Seasons of Lancaster - 02 - A Simple Spring by Rosalind Lauer

Author:Rosalind Lauer [Lauer, Rosalind]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Inspirational
ISBN: 9780345526748
Google: JojURuPzkFQC
Goodreads: 12824019
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2012-04-03T05:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

A dazzling reddish-orange dragonfly skittered close, then hovered in the hot, moist air a moment before looping over the water troughs and fence. So much beauty on God’s earth, Sadie thought as she turned back to her task of shoveling dung from the outdoor pen. Early June and this hot already! But Sadie didn’t mind the sweat rolling down her neck and the sun on her back. Sometimes she preferred the good, hard work outside over housework. Out here, no one cared if she sang a tune while she worked, so she belted out the chorus from “Hold Thou My Hand.”

As she worked and sang, she thought about how Mike had surprised her in many ways.

In the three days since that gig in Philadelphia, the night that started off so poorly with those mean girls, and losing her boyfriend, Sadie had thought of Mike an awful lot. And was that any wonder, after so many things had changed in a single night?

When he’d first come upon her, crying out on that dark street, she’d known he was kind to listen to her problems. But as their conversation had gone on, something had sparked to life inside her, like a kerosene lamp lit by a match. By the time she had taken a seat in the van to head home that night, hope was a steady flame inside her. It felt right, knowing that things were over between Frank and her. And to think that bad night would end with finding a true friend like Mike. God had put her on a path that was full of surprises. Mamm used to say that when God closed a door, He always opened a window.

“Hold thou my hand, and closer, closer draw me,” Sadie sang aloud, so glad God had thrown a window wide open for her. There were still many questions in her heart, but she felt grateful that the Heavenly Father was drawing her closer, like a good shepherd tending his sheep. Mike’s advice had made her feel better about the choice that still baffled her heart. She wasn’t sure where her singing would lead her, but she knew to trust in Gott.

And Mike was praying for her. It warmed her heart to know he was thinking of her when they weren’t together, though they had talked on the phone every day since that night. She usually called him at night after band practice so that she could be sure her phone battery was charged.

Sometimes she lingered with her scooter just outside Red’s garage and talked with her face raised to soak up the beautiful stars in God’s sky. She knew those same stars glistened over Mike, though he’d told her that it was hard to see all the stars when you were in the city.

She wiped sweat from her brow with the back of a glove as the horses whinnied and stirred—a warning sound. Sadie lifted her head over the butt of her shovel and glanced over the fence. The gray-covered carriage coming down the lane held two men in straw hats.

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