“Dorothy, I don’t know what I would do without you. I thank God for your being here.” He smiled as he took the batch of callbacks and walked slowly back to his office. It was 9 p.m. when he locked the doors of the church that night.
Part 9
Marla’s phone rang about six o’clock on Monday evening. She had been moping around the house all day, and had barely been able to focus enough to do her work. But somehow she had finished it and gotten through the day.
It was the pastor of Calvary Chapel.
“Hi, Marla. This is Pastor Thatcher. I talked with your husband this afternoon, and he wants to meet you here tomorrow at ten. Would you be willing to do that?”
“Would I? Oh, Pastor, I can’t wait to meet him, wherever he is!” Tears flooded her eyes and relief flooded her heart after the long days without her husband.
“Tomorrow, then. I’ll see you then, ok?”
“Tomorrow,” she said, and hung up the phone.
That night Marla prayed for her marriage, and she repented of her sin before God. She asked God to forgive her for her faults and failures.
The next day she pulled into the parking lot of the church and there was Gene’s car. She opened the doors of the church, and she and Gene flew into one another’s arms. Pastor Bud Thatcher stood there watching the sight as they feverishly kissed one another. He felt pretty sure he had two more to add to his once-a-month prayer meeting.
When he failed to come back to her apartment that night, Debbie Sorenson knew in her heart that she would never possess Gene Hayden, no matter what tricks she used. He belonged to Marla Hayden, and Marla belonged to him.
Two weeks later Gene and Marla stood in front of the church by a spray of flowers, and repeated their marriage vows. This time it took real root in their hearts, especially the part that said: “Forsaking all others.”
The End
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