It was Chelsey’s 19th birthday and she was meeting her mother for lunch. It was a nice little family restaurant which she used to go with her father. The last time she was there was a couple of years ago with a few friends. It hadn’t changed much. Last night her mother had made the… Read More Chelsey’s Birthday Lunch
“So, how’s your headache?” Chelsey asked her mother. “It’s gone,” Ruth told her. “You’ve been having a lot of them lately. Don’t you think you ought to go and see a doctor?” “No, I’m fine. So, how was Les Misérables?” “It was great. We were so engrossed in it that it didn’t seem as long… Read More Summer Jobs & the Krasnovas
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it – 1 Corinthians 10:13, NKJV Temptation is something we all face. Even Jesus… Read More Facing Temptation
He stared at the letter from Gracelyn. She wanted him to visit her in prison but how could he? She murdered two people. It would have been three people if he hadn’t found Monifa in time. He grew pale. It was his fault that Father Schmidt and Sister Augustin were dead. They would still be… Read More The Letter
“That’s some dress,” Stuart remarked. “Do you like it?” “Of course!” She smiled as she walked around to the passenger side where he stood holding the door open. It pleased her that he liked the dress. It was fairly new and this was the first time she was wearing it. He looked sharp in the… Read More Shandra’s Bha Bha Experience
Gerhardt was in the study poring over papers he had brought home from the office when there was a knock on the door. “Yes?” The door opened and Benson stood in the doorway. “What is it, Benson?” “Sir, you have a visitor.” “Who is it?” “It’s Miss Frances Dormer, the late Mrs. Müller’s sister.” Helena’s… Read More The Prodigal Daughter
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God – Romans 13:1, NKJV He was a judge. I was in trouble. I had two choices. Go to jail for shop-lifting or sleep with him. I didn’t know what… Read More The Judge
After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Go your way; behold, I send you… Read More The Harvest
Father Kowalski and Sister Francesca were saying the morning prayers. “You look tired, Father,” Sister Francesca remarked when they were finished. “Didn’t you have a good night’s rest?” He smiled. “How could I sleep with all that racket?” “Oh, you mean the rain?” “It was more like a storm. It kept me awake for a… Read More After the Storm
It was the worst day in my life–finding out that Ally wasn’t my biological daughter. The first time I held her in my arms, my heart belonged to her and I honestly believed that she was mine. For some reason, though, maybe it was her intuition, but my mother advised me to get a DNA… Read More Not Ally’s Dad
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