06-01-2022, 03:56 PM
Again, he faced a question he did not want to answer.
For one fleeting moment Malachi looked perplexed; what he meant and what he said were too far apart to bring together. There had been no inspiration from a lover’s sudden death.
Perhaps his faith would have stood on a stronger foundation if that had been the case.
Uncertain, he shook his head. “No, not quite. It was just… the best path forward.”
It wasn’t even a lie, either, but he wished he had something more hopeful to say. Something about the pull of God, the call to serve and spread the gospel through his grief, but it wouldn’t have been true. And if he told Tully why, he was afraid it would only feed into the strange, dark suspicions people seemed to have of him.
For one fleeting moment Malachi looked perplexed; what he meant and what he said were too far apart to bring together. There had been no inspiration from a lover’s sudden death.
Perhaps his faith would have stood on a stronger foundation if that had been the case.
Uncertain, he shook his head. “No, not quite. It was just… the best path forward.”
It wasn’t even a lie, either, but he wished he had something more hopeful to say. Something about the pull of God, the call to serve and spread the gospel through his grief, but it wouldn’t have been true. And if he told Tully why, he was afraid it would only feed into the strange, dark suspicions people seemed to have of him.
