Journey Of Faith: A Contemporary Christian Romance (Journey Of Love Book 3) by T.K. Chapin

Author:T.K. Chapin [Chapin, T.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Branch Publishing
Published: 2018-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24 - James

SHE TOOK A STEP CLOSER to me and gently brought one of her hands up to the side of my face, letting the skin on the top of her hand graze my cheek. Her blue eyes sparkled, and I saw no condemnation present in them, but love.

Her voice was soft as she spoke. “Oh, James . . . God has brought you through a difficult time. He loves us so much, doesn’t He?”

“Yes, He really does.” I shook my head as I stepped back. “I don’t deserve his goodness. Most of my pain was self-inflicted.”

Shaking her head, she came closer to me. “It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past. God’s forgiven you, and He chose to love you and die for you, even knowing you would do all that. There’s not a thing in this world you can do to change the way God feels about you, James. That’s the gospel truth.”

God knew I needed those words and brought Faith into my life to deliver them. It took everything in me not to break down in tears. She now knew some of my darkest moments in this life, and yet here she was, still here, still standing right next to me. It spoke volumes of her character, and I knew right then that I never wanted to lose her.

“Hey, James.” Her hand touched my arm. “Since we’re sharing things, I have something I need to tell you.”

“What? You have a boyfriend, don’t you? I knew a girl like you couldn’t be single. What was I thinking?”

She laughed. “No, it’s not that. Listen. I was engaged to a guy named Victor a while back, and he recently started trying to get ahold of me.”

My guard went up. “Do you feel something for him?”

Faith shook her head. “No. But I did speak with him and he wants to have dinner. I told him no.”

“Oh. Why? Because of me? I hope it wasn’t because of me.”

She stared blankly at me for a moment. Then, she carefully continued. “It was because of you. Not because I think we’re together or anything like that, but I do have feelings for you and would like to respect you.”

“Did you pray about it? Maybe he’s looking for closure? I’m assuming if you two were engaged, things didn’t end too well.”

Her lips tightened and she shook her head. “I haven’t prayed about it, but it didn’t end well. It was a bit abrupt.”

“Pray about it, and if it seems okay, go have dinner with the guy. If a single dinner with Victor is enough to smash your feelings for me and make you go back to him, we were never meant to be.”

“Okay, I will pray about it and go the way the Spirit leads. So, you’re okay with it?” She crossed her arms, looking at me as if she was trying to read every movement of my facial features.

I shrugged. “Sure, if you are. Listen, we’re both adults here, and we can make our own choices.

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