Harlequin Love Inspired February 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2 by Deb Kastner Carolyne Aarsen & Mia Ross

Author:Deb Kastner, Carolyne Aarsen & Mia Ross
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488018152
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

How priceless is Your unfailing love, O God. People take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They feast on the abundance of Your house; You give them drink from Your river of delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Ella reread the passage the pastor was preaching on, his words of comfort and the words of the psalm settling into her soul. Refuge. Drink. Fountain of life.

But the words that resonated the deepest were the last few words of the passage.

In Your light we see light.

She thought of the struggle she had to paint. How the thought of delving into darkness again created a sense of dread.

Maybe it’s time to move on?

The thought tantalized. She’d been hanging on to guilt for so long. Living in the shadows for what seemed forever. Painting pictures of darkness had not relieved the sorrow and the anger. Instead, as she looked back now, the feelings only seemed to intensify.

“Darkness can never overcome light,” the preacher was saying. “Even in the darkest night, the stars or moon will diminish it. But we don’t have to think of light as a physical source. Sometimes it comes to us in the people around us. In the moments that we don’t expect. God is light. In Him there is no darkness, as the Bible tells us in First John. And God works through the people around us, as well. Through them often God’s light shines into the dark places of our lives. It heals our wounds. Erases our guilts. Takes away our burdens.”

The pastor’s words were like a steady onslaught, each one building on the other.

Ella let them soak into her parched and wounded soul as she sat in the church pew.

God is light.

She closed her eyes as she struggled to accept that. It seemed too easy.

The preacher finished his sermon, and the congregation rose to their feet to sing a song. As the words flashed up on the screen, Ella smiled.

“Jesus, You are light of the world, and You came into our darkest place, shining bright into our lives, You fill our souls with radiant grace.”

The song wasn’t familiar but the words emphasized what the pastor had talked about. As she listened, Ella felt a stillness, a lightness, invade her very being.

In spite of her determination to stay focused on the service, she glanced over at Cord, Suzy and Paul, who were sitting across the aisle from her one pew up. They hadn’t seen her when she slipped into the service. But from where she sat, she could see how Cord put his arm across the children’s shoulders. How he smiled down at them. How they all sang along when the songs came up.

In spite of all his absences, they cared for and loved each other.

The service was winding down and Ella wanted to make a quick exit. She wanted to have a few moments to herself to absorb what she’d heard.

But as she left the sanctuary, someone tapped her shoulder and a familiar voice called her name.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.