Refined by Fire by Alana Terry

Author:Alana Terry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firstfruits Publishing

CHAPTER 15

Logan Airport

“Well, isn’t this a blessing. I had a feeling I’d see you again.”

Meredith glanced up from her notebook where she’d been feverishly jotting down ideas for her future, a future apart from Living Grace. The board might have taken away her job and her salary, but there were many other things that belonged solely to Meredith. Her network of Christian leaders across the country. Her contacts with influential donors who were using their financial blessings to advance God’s work throughout the world.

Even though Meredith’s primary goal had been and always would be to teach Scriptural truths to women, her time at Living Grace had also given her a crash course in organizational leadership that no MBA or advanced degree could offer.

Start a ministry for victims of sexual abuse. She stared at her notes, her numerous mind-maps, her lists of people she’d contact to recruit for her startup team. Maybe she’d even invite Connor to be involved.

She’d been so lost in her vision-casting and daydreaming that she was startled by the old woman’s voice. She looked up in surprise.

Grandma Lucy.

Meredith forced her brain to shift from planning for the future to focus on the present, and she returned Grandma Lucy’s wide smile.

“May I?” Grandma Lucy gestured to the empty seat beside her.

Meredith moved her carry-on to make room for the old woman.

“So, you’re flying to Detroit, then?” Grandma Lucy asked.

Meredith nodded. “I figured it’s either that or wait around here. And I’m ready to get home.” She felt the truth of her words the moment she spoke them. Home. Was there ever a sweeter sound to anyone’s ears?

Home. Not so she could nurse her wounds. Not so she could count the friends who had turned on her. Betrayed her. No.

Home. So she could plan. So she could give life to this idea that was visibly growing on the page before her.

“Is that your prayer journal?” Grandma Lucy asked.

Meredith realized she’d kept her book open. She flushed slightly and shut the cover. “Of sorts.”

Grandma Lucy reached out and grabbed her hand. The gesture was too familiar and quite unexpected, and yet somehow Meredith didn’t mind. In fact, the contact gave her comfort. Energy. Even more fuel for her newfound dreams. Who knew? Maybe she’d even invite Grandma Lucy to join her team of prayer support for her new endeavor.

“You know, I didn’t want to be too forward when we were talking earlier.” Grandma Lucy said. “But God’s just been putting something on my heart and won’t stop. So I told him if I saw you again, I’d be sure to bring it up, and even if not, I’d find your contact information from your website when I got home and write you.”

Meredith waited. What was it the old woman wanted to say?

In her time as a public figure in the Christian women’s ministry niche, Meredith had received several alleged prophesies from various individuals, like the Christian who mailed a letter so many years ago warning her not to travel anymore

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