Katie's Choice by Amy Lillard

Author:Amy Lillard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781433677267
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2013-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

Thanksgiving Day dawned bright and sunny, but cold. Frost covered everything in sight, making the world look strewn with diamonds.

Despite the holiday, Zane and John Paul went out to take care of the morning milking as soon as they got up. Breakfast was a simple affair of thick-crusted pie, dried fruits, nuts, and a hunk of sharp cheddar cheese. Back home that would have been an odd combination, and Zane might have refused, but somehow today it seemed more natural than toast and eggs. Pickle-making had been put on hold for the holiday, and Zane’s job for the day was to stay out of the way. Every time he stepped near the kitchen the women sent him disapproving looks that no man should have to suffer. As much as he wanted to help, he decided to use the time to get a few of his notes organized. So he spent the morning upstairs, going through the pages he’d collected so far.

He shook his head at the changes he’d been through in nearly two months. He had learned so much about the Amish culture, so much that at times he felt as if he actually belonged here. Other times he wondered how anyone could keep up with the ins and outs of the Ordnung.

He had learned that the list of rules changed from district to district. While Bishop Beachy had decided that his members should be allowed to ride bikes and have phone shanties on their property, the neighboring district was not allowed these luxuries.

One thing seemed certain: they all believed in Jesus as their Savior. Zane thought back to his walk home with Katie Rose, how peacefully adamant she had been about her faith. A piece of him wanted a little of that for himself, to believe that a higher power cared enough to guide his daily life, cared enough to give him what he needed.

But you do believe.

The voice was there in his head, and for the first time in his life Zane knew that he did believe in God. He had just never really thought about it. Never gone to church, never had anyone question his faith. Not even in the Middle East where wars were fought over religion every day.

The thought made him sad. Why was it that people couldn’t get along? Why wasn’t believing enough?

Yet without the wars, he wouldn’t have a job. That’s what he did, he covered wars, showed their horrors and brought in a hefty paycheck to do so.

A twinge of guilt settled in his heart, but he pushed it away. He loved living life on the edge. His job made him feel alive, made his heart beat faster. He needed it to know that he was truly alive.

He looked down at the drawing he held in his hands. When he’d first arrived, Abram had made it perfectly clear: no pictures. He had hoped by now to have changed the patriarch’s mind. Despite all of Jo’s determined coercing, Abram had not relented. So he’d taken up drawing instead.

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