Through the Storm-Rain For Christmas Box Set by Vanessa Miller

Author:Vanessa Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vanessa Miller
Published: 2015-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Present Day

Pastor Walker was in the front of the sanctuary, bowed down at the altar in prayer. His deep chocolate face was pensive as his mind kept reeling into the past. Iona had asked too much of him. For decades Isaac had tried to forget what manner of man he had once been. So much death happened around him back then – now he only wanted to bring life and that more abundantly to people who believed on Jesus. He wasn’t that man anymore, and remembering the destruction that had been caused by that former man made his heart sick. “How much more, Lord? How much more?”

Remember it all, Isaac. There’s something you left undone, came the gentle instruction from God.

But Isaac didn’t want to remember anymore of those maddening times. Because even as his mind’s eye pictured himself in the hospital giving Debbie McFearce that packet of money, he knew he would have to remember what she did with that money; that Marko had turned Debbie into a junkie while she lived with him. The moment she was released from the hospital, she went and blew that money on so much dope that her heart exploded and she died.

Johnny walked into the sanctuary and Isaac stood to greet him. “Son,” Isaac said.

With eyes downcast, Johnny asked, “How can you still call me that?”

“Because you have become a son to me; just like Donavan doesn’t stop being my son because he messed up, neither will I stop thinking of you as my son in the Gospel.”

“Pastor, I came to see you today because I wanted you to know that I don’t believe that you are a crook or that you are doing anything to harm your congregation. Yes, I started my investigation with that premise in mind, but after sitting in this church and listening to the word you preach, and yes I will admit, after checking the church’s financial records, I came to believe not just in you, but in God.”

“I know you did, Son.”

“And I had already told JL that I had closed my investigation on you. So some of the things he told Iona were false. Not that she’ll ever believe me.”

Isaac sat down on the front pew and asked Johnny, “Why do you think this JL person would be interested in having me investigated?”

“JL Tyler, he’s a prosecutor, sir,” Johnny answered. “I really don’t know why he was so interested, but I’d like to tell you a little more about me so you can understand why I even considered investigating you.” Johnny sat down next to Isaac and told him all about his preacher father and his suicide committing mother. He told him about his visits to the church that his father still resided over.

When Johnny finished his story and left to go back to work, Isaac’s heart was heavy. He looked up at the pulpit and thought about Johnny saying that he wasn’t doing anything to harm his congregation. Funny thing was, Isaac hadn’t

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