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Looming tall from the pulpit, Lo
Shit! A lump formed in Blake’s throat, he was sure it was a massive, visible lump that parched his throat and suffocated his breath. Thoughts raced through Blake’s mind of isolation, the feeling of loneliness he had. It was as if the sheriff...the pastor was speaking directly to him, about him. How could he know anything about what I’ve done? What I’m feeling?
“For each of you,” Lo
“We have each other to comfort us, to be there and share in the times of despair, whether they be of a singular and personal nature, as in the case of a grave illness.” Lo
“Or in the case of a natural calamity that unites us in despair, such as Hurricane Katrina, or the horrible tornadoes that tore through the South in recent years, killing so many i
Angelica squeezed Blake’s hand in a reassuring way.
“Imagine how much worse those times could be. Would be, if you had to endure them alone.” Lo
“Today, we live in a world of greed,” Lo
“Sometimes the greed is far away. On places like Wall Street, where unscrupulous souls worship and pursue material wealth at any and all costs.” All heads nodded knowingly to a chorus of “amens.”
“But the temptation isn’t always far away. It’s sometimes among us, my friends, luring us away from the Lord, away from Jesus,” Lo
“The book of Timothy is very clear about this temptation,” Lo
“No. Pierced like a lifeless hog on a spit,” Lo
“Today, I’d like to share with you a story from Kings chapter twenty-one, verses one through twenty-nine.” Lo
Angelica opened her well-worn King James Bible to the book of Kings and turned to chapter twenty-one. She laid it open on her left leg for both her and Blake to read. Blake dropped his head to look at the words on the page, relieved for the moment to have a reason to turn his gaze away from the sheriff.
“You see,” Lo
All eyes were open and on Lo
Lo
“This is indeed a dark story of avarice,” Lo
Lo
Closing the Bible, Lo
Lo
Chapter 23
John sat in the left seat of the Beechjet 400A, feeling like a kid in a candy store as the pilot a