Her Saving Grace by Lorana Hoopes

Author:Lorana Hoopes [Hoopes, Lorana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lorana Hoopes

Holly

Holly stared at the flyer and chewed on the inside of her lip. Could she do this? That was a stupid question. Of course, she could. All it required was walking and praying, and she was definitely capable of doing both. But should she do this? Perhaps that was the better question, and wasn’t it odd how one little helping verb changed the answer? She’d been attending church with Ashley for the last few months after her failed engagement — no need to remember that fiasco today — and to say it had rocked her world would be putting it mildly. She’d always thought she was a good person — moral, decent, kind — but she wasn’t what the pastor called a “believer.” She didn’t put her entire faith in the idea that some God was watching over her. At least she hadn’t until recently.

A few weeks ago, she’d made the decision to let “Jesus take the wheel,”’ as the song said and give Him control. Since then, she’d been feeling the pull to do something for Him, for the Kingdom, but she’d continued to sit in the chairs and make excuses. She was busy, she was too new to the faith, as a business owner, she was a community leader and needed to stay neutral. But as a believer, wasn’t she called to make a stand for what was right? Even if it cost her the business? Could it cost her the business? She sighed. Why had she thought being a believer would make everything easier? It certainly wasn’t shaping up that way for her.

What was more important? Life on earth or heaven afterward? Of course the answer was heaven, and if she really believed that then she should be sharing God’s Word wherever she went and attending events like this to speak out about issues that would grieve God.

“You can do this,” she said to herself, pulling back her shoulders and grabbing her coat. It was just a prayer walk. Walk and pray. What could really be so wrong about that? Yes, there were people who didn’t believe in the cause they were praying for, but it was just prayer. Nothing that polarizing, right?

The crowd was already large when she pulled up even though the weather was cold today. Winter had officially struck, and though the first snow hadn’t happened yet, a chill hung in the air. Still, that didn’t seem to deter the people gathered today. They were bundled in coats and scarves but here all the same, and while the walk had been mentioned in the announcements for the past several weeks, Holly hadn’t realized so many people actually cared about the cause.

“Holly, so glad you could make it,” Ashley said, hurrying up to her and giving her a hug.

“Thanks. I’m still not sure I should be here, you know, as a business owner in the community.” She glanced around to see if there were any other owners she recognized, but she appeared to be the only one.

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