Dearest Dorothy, Help! I've Lost Myself! by Charlene Ann Baumbich

Author:Charlene Ann Baumbich [Baumbich, Charlene Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Women, Humour, Fiction, humorous, Small Town & Rural
ISBN: 9781440627538
Google: avRNz8cE4_YC
Goodreads: 10212256
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dorothy, Earl and May Belle were finally seated in the third pew from the back on the left side next to the Carters, Challie Carter being the one who both leased and farmed acreage on Crooked Creek Farm and that of the Landerses. He also had his own hearty spread. The Carters always sat in the back pew, usually arriving a few minutes late and scooting out at the sound of the last Amen. Dorothy had intentionally meandered around in the narthex awaiting their arrival, Earl on her heels, since they usually occupied that pew alone and she hadn’t visited with them for quite some time. Thankfully, they’d arrived today just before Chester rang the church bell.

After a few friendly greetings and inquiries about when Challie speculated the corn would be ready for harvest this year, Dorothy opened her bulletin. When she saw that Pastor Delbert Carol, Jr., who had succeeded his deceased pastor father upon his death some eleven years ago, had named his sermon for the day “Ready to Forgive,” she gasped and clasped her hand over her mouth, believing God had a message not only for her today, but that unquestionably, His hand was already going before her situation with the Core Four Covenant. I can’t believe I’m surprised! You did recently assure me with all that holy chirping and color! Why, God, is it so easy to forget, even Your signs and wonders? Nothing but God and the Holy Spirit could have nudged Pastor to preach on this very subject, especially now. And okay, maybe there was a church calendar Pastor had to follow, but for this to now be the . . . It gave her goose bumps.

She leaned over to May Belle and pointed to the sermon topic. May Belle’s eyebrows raised, then she smiled and said, “Isn’t God always just so faithful!”

Although Dorothy still hadn’t revealed any particulars to May Belle, she’d made it clear that whatever it was had been held inside of her for a long while, and that it was B-I-G, and that it involved several people, and that she trusted that in the long run, God would heal her and everyone involved, but that it might, indeed, be a long run. She’d also shared that she was the last living person to know the details (at least those that she did know), which seemed more and more likely to soon be discovered. “The tough part’s going to be the forgiveness, May Belle, and I’ll be needing as much of it as anyone. Many folks—possibly a snowballing lot of folks—are going to have to find it in their hearts to forgive other dear souls even more so, and they have already passed on.”

May Belle had spent extra time in prayer for Dorothy, praying for her ability to trust God the way Dorothy had always trusted Him. She’d also prayed that she herself would be a good, sensitive friend, and a safe harbor to which Dorothy could turn if she needed to talk more.

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