What God Has For Me by Pat Simmons

Author:Pat Simmons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian romance, inspirational and religious, second chances romance, africanamerican author
Publisher: Pat Simmons

Chapter 10

He loves me, he loves me not, was the old game that popped into Halcyon’s mind when she saw Scott. In that short space of time in the hemisphere, she had a man who loved her and she did love him back, and the man who never loved her. And thanks to a “Scott sighting,” her day went downhill from the there.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t expected to see or hear from him again in her lifetime, but it had been a year. So why now when she was starting to convince herself it was okay to love again? Life wasn’t fair!

Scott hadn’t called to check on the children, or even sent her a text to say he was getting married, and therefore moving on. Tracey was the one who saw the announcement in the St. Louis American, a Black weekly newspaper. Halcyon had cried then and she thought that was the end of it. Profanity was threatening to escape to release her frustration. She twisted her lips, trying to contain herself.

You cannot curse and still bless Me, God whispered. Read James 3.

The rebellion in her mouth seemed to calm down, but the urge was still present. She wished she had a Bible app on her phone, but she kept forgetting to install it. Plus, she preferred turning pages in her Bible.

Love Me and Me alone, You cannot serve two masters, or you will be faithful to one and despise the other. My Word is true. Matthew 6. God’s voice seemed even more forceful, to the point that she actually shivered.

Halcyon blinked to bring the passing scenery from the highway into focus. She needed God’s Word right now—desperately. Didn’t Granny Rose just tell her this morning that ‘God is our refuge, strength, and a very present help in trouble?’

Angling her body, Halcyon watched Zachary, who drove in silence. She could tell by the stiff set of his jaw that he wasn’t happy either. “Why do you want to be involved in my mess?”

He glanced at her. “What mess?”

“My mess. My babies’ daddy drama.” She hated that phrase, but it was what it was.

“Scott is an absentee dad. I’m here because there is no other woman I’d rather spend my time with, nor any other children I would rather love. Next question.”

She didn’t have any more, but the craving to read her Bible increased, so she asked Zachary for his phone.

“You need to call someone?” Zachary asked, but handed it over.

“Yep. A 9-1-1 call to Jesus right now. Can I read the Bible on your phone?”

Zachary nodded and smiled. “Yes, angels are standing by. I know you like your hard copy, but remind me to install that app on yours—in case of emergencies.”

Halcyon nodded, then got lost in reading the passages until Zachary’s vehicle came to a stop at her front door. The children stirred in the back seat. Getting out, Zachary unbuckled them and with ease, he carried one on each shoulder up the stairs. That was one sight she would never get tired of seeing; the way he used his strength to cuddle her babies was alluring.

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