War Room by Chris Fabry

Author:Chris Fabry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / General
ISBN: 9781496407320
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

When Elizabeth left Clara’s house, she checked her phone and saw that Tony had left a message. Something about dropping Danielle off at Jennifer’s. He had told her he’d watch Danielle and here he was leaving her. Probably going to work. That’s where his heart was. She wished he would put as much energy into his home as he did his job.

She pulled away from Clara’s and another thought struck her. If Tony was at work, he had done the responsible thing and taken Danielle to someone’s house. And she was grateful for how hard he worked—the way he provided for their family. There were plenty of men who didn’t seem to care about working for a living and becoming successful. Instead of thinking negatively, she turned that around, made a different script.

“Lord, Tony has a long way to go, but You’ve given him a desire to work hard and I thank You for that. Thank You that he does care about us. I’m going to choose to look at what he’s doing rather than all the things he’s not doing. Thank You for helping me see that today. I pray You’d bless him today and help him do his job well.”

This was the kind of thing that was beginning to happen. Rather than her heart being turned away from her husband, it was drawing closer to him.

She called Jennifer’s mom to tell her she was heading home, and Sandy offered to drop Danielle off there. It was raining hard when Elizabeth made it home and pulled into the garage. She asked Danielle where Tony had gone and she said something about a call from his boss.

There were dishes in the sink and some things still left on the stove. The garage door clacked. “Oh, I hear him,” she said.

Danielle stared at the book she was reading. “He wanted to see my journal.”

“Did you show it to him?”

She shook her head.

“Why not?”

“Because there’s stuff in there about him. Things I’ve been praying about and asking God.”

“What are you asking, sweetie?”

“You know. That you two would stop fighting. That he would be able to spend more time with us. That he would . . .”

“That he would what?” Elizabeth noticed that Danielle was wearing her Love shirt, the pink one with purple sleeves and the word spelled in glittery letters.

“That he’d become friends with God again. It seems like they used to be friends, but now they’re kinda not.”

When Elizabeth could speak, she said, “I think that’s a really great prayer.”

She sat next to Danielle and opened a magazine. If Tony hadn’t eaten before he left for work, he was probably hungry. She could make him an omelet in a few minutes. When he didn’t come inside right away when the garage door went down, she wondered if there might be something wrong with his car. Or maybe he was on his phone with the mystery woman from Raleigh.

She closed her eyes. No, Lord, I am not letting my mind run that direction.

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