Letting God direct the mystery

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As I've attached two sides of the border, the third pinned and waiting for maybe tomorrow, here's an excerpt from Can't Be Done Alone: The Hawk Book Five, which I am formatting for a late spring release. I love this exchange between Lynne and Marek, written maybe ten years ago, and wholly relevant for what's happening today, as in Gigi the most recent broody hen has been behaving since we let her out of the Broody Hen Condo before lunch. It's been windy but sunny, good weather for chickens to keep a broody sister busy, and the Warriors beat the Nuggets despite Doris Burke wishing otherwise, lol.

And because sometimes we simply have to take things on faith: novels, quilts, hens, etc.... 


Lynne felt a chill as Marek stopped speaking. Their eyes met, then the pastor nodded. “Please give me Laurie’s address. Do you feel he’ll be there a while?”

“I do, or I hope so.” Lynne’s lip trembled. “Actually Marek, I don’t know what to wish for other than God’s will.”

“That, Lynne, is all we can request. And truthfully it’s the easiest thing, for it takes all the burden off of us. Much better to allow Christ to continue the mystery, even if at times it feels like walking in the dark.”

She nodded as tears fell down her face. Marek handed her a napkin, then he collected Jane from her seat, speaking Polish as he did so. Lynne was comforted by his gentle tone set alongside Jane’s earnest babbles, which didn’t sound at all like English. Then a mother laughed as her daughter’s chuckles rang alongside those of their pastor, their joy sent like prayers for those far away.

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