broken up by the occasional phone call from the boys, and, as time passed, they would come with their wives and children to visit. But when they left, the loneliness would be sharper. The sadness deeper.

The stages of life were inevitable. He could see that. The women who were wives and mothers, like Karen, managed to squeeze this Bible study into their busy schedules. One day those mothers would be where he was and Paige would soon be. Time was a relentless wheel always turning and leaving only memories behind.

He did not want to look back in one year or five or ten and see no real memories.

He didn’t want to find that his heart had atrophied from having no one to love.

He did not know what the answer was. He didn’t know if he could trust another woman enough to date again. He’d have to open his heart, open his life and hope that he wasn’t on a path as destructive as his marriage had been.

As he looked around the room, he saw several settled couples. Husbands and wives who were raising their kids and had it together. They sat side by side, leaning slightly toward one another as if they were always just a little connected, even in public. Those secret looks, knowing smiles and silent communication spoke of the kind of bond Evan had never been privileged to know.

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