The Gospel According to Luke
“Just as Luke was certain his sin was too enormous to allow him to continue as a minister of God, Honey and her baby appeared. He’d had to forget his personal torment and become once more Jesus’ hands and voice on earth. The baby’s life was safe, and although the girl had hard times ahead of her, she had been spared the eternal torment which is the fate of unrepentant murderers. Luke’s calling had not been revoked; God worked through him, still.
This was not to say he had been let off the hook. ...Although his mind was eased in regard to knowing God’s will for his future in the ministry, the enormity of what he had done – of what it meant! – had him in anguish. The truth, which could not be hidden from God, was that last night, in the midst of his shame, he had felt bliss. His despair at the thought of never again experiencing such ecstasy manifested itself as a gnawing pain in his stomach and a tightness in his chest. He asked himself what it meant to deny a drive that was more intense than hunger, more insistent than thirst, stronger even than his calling.MoreLess
This was not to say he had been let off the hook. ...Although his mind was eased in regard to knowing God’s will for his future in the ministry, the enormity of what he had done – of what it meant! – had him in anguish. The truth, which could not be hidden from God, was that last night, in the midst of his shame, he had felt bliss. His despair at the thought of never again experiencing such ecstasy manifested itself as a gnawing pain in his stomach and a tightness in his chest. He asked himself what it meant to deny a drive that was more intense than hunger, more insistent than thirst, stronger even than his calling.MoreLess
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