Hearts That Survive
“She said she wasn't ignorant of God and Jesus and religion, but hadn't heard it as simply and plainly as the pastor had spoken it. "It sounds perfect, but if you have Jesus, whatever that means, why aren't people's lives happier, why—" He interrupted. "Because," he said, "it doesn't make you less human. Just more divine." "Divine?" He was unwavering. "Yes. The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in you. You can cry and hurt and question, but it's like he puts his arm around your shoulder and says he'll ...get you through, and someday, maybe not in this world, you'll understand. No matter what, the soul is saved." She shuddered, remembering he'd talked about the souls out there on the ocean. Had they been lost forever?
She'd been . . . saved.
But she was also twenty-six years old and felt . . . still adrift?
Yet, she began to go through the motions that these ordinary church people of varying means did. She attended Bible studies, and held them in her temporary home. She was supposed to serve the Lord.MoreLess
She'd been . . . saved.
But she was also twenty-six years old and felt . . . still adrift?
Yet, she began to go through the motions that these ordinary church people of varying means did. She attended Bible studies, and held them in her temporary home. She was supposed to serve the Lord.MoreLess
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