The Timepiece by Beverly Lewis

Author:Beverly Lewis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Fiction;FIC053000;FIC042000;FIC026000
ISBN: 9781493420124
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2019-07-24T16:00:00+00:00

In her room, Sylvia turned on the gas lamp near her bed and sat there, still trying to get a grasp on all that had happened tonight—her breakup with Titus and her most openhearted talk ever with Dat. It had appeared that her father was fighting back tears of his own when she left to come back to the house.

He understands me. . . .

She read several psalms before getting ready for bed, merely going through the motions, doing what she always did. But the words of Psalm twenty-five, verse sixteen, seemed to stand out: Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Once she had washed up and changed, she outened the gas lamp and slipped into bed. She recited her rote prayers silently, with very little heart. Lying there, staring into the darkness, she did not understand why God was letting her life fall apart like this. The past months had been so chaotic.

My heart’s out of tune, she realized again, struggling greatly with the knowledge.

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