Julia's Last Hope by Janette Oke

Author:Janette Oke [Oke, Janette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 0764202456
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 1990-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

That night, after they had gone to bed, Julia told John the news.

“John, we can’t let the church go. We just can’t. We need it. Our children need it. The whole town needs it. What if—what if someone were to get sick or—or die?”

John nodded in agreement. “So how can we save it?”

“We have to increase the attendance.”

“Jule, folks have moved, and there is still nothing to bring them back.”

“I’m not talking about them,” said Julia. “I’m talking about the ones who are still here. There must be thirty or so still in town. That would be enough to keep a church open, don’t you think?”

“It would if they all went to church, Jule, but they don’t. The church has been here for years, and so have they, and they only go on special occasions. How can we change that?”

“They need the church,” Julia insisted. “More than ever, they need the church. I don’t know how they ever manage to get along without it—without God. Especially now that things are so hard. How do they get by without prayer, John? What do they do when they need answers?”

John just shook his head in the darkness.

“Well, it has dawned on me that I haven’t been doing my job,” said Julia softly. “Here I am, trying to save their homes, their possessions, their—their way of life—and I haven’t even been thinking about saving their souls.”

There was silence in the room.

“What do you plan to do?” John asked at last.

“I—I don’t know. I wish I knew. I need to do some praying. A lot of praying. Perhaps God will show me. Show us.”

Silence again. John, too, was thinking on Julia’s words.

“I don’t know why I didn’t realize it earlier,” went on Julia. “For—for some reason I—I guess I thought that believing—going to church—trying to live right—was enough. It’s not, John. Not when your neighbors don’t know—don’t understand about—about God.”

John drew her close. “We’ll pray, Jule,” he said softly, “for the people who are left. Maybe there is still something we can do for them. We might not be able to help them find work, but maybe we can help them find God.”

Julia nodded her head against John’s chest. Tears trickled from her eyes onto his pajamas.

“I—I hope we’re not too late,” she whispered in the darkness.

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