The Nephew's Wife by Kaylor Barbara

Author:Kaylor, Barbara [Kaylor, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-06-30T05:00:00+00:00

Ellen crawled into bed with her Bible that night and located the Scripture Rand had mentioned earlier. A few pages over, she stumbled across another verse along the same lines, but it spoke more to her needs. She read it out loud.

“Psalm 51:17, ‘The sacrifice God wants is a broken spirit. God, you will not reject a heart that is broken and sorry for sin.’”

Ellen wept as she read the passage over and over. Her heart was broken and sorry for sin. Next Monday, she would face a stranger who could divulge her secret to the world. If only she’d been honest from the beginning, she wouldn’t be going through this anguish.

Bowing her head, Ellen blurted out a desperate plea for help from the only one who could help her.

“Dear Heavenly Father, you know my heart, you know my sin. You know what I’ve done, how I caused Paul’s accident and death. I didn’t mean it, but it happened. I’m so sorry for hurting him that way. I took his life away, and then I’ve covered it all up with deception. I should have been honest with the reporters from the beginning and told them I had broken up with Paul the night before our wedding. Instead, I kept quiet when they all assumed I still loved Paul. I’m such a fraud.” Ellen trembled with sobs. Teardrops dotted the thin paper of her Bible and blurred the print. She put it aside to protect it.

“Forgive my sins Heavenly Father. I’ve done wrong. I’m still hurting people I’ve grown to love by keeping this secret of sin inside me. It’s torturing me. Please, help me. I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried being quiet, thinking it would go away, but I can’t get away from it. Now, my lies have been discovered. It’s my own fault. I need you to be with me when I meet this stranger who knows so much about me. Help me to be bold and obedient. And give me peace, Dear Lord. I need peace about Paul and what I’ve done. I need to be released from this pain and sin. I need to be honest and get from under this cloud of sin and torture. I need strength and courage for—”

Exhaustion and drowsiness overtook Ellen as she prayed. Her eyes closed, and she fell asleep. Sometime in the night, she woke, startled by the bedside lamp, shining on her face, and the Bible still in her hands. She put her Bible away and flicked off the light then settled under the covers like a baby, cradled in her mother’s arms. God had allowed some peace to comfort her.

The next Monday came all too soon. Rand had spent most of the days before preparing for his trip to Paris. Ellen hardly spoke to him. Even dinner time felt rushed as Rand would hurry to his office afterwards to push through mounds of work. Once when Ellen happened by his office late one night and saw him at his desk, she offered to bring him tea, but he declined her offer without raising his head.

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