Marry Me by Kristin Wallace

Author:Kristin Wallace [Wallace, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2013-12-23T05:00:00+00:00

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Amy turned out to be something of a miracle worker. Her resources were endless. Someone needed an ice sculpture? She knew who made them. Needed two dozen, one-hundred-foot-long velvet sashes to drape down an aisle? She could find them. Or make them. Oh, yeah, she made the sashes. In under forty-eight hours.

Plus, everyone loved her. Women, men, even little kids lit up when they saw her, like she was some fairy princess come to life. It was enough to make a person feel like the proverbial redheaded stepchild. If Amy wasn’t so nice all the time, Julia could have easily hated her. There hadn’t been evidence of the earlier hostility, either. In fact, ever since Amy had made the big confession about Seth, she’d acted like they were best friends.

In any case, Amy’s competence came in handy as Julia and the crew made the final preparations for their next wedding on Saturday. Amy and Betsy were dispatched to the florist while Julia headed to Seth’s church to meet with the wedding coordinator. The rehearsal was tomorrow, and there were a million details to go over. At least it seemed that way.

By the time Julia finished with the meeting, her brain was fried. Leaving the cramped broom closet that passed for the wedding coordinator’s office, she made her way through the silent hallways. Seth’s voice caught her attention near the open doors of the sanctuary. She stopped and looked inside, watching the figure on the stage for a moment before slipping into a pew in the back.

He was mesmerizing. Almost like a different man. He was practicing his sermon, and from what she could tell, Seth was not the type of preacher who liked to stand in one place and orate. He paced and then paused for dramatic effect. He used his arms to punctuate an important point. He was forceful and passionate, and there was a power in him that was absolutely transfixing.

And sexy as all get out.

Which had to be the most un-pure thought to be having while sitting in a church. She shouldn’t be thinking about how all that passion could be transferred to other things.

To keep the lightning bolt from striking her where she sat, Julia tried to focus on the words.

“It’s a simple story. I know most of you have heard it a thousand times, but some of you have forgotten or refused to listen,” Seth said. “God created man, and he gave them everything they could ever want, but like greedy children they wanted more. They chose sin. But instead of turning his back, he embarked on the greatest rescue mission ever devised. A mission to rescue you.

“He sent a Son. His only Son. To be tortured and killed for you. He sent in the cavalry, by sending his Son to the Cross. For God so loved the world. For God so loved you, and all you have to do is accept that love. You don’t have to do anything. Be anything. Just believe.”

The tears that seemed to come much more freely in the last few weeks threatened to erupt again.

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