The Blessing Seer by Paula Mowery

Author:Paula Mowery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian fiction
ISBN: 978-1-61116-181-6
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2012-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

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Since Griffey prefers a turkey sandwich over the big holiday meal, we opted for that simple Thanksgiving lunch. Emily, John, and Kevin were coming later. Because the men would have a football-watching marathon, we decided to have finger foods for the afternoon. Elianna’s absence felt strange, and I was counting down the hours until she arrived back home.

After the men settled in the family room surrounded by snacks and drinks, Emily and I took our coffee into the office and turned on the laptop. I leaned over the desk to twist on the small lamp on the wall. I rolled Griffey’s chair from his large desk over to my little corner for Emily, and I plopped into my small chair. As the computer came to life, I scooted closer to my small student desk and glanced at my dry erase calendar just ahead where Elianna’s return date was circled in red. This space had become my quiet time destination. My Bible and prayer journal perched on my desk shelf, and the current Bible verse I was working into my memory was pinned to the small cork strip under the calendar. On a lower shelf were stacked Bible dictionaries, handbooks, and commentaries.

“Emily, I have to show you something.” I brought up the picture Elianna had emailed. “Looks like she’s having a good time.” Emily leaned in toward the screen.

“That was my vision.”

“What do you mean?” Emily sat back crossing her arms.

“When I had the vision about Elianna, I saw this very scene right down to the hut in the background—everything exactly like that.”

I gestured toward the scene still on the screen. Emily looked again at the picture and back at me.

“Again, wow. What can I say?”

I shook my head not knowing what to say either, so instead I talked about our plans to go shopping. With Elianna out of the country this year it would be just Emily and me. We’d offered to take the men, but they’d given us a hearty “no thanks.”

We aren’t quite as crazy as others who get up early and head out to get the best deals. Our strategy has always been to start out about ten o’clock. By that time all of the early birds must go home for a nap. The goal of shopping on this day was just to say you went, and we rarely purchased much in the way of gifts for Christmas.

Emily looked at me like she was preparing to speak. It wasn’t like her to be hesitant. “What, Emily? Has something come up and you need to cancel?”

“Um, I’m curious. Are you going to tell Elianna about your visions?” She tilted her head and pursed her lips in her probing way.

I stood and swiped some dust from the lamp above the desk. “I don’t know. I have thought about it, but I don’t want her to think her mom has gone off the deep end.” I turned back and bit at my bottom lip.

“I don’t believe she would think that.” Emily shook her head.

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