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care as before, but their days were filled with silent heartache.
“How can we go on like this?” Geoff asked her sadly one day after the last patient had left.
“We go on because we must,” Kate replied, her voice resolute. In her own grief, she’d turned to the Bible every single night. She devoured most of the New Testament and stumbled through Revelation. Now she was partway through Genesis. She had so many questions, but didn’t know who to ask. “The Bible tells us that Jesus prepared a place for us, for the believers, right? Is Robert with Jesus now?”
Geoff looked at her and blinked. “I…I believe so, yes.”
“Then…can we take some comfort in that? It’s hard for us, of course, and much harder for Theo and Margie, but he’s in a good place, right? I mean, Heaven is better than Earth.”
A small, sad smile worked its way onto his face. “Yes, I suppose we can, but it’s natural for us to grieve. Separation from the ones we love is the hardest thing we’ll experience.”
She thought about that for a moment. “So, it must have been really hard on God when Adam and Eve sinned because that separated them from Him, right?”
His eyes filled with wonder. “You just started reading the Bible for the first time, right? And you understood that?”
Heat filled her face and she didn’t know what to say. “I don’t know if it’s right, but who can I ask? I also have questions of a more…personal nature, things that I wouldn’t feel I could ask you.”
She waited while he appeared to consider her dilemma and finally said. “I think you should ask Margie. She’s one of the wisest women I know, especially when it comes to the Bible.”
“Oh, no,” she protested. “I wouldn’t want to bother her. She has enough to deal with.”
Geoff shook his head. “I don’t agree. I think this is exactly what she needs. Tomorrow is your half-day, so go over in the afternoon and just talk to her. God will guide you in what to say.”
She shook her head. “I couldn’t just go over there unannounced. That would be terribly rude!”
“No, it wouldn’t. She’ll understand and unless I’m really off, I think she’ll be very glad to see you.”
Kate chewed her lip while she considered his words. Would it be the right time to approach Margie? She could just go on the pretext of checking up on her, and then see what happened. If she was too distraught, she would leave quickly.
“If you’re sure, then I will.”
He reached over to pat her hand. It was a sweet gesture, but nothing remotely romantic as what they had shared a few weeks before.
“I’ll pray for the both of you. Somehow I think this is right. Just go, and see what happens.”
She nodded and gathered her things. “I’ll see you tomorrow afternoon at one o’clock then.”
They bid each other good night and she headed back to the boarding house. She still felt uneasy about her plans for the next morning, but as she prayed, she sensed that this was God’s will, so she would listen. Over the weeks of reading the Bible and uncertain prayers, she’d felt God’s presence drawing her closer and closer, but she felt she needed someone to help her navigate the harder parts of her newfound faith and the Bible itself.
She prayed that Margie might be the one to help her, and that somehow, the older woman would find healing for herself in the process. But she would have to tread lightly. She also prayed that the tragedy which had befallen the Jeffersons wouldn’t drive a huge rift between them, but she didn’t have much hope in that prayer. Losing a child was probably the worst thing that could ever happen to a person, and that was the number one reason that she was still quite sure she could never marry. Although, she had to admit that her resolve was a little less firm than it had been a month or so before. She was somewhat less ready to admit that a certain handsome doctor might be the reason why.
Chapter 9
“ S he said for you to
“How can we go on like this?” Geoff asked her sadly one day after the last patient had left.
“We go on because we must,” Kate replied, her voice resolute. In her own grief, she’d turned to the Bible every single night. She devoured most of the New Testament and stumbled through Revelation. Now she was partway through Genesis. She had so many questions, but didn’t know who to ask. “The Bible tells us that Jesus prepared a place for us, for the believers, right? Is Robert with Jesus now?”
Geoff looked at her and blinked. “I…I believe so, yes.”
“Then…can we take some comfort in that? It’s hard for us, of course, and much harder for Theo and Margie, but he’s in a good place, right? I mean, Heaven is better than Earth.”
A small, sad smile worked its way onto his face. “Yes, I suppose we can, but it’s natural for us to grieve. Separation from the ones we love is the hardest thing we’ll experience.”
She thought about that for a moment. “So, it must have been really hard on God when Adam and Eve sinned because that separated them from Him, right?”
His eyes filled with wonder. “You just started reading the Bible for the first time, right? And you understood that?”
Heat filled her face and she didn’t know what to say. “I don’t know if it’s right, but who can I ask? I also have questions of a more…personal nature, things that I wouldn’t feel I could ask you.”
She waited while he appeared to consider her dilemma and finally said. “I think you should ask Margie. She’s one of the wisest women I know, especially when it comes to the Bible.”
“Oh, no,” she protested. “I wouldn’t want to bother her. She has enough to deal with.”
Geoff shook his head. “I don’t agree. I think this is exactly what she needs. Tomorrow is your half-day, so go over in the afternoon and just talk to her. God will guide you in what to say.”
She shook her head. “I couldn’t just go over there unannounced. That would be terribly rude!”
“No, it wouldn’t. She’ll understand and unless I’m really off, I think she’ll be very glad to see you.”
Kate chewed her lip while she considered his words. Would it be the right time to approach Margie? She could just go on the pretext of checking up on her, and then see what happened. If she was too distraught, she would leave quickly.
“If you’re sure, then I will.”
He reached over to pat her hand. It was a sweet gesture, but nothing remotely romantic as what they had shared a few weeks before.
“I’ll pray for the both of you. Somehow I think this is right. Just go, and see what happens.”
She nodded and gathered her things. “I’ll see you tomorrow afternoon at one o’clock then.”
They bid each other good night and she headed back to the boarding house. She still felt uneasy about her plans for the next morning, but as she prayed, she sensed that this was God’s will, so she would listen. Over the weeks of reading the Bible and uncertain prayers, she’d felt God’s presence drawing her closer and closer, but she felt she needed someone to help her navigate the harder parts of her newfound faith and the Bible itself.
She prayed that Margie might be the one to help her, and that somehow, the older woman would find healing for herself in the process. But she would have to tread lightly. She also prayed that the tragedy which had befallen the Jeffersons wouldn’t drive a huge rift between them, but she didn’t have much hope in that prayer. Losing a child was probably the worst thing that could ever happen to a person, and that was the number one reason that she was still quite sure she could never marry. Although, she had to admit that her resolve was a little less firm than it had been a month or so before. She was somewhat less ready to admit that a certain handsome doctor might be the reason why.
Chapter 9
“ S he said for you to
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